Anonymous
Post 01/21/2019 15:05     Subject: Willfully ignorant or...
Anonymous wrote:They are like the too many parents on DCUM who think they aren’t getting their monies worth. They think, we’ll we are paying her she should be working but yet they have no problem collecting their check for a holiday. Most ppl have no idea how to be a boss and this is just an example of that. It’s ridiculous how clueless and entitled some ppl can be.


What is wrong with getting our monies worth. Most of us at our job don't have the luxaary to take breaks when the child is sleeping or napping!
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2019 15:03     Subject: Willfully ignorant or...
Anonymous wrote:I started with a new family on the 2nd and already I can tell this just won’t work.

I have MLK Day off paid per contract. We all agreed to this. They seemed to understand how holidays, guaranteed hours and PTO worked. These people are graduates of top universities with impressive degrees and respectable careers. How could they not?

They wanted me to work Sunday for about 6 hours and I agreed. Well, it seems like they think this is how holidays work. I’m off on the holiday with pay but just make up the day on a weekend. When I showed them our contract they seemed genuinely confused and said, “oh, we didn’t think of it like that....”

You didn’t think paid vacation/holidays meant what they’ve meant for decades and decades for most working people including you? Do you think they’re really that clueless or do you think they think I’m stupid enough to be manipulated into working a Sunday to cover my paid holiday?

I’ll work a Sunday but that’s all OT pay.



You won't be getting Over Time btw. Call it a hunch. Let us know though.
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2019 12:54     Subject: Willfully ignorant or...
Anonymous wrote:I started with a new family on the 2nd and already I can tell this just won’t work.

I have MLK Day off paid per contract. We all agreed to this. They seemed to understand how holidays, guaranteed hours and PTO worked. These people are graduates of top universities with impressive degrees and respectable careers. How could they not?

They wanted me to work Sunday for about 6 hours and I agreed. Well, it seems like they think this is how holidays work. I’m off on the holiday with pay but just make up the day on a weekend. When I showed them our contract they seemed genuinely confused and said, “oh, we didn’t think of it like that....”

You didn’t think paid vacation/holidays meant what they’ve meant for decades and decades for most working people including you? Do you think they’re really that clueless or do you think they think I’m stupid enough to be manipulated into working a Sunday to cover my paid holiday?

I’ll work a Sunday but that’s all OT pay.


Great Post !! Stick it to them, these cheap skates trying to take advantage of us nannies!
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2019 10:19     Subject: Willfully ignorant or...
They ate screwing you. They don't have to make up vacation days at their job and neither do you.
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2019 09:49     Subject: Willfully ignorant or...
Anonymous wrote:They are like the too many parents on DCUM who think they aren’t getting their monies worth. They think, we’ll we are paying her she should be working but yet they have no problem collecting their check for a holiday. Most ppl have no idea how to be a boss and this is just an example of that. It’s ridiculous how clueless and entitled some ppl can be.


When you give a person who doesn’t usually have power and control a little bit of power they tend to abuse it.
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2019 09:03     Subject: Re:Willfully ignorant or...
No. She is working 20-25 and getting paid for 40 so she does not want to rock to boat. Guaranteed it will bite you in the ass - a month will come where you work 40 hours every day for the month and then have a Monday off for a holiday and they still want Saturday for free. The side deal will quickly become the new normal. You have two choices keep it and reap the benefits knowing st some point you will lose out or put it in writing and know the gravy train might end.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2019 23:11     Subject: Willfully ignorant or...
Anonymous wrote:I have 40 guaranteed hours M-F but now that the kids are in school I only work 20-25, maaaaybe 30 tops if someone stays home sick. It’s unspoken, but in exchange I babysit Saturday nights for ‘free’ even though my Guaranteed hours aren’t supposed to roll over to the weekend. I’m always free to say no to Saturday nights but I try to be accommodating since they are keeping me on when I rarely ever work 40hrs.


Well, I think your mistake is i the 'unspoken' part. Shifting hours is not that unusual, but you'd be better off putting it in writing. You could say "a maximum of six (or eight or whatever) hours can be rolled over into a single weekend day" (or whatever you agree.

You're working 20-25 hours and getting paid 30, that's a pretty sweet gig and i think you realize it...
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2019 18:24     Subject: Willfully ignorant or...
I have 40 guaranteed hours M-F but now that the kids are in school I only work 20-25, maaaaybe 30 tops if someone stays home sick. It’s unspoken, but in exchange I babysit Saturday nights for ‘free’ even though my Guaranteed hours aren’t supposed to roll over to the weekend. I’m always free to say no to Saturday nights but I try to be accommodating since they are keeping me on when I rarely ever work 40hrs.
Anonymous
Post 01/20/2019 07:55     Subject: Willfully ignorant or...
Anonymous wrote:Are you working a shorter week and making up the hours on a Sunday? Or are they asking you to work on Sunday without paying you? It's not really clear from your post.


new poster here

I think it's very clear. The parents want OP to "make up" the Monday hours on Sunday.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2019 19:57     Subject: Willfully ignorant or...
Are you working a shorter week and making up the hours on a Sunday? Or are they asking you to work on Sunday without paying you? It's not really clear from your post.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2019 17:31     Subject: Willfully ignorant or...
I would actually have asked them upfront if Sunday will be paid or not.

If not...then NO way would I work for free.

Even Martin Luther King would agree that would be a huge injustice.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2019 13:11     Subject: Re:Willfully ignorant or...
Anonymous wrote:As long as they see the error of their ways and pay you for Sunday I dont think this is a reason to leave.


I guess we will find out in payday.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2019 11:29     Subject: Re:Willfully ignorant or...
As long as they see the error of their ways and pay you for Sunday I dont think this is a reason to leave.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2019 11:22     Subject: Willfully ignorant or...
They are like the too many parents on DCUM who think they aren’t getting their monies worth. They think, we’ll we are paying her she should be working but yet they have no problem collecting their check for a holiday. Most ppl have no idea how to be a boss and this is just an example of that. It’s ridiculous how clueless and entitled some ppl can be.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2019 10:16     Subject: Willfully ignorant or...
I started with a new family on the 2nd and already I can tell this just won’t work.

I have MLK Day off paid per contract. We all agreed to this. They seemed to understand how holidays, guaranteed hours and PTO worked. These people are graduates of top universities with impressive degrees and respectable careers. How could they not?

They wanted me to work Sunday for about 6 hours and I agreed. Well, it seems like they think this is how holidays work. I’m off on the holiday with pay but just make up the day on a weekend. When I showed them our contract they seemed genuinely confused and said, “oh, we didn’t think of it like that....”

You didn’t think paid vacation/holidays meant what they’ve meant for decades and decades for most working people including you? Do you think they’re really that clueless or do you think they think I’m stupid enough to be manipulated into working a Sunday to cover my paid holiday?

I’ll work a Sunday but that’s all OT pay.