Anonymous
01/29/2014 09:48
Subject: Re:sick care policy
The nanny isn't going to last. I agree that first time nanny employers make lots of mistakes. Once they find out that everyone else's nanny does laundry and doesn't expect a paid day off when a kid has a 101 fever, the scamming nanny gets the boot.
Anonymous
01/29/2014 09:27
Subject: sick care policy
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My guess is the OP's sick policy was agreed to by first time parents who didn't know any better. Nannies really have an advantage when negotiating with new parents.
Especially when those parents are both lawyers. Lol.
Just because they are lawyers doesn't mean they know what a nanny typically does and doesn't do.
Anonymous
01/29/2014 05:02
Subject: sick care policy
Anonymous wrote:My guess is the OP's sick policy was agreed to by first time parents who didn't know any better. Nannies really have an advantage when negotiating with new parents.
Especially when those parents are both lawyers. Lol.
Anonymous
01/29/2014 02:20
Subject: sick care policy
My guess is the OP's sick policy was agreed to by first time parents who didn't know any better. Nannies really have an advantage when negotiating with new parents.
Anonymous
01/28/2014 20:48
Subject: Re:sick care policy
I can't believe nannies here are so squeamish. You take care of kids, you are going to be around vomit, fevers, rashes, lice, runny noses, diarrhea, etc.
Most parents would want to be there when their children are sick but starting around October, the illnesses are just non-stop and overlapping. I can't believe there are families who agree to a contract that the nanny must be notified by 6 am if someone is infectious! My, what happens if the poor child vomits at 6:02? Does Nanny scold them at the door and charge for the gas she spent to come over? Maybe for Mary Poppins a family would agree to that nonsense... but then Mary Poppins wouldn't run out like a rat from a burning barn as soon as someone got sick.
Most parents would want to be there when their children are sick but starting around October, the illnesses are just non-stop and overlapping. I can't believe there are families who agree to a contract that the nanny must be notified by 6 am if someone is infectious! My, what happens if the poor child vomits at 6:02? Does Nanny scold them at the door and charge for the gas she spent to come over? Maybe for Mary Poppins a family would agree to that nonsense... but then Mary Poppins wouldn't run out like a rat from a burning barn as soon as someone got sick.
Anonymous
01/28/2014 17:51
Subject: sick care policy
Wow people get hostile on this subject... And apparently I must have a different type of MB then a lot of the nannies on here. My MD & DB firmly believe that sick children want their parents - not their nannies (which I could argue isn't necessarily true but that's beside the point). In some ways it drives me crazy that even if the little one is coughing they stay home but on the flip side if they cancel on me its a paid day so I can't really complain much.
OP - I think infectious and vomiting can be understandable but 101 is a Really low fever. If you were saying you won't work if they kids are 103+ it would make sense - at that point they should be seeing a doctor/possibly going to the hospital depending on their age.
OP - I think infectious and vomiting can be understandable but 101 is a Really low fever. If you were saying you won't work if they kids are 103+ it would make sense - at that point they should be seeing a doctor/possibly going to the hospital depending on their age.