Anonymous
Post 12/29/2014 08:06     Subject: Re:Going to work with a cold
OP here and thanks everyone. I feel fine and am going to work today. I took Mucinex D and no longer look or sound like I have a cold. I will take extra precautions that I do not pass it on to my charge.
Anonymous
Post 12/28/2014 21:42     Subject: Going to work with a cold
Yes, that would be the right thing to do.

I know you need the money, but fundamentally it wouldn't be right to show up with a cold and possibly infect their child.

Tell the parents your symptoms and then leave it up to them to decide.
Anonymous
Post 12/28/2014 21:40     Subject: Re:Going to work with a cold
I agree with the majority of the above posters -- go to work tomorrow and don't mention that you have a cold. Your employers have been with their kids for over a week without you - they will be oblivious to any ailment you might have as they will be dying to get away from their children.
Anonymous
Post 12/28/2014 21:33     Subject: Going to work with a cold
Anonymous wrote:I was off from work last week for the holidays and caught a little cold -- nothing horrible -- just a running nose, hoarse voice. This is the first time I have been sick since becoming a nanny two years ago. I feel fine to work, of course. My charge is 15 months old and healthy. I don't get paid sick time off so I really don't want to lose the money either.

Do I email my employers and tell them that I have this cold before I show up to work tomorrow? Should my employers be the ones to decide if I should work tomorrow or not?


No don't tell them just go and work. I am in same situation and that what I am going to do.
Anonymous
Post 12/28/2014 20:58     Subject: Going to work with a cold
Go to w o rk and give the brats the cold and then stay home sick and let them take care of them.
Anonymous
Post 12/28/2014 19:44     Subject: Going to work with a cold
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If they don't pay sick time, they lose the right to decide whether or not you work.


This completely. This decision is all yours. Do whatever you feel is in your best interest, just like employers have done.



+1,000,000 No one has the right to take needed hours away from you. It's a cold not bubonic plague. If they all get your cold it is their doing.
Anonymous
Post 12/28/2014 18:07     Subject: Going to work with a cold
I work all the time with a cold. Last yr I gave the whole family strep throat. Just part of life.
Anonymous
Post 12/28/2014 16:29     Subject: Going to work with a cold
Anonymous wrote:If they don't pay sick time, they lose the right to decide whether or not you work.


This completely. This decision is all yours. Do whatever you feel is in your best interest, just like employers have done.
Anonymous
Post 12/28/2014 16:10     Subject: Going to work with a cold
Try Emergen C and some umcka . Both work great for helping fight off colds.