Originally Posted by Unregistered: |
Wow! These childcare workers seem super bitter and confrontational. Also why do you also assume that all parents who pay for childcare get paid days off? Some people own and operate their own businesses or work for themselves so if my child is only going to the facility 2 out of the four days we pay for due to a holiday; it definitely doesn’t feel fair to parents. Prorating makes more sense. To answer most of your question “why should we get a paid day off?” The answer is, you probably only have an associates and work for a private facility or yourself. So maybe you should stop complaining and get and actual salary/union job if you want paid days off. That being said my son’s preschool teachers are great and I’m glad that at least some of the money all of the parents are paying is actually going towards their paid holiday.
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Originally Posted by Unregistered: They’re probably just frustrated that even after 4 pages of explanations parents still don’t see the answer..... Don’t sign the contract if you don’t like the policies. There are many child care options available. Choose the one that works for you. That’s not bitter or confrontational. It’s simple logic :) |
Originally Posted by Blackcat31: |
Originally Posted by Unregistered: |
Originally Posted by mommyneedsadayoff: |
Unfair
To me if you take in the fact that we gotta find another person to watch our child or children to me it’s unreasonable. I feel like mandatory Holliday’s like Christmas NewYears Thanksgiving July4th etc are time my problem is taking up to 5 days off around theses days and still getting paid. Or when you have a family emergency and can’t work you still get paid that’s bull. Everyone deserves vacation time just be reasonable.
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Originally Posted by Unregistered: There are so many options out there and so many providers that charge/don’t charge for vacations, closed days and off time that it’s unreasonable for you to think that everyone should have the same policies or have policies that work for only you. The reasonable thing to do would be to find a provider or a care solution that fits YOUR needs. |
Our center charges a set price based on their age and they pay even if we are closed. We only close Thanksgiving and the day after, new years, Christmas eve and Christmas day, memorial day, 4th of July and good Friday. If we close for bad weather our parents pay and if they are on assistance to help pay for childcare they have to swipe an absence for the day that we are closed
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I looked to see if “dead horse” was a tag for this thread. Yes, it is! :D
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Originally Posted by Rockgirl: |
Originally Posted by Michael: |
Originally Posted by Rockgirl: Every time I see this thread pop up I start singing “second verse... same as the first” in my head :ouch::lol: |
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Glad you don't look after my child
Originally Posted by Unregistered: |
Originally Posted by Unregistered: Leaving your child at a business past closing time is abandonment. Like comparing apples to felonies. |
Originally Posted by Cat Herder: I have a weekly fee, and sometimes that fee is less if I'm closed for vacation or holidays. HOWEVER, my weekly rate reflects that. It's higher than it would be if I charged for holidays and vacation days...because I still calculated my annual salary and divided it by weeks of the year, considering three weeks closed and holidays. I would be making the same amount either way...it's just a slightly bigger pain in the youknowwhat to calculate rates on the rare weeks I am closed. |
Originally Posted by Unregistered: |
I think parents complain less when billed monthly (think preschool fees), so they pay for the month even if closed for a week. It probably seems different to pay $500 per month for December than $125 per week for 4 weeks if childcare is closed for 1 of those weeks, but most of your parents who pay weekly would probably complain that they cannot pay monthly.
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Holidays
My daughters daycare keeps adding days off around holidays. I don't get assistance and have to pay full price. This year, on top of the extra Friday before Memorial Day, they have Wednesday, Thursday and Friday Christmas week and New Years. That's $240 for 4 days of daycare. Isn't there some type of law? Does the state have to pay all these extra days, I work government job and they get more holidays then I do and I have to pay for daycare that isn't available.
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Originally Posted by Unregistered: No, there's no law that tells a business owner what holidays they can and can not be paid for. :rolleyes: You should be supplied with what the terms are and you either agree and sign up or disagree and look elsewhere. Just to compare, because you'd hate my daycare: I am closed and get paid Christmas Eve through New Years Day, 2 days at Thanksgiving, Veteran's Day, 2 days for Memorial Day, Labor Day, 2 days for 4th of July, President's Day and gosh, I know I'm forgetting more. |
Originally Posted by Unregistered: I also added in my policies to have reliable backup because providers are normal human beings who get sick themselves and have unexpected life thrown at them. |
Sounds like childcare is such a good gig for some of the parents commenting. You should give it a try...then come back in a year and let us know how it is going :ouch:
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Charging on Holidays
Thank you for the details
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