I feel like I've seen a couple posts on here about how when there is a predicted winter snow storm, employers will tell their employees to stay the night at their job as to avoid the roads. This is always met with ridicule, rightly so.
Well as a nanny, I'm seeing this play out in real time, and I'm truly baffled. Where I live there have been several winter storms in the past three weeks in a major metro area varying from subzero temps to ice and snow storms. Every time these are forecasted, our local nanny groups blow up on how to proceed. Today's storm rolls around and in our current discussion, multiple nannies were willing and open to staying the night at their employers house to ensure they can work the next day and avoid a bad commute. No one blinked an eye at these proposals and were even happy to do it.
Every single school district in our metro area is closed for the day. I was still asked to come in despite NO ONE being on the roads, so I guess I am the fool for not also “staying with my employers”. I am just truly stunned at this continued idea that STAYING THE NIGHT AT YOUR JOB is a normal and good thing to do???