Originally Posted by Unregistered:
To All Day Care Providers. This is why it is ridiculous to charge for your vacation days. You are not an employee. You are self-employed. And in return for all of the decisions you get to make as a self-employed person, you give up certain advantages of being an employee. I do not pay my various contractors (through my work) for work not performed. I am fine paying for days when my kids are sick, as they are taking up spots in daycare. I do not feel it is right to ask for your customers to pay for your time off, as well as, either take their time off around your schedule or pay a second source to do the job you otherwise would have. When I use my PTO at work, my employer does not have to pay a second person to do the work when I am off.
TO ALL PARENTS WHO COMPLAIN ABOUT PAYING ME ON DAYS OFF: I base my rates on how much I need per year, per slot to stay open. I allow you to make payment how it works for you. If you want to pay my yearly tuition weekly, fine, but you do not get to complain when I take a day off, because that yearly amount will not change. You're not giving me vacation pay when I take a day off because you're making payments toward the yearly tuition weekly. I know that you don't ask your mortgage company, utilities company, and cable company for a break when you're away from home and not using THEIR services, so why do you think it's OK to ask me? They ALSO do not refund you when a transformer goes down and leaves you without power or when there's a cable outage. You don't ask your bank for a break on car payments when you're not using the car or when the car is in the shop-you purchased a car from them, and you're making payments. You purchase a spot in my childcare, and you're making payments. There is no difference.