Anonymous
02/26/2015 18:28
Subject: The family I work for STAY SICK! How do you all handle this?
Once upon a time, I made the idiotic mistake of working for a family with NO paid sick days, whose kids were sick CONSTANTLY. I was sick virtually all that winter from them, and had to come into work. What did I do about it? I quit. I advise you to do the same
Anonymous
02/23/2015 13:57
Subject: The family I work for STAY SICK! How do you all handle this?
Anonymous wrote:Well you used up your sick days so now you have to come to work.. that's what you are paid for. Sick parents doesnt mean day off. They don't expect you to care for them, they need a care for their kids while they care for themselfs. You run out of sick days so now you have to deal with it.
OMFG at "themselfs".
Anonymous
02/22/2015 04:37
Subject: The family I work for STAY SICK! How do you all handle this?
Anonymous wrote:I sound like I am in the minority here, but to me it is only common sense and common courtesy to let your nanny stay home when there is an illness going around in your home. Duh. I cannot believe people are okay with making a nanny work in a home where people are sick with a stomach bug, vomiting, etc.
What is the matter with you all....??!
When is it or has it ever been acceptable to expose another human being to illness? Never.
And to add to that OP, the fact that you will not get any paid sick days is just not feasible.
Soo...They expect you to work in a home where germs are all around so it is a given that sooner rather than later you will catch whatever they have. Yet, when you do get it, you will lose days of work and not be able to be compensated for those days so I guess you should be budgeting now for your lost wages so you can make sure you will have enough to pay your rent and light bills next month.
Outrageous.
So now not only do you expect us MBs to pay our nanny for the time SHE is sick, meaning we have to double pay because we need to hire someone else for the day or week, plus you want us to pay her every time WE are sick too???
Outrageous.
Anonymous
02/22/2015 03:51
Subject: The family I work for STAY SICK! How do you all handle this?
Anonymous wrote:I sound like I am in the minority here, but to me it is only common sense and common courtesy to let your nanny stay home when there is an illness going around in your home. Duh. I cannot believe people are okay with making a nanny work in a home where people are sick with a stomach bug, vomiting, etc.
What is the matter with you all....??!
When is it or has it ever been acceptable to expose another human being to illness? Never.
And to add to that OP, the fact that you will not get any paid sick days is just not feasible.
Soo...They expect you to work in a home where germs are all around so it is a given that sooner rather than later you will catch whatever they have. Yet, when you do get it, you will lose days of work and not be able to be compensated for those days so I guess you should be budgeting now for your lost wages so you can make sure you will have enough to pay your rent and light bills next month.
Outrageous.
I concur.
Anonymous
02/21/2015 15:22
Subject: The family I work for STAY SICK! How do you all handle this?
04:36 I'm not sure if you're a mom, but yes, many moms don't care. I'm glad you see this! It is common courtesy to at least inform me, but I don't even get that. . I am a nanny, not a housekeeper so it isn't my job to do laundry and clean rooms because I cannot attend to the kids. The family and I agreed to this in my contract when I started the job.