Anonymous
02/21/2013 12:49
Subject: Nannying on snow days?
MB's SUV is much better and bigger, hence safer, than my car. If she wants to chauffeur me, that's great.
Anonymous
02/21/2013 12:43
Subject: Nannying on snow days?
Anonymous wrote:I'm a nanny. If my employers can get to work, then so can I.
If they had a vital job such as ER doctor or law enforcement, I would talk to them about sleeping over the night before if the weather was going to be really bad.
9:25 here. That's exactly what I'm saying. If my bosses are going in to work, then so am I. If however they are not essential and are not going into work because they have decided its too dangerous, then neither am I.
Anonymous
02/21/2013 11:58
Subject: Nannying on snow days?
Anonymous wrote:I'm a nanny. If my employers can get to work, then so can I.
If they had a vital job such as ER doctor or law enforcement, I would talk to them about sleeping over the night before if the weather was going to be really bad.
You don't sound like a nanny.
Anonymous
02/21/2013 11:50
Subject: Nannying on snow days?
I'm a nanny. If my employers can get to work, then so can I.
If they had a vital job such as ER doctor or law enforcement, I would talk to them about sleeping over the night before if the weather was going to be really bad.
If they had a vital job such as ER doctor or law enforcement, I would talk to them about sleeping over the night before if the weather was going to be really bad.
Anonymous
02/21/2013 10:08
Subject: Nannying on snow days?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:"Nannies should not have to work if the snow is bad enough to shut parts of the city down."
It's a big metro area and this board covers a wide area. Work conditions in downtown DC and metro status may not be relevant to a family living in Gaithersburg whose nanny is 5/10 minutes away. Also after the horrific disaster a few years ago of people getting stuck for hours heading home at rush hour, the feds are a bit more conservative now and if you are not in DC then fed decisions based on commute factors are again not relevant.
I understand what you are saying, but I cannot think of a better unbiased party to base the decision off of. If left up to many employers, they will have the nanny come in no matter what simply because to not have her come is inconvenient. It is a rare boss who puts the needs of their employee above their own convenience, and I'm sorry but I'm not willing to leave my safety in the hands of someone else. We go by the federal government, and I have made it clear that if my bosses feel it too dangerous for them to DRIVE to work(teleworking is not driving to work), do not expect me to do so.
Exactly! I freaking HATE this type of attitude of MB's. Give your nannies a break! If you don't have to go in, then she should not either.
Anonymous
02/21/2013 09:25
Subject: Nannying on snow days?
Anonymous wrote:"Nannies should not have to work if the snow is bad enough to shut parts of the city down."
It's a big metro area and this board covers a wide area. Work conditions in downtown DC and metro status may not be relevant to a family living in Gaithersburg whose nanny is 5/10 minutes away. Also after the horrific disaster a few years ago of people getting stuck for hours heading home at rush hour, the feds are a bit more conservative now and if you are not in DC then fed decisions based on commute factors are again not relevant.
I understand what you are saying, but I cannot think of a better unbiased party to base the decision off of. If left up to many employers, they will have the nanny come in no matter what simply because to not have her come is inconvenient. It is a rare boss who puts the needs of their employee above their own convenience, and I'm sorry but I'm not willing to leave my safety in the hands of someone else. We go by the federal government, and I have made it clear that if my bosses feel it too dangerous for them to DRIVE to work(teleworking is not driving to work), do not expect me to do so.