Good Friday...Do You Take It Off?

[MsMe]

I should add the two major employers in town are closed Good Friday. I would stay open if any of my families needed to work.

[Pammie]

I don't close but will probably have a light roster day that day - but since I'm open, all of my clients have to pay for the day whether they attend or not.

[littlemissmuffet]

I take 11/12 paid holidays during the year (aside from my 2 week vacation) and Good Friday is one of them. I am open Easter Monday, but I don't currently have any scheduled families coming.

[littlemissmuffet]

Do any of u have parents that refuse to pay for holidays u wish to take off? I assume u just don't enroll them but just curious. I tried getting Christmas and Thanksgiving as a paid holiday from a couple private paying clients a few yrs ago and they didn't go for it. 1 came right out and asked if I was insane and laughed. The other simply said she refused to pay me to take a day off. They don't get it around here but it sure would be nice to get a day paid that I could take off.

It's stated in my handbook and discussed in interviews - like I said about I take 11/12 paid holidays, 2 weeks paid vacation and 5 sick/personal days paid (though I have NEVER used all 5). I have never had a parent complain (to me anyways :. I will not look after children of parents who think that us childcare providers (one of the hardest and most thankless jobs I can think of) don't deserve a paid day off. I require that my parents respect me and and laughing in my face regarding wanting to have the same paid holidays (xmas, thanksgiving, as you mentioned) is NOT respect.

[PitterPatter]

It's stated in my handbook and discussed in interviews - like I said about I take 11/12 paid holidays, 2 weeks paid vacation and 5 sick/personal days paid (though I have NEVER used all 5). I have never had a parent complain (to me anyways :. I will not look after children of parents who think that us childcare providers (one of the hardest and most thankless jobs I can think of) don't deserve a paid day off. I require that my parents respect me and and laughing in my face regarding wanting to have the same paid holidays (xmas, thanksgiving, as you mentioned) is NOT respect.

I totally agree and THAT parent was rude almost from the beginning. She thought she was better than everyone else because she came from a wealthy family, worked in the office at a hospital and the spouse is a cop. We clashed a lot and a lil over a yr later she was gone.

I always try to please people and I dont have much of a backbone when it comes to clients I don't know why. Now let someone harm a child or an animal or family it's on! My knees just kinda buckle when it comes to daycare clients for some reason.

[legomom922]

Yes, I close every yr, with pay. I go to church at noon every yr. It's a very important day for my family.

I have never heard of Easter Monday..But usually Easter break follows, and I close that week anyway to spend time with my kids & family, but if break didn't fall that week, I would be open on that Monday.