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Any further thoughts on the above chaps? Need to sign the agreement tomorrow...
It seems to vary from one child minder to another. Look at the overall yearly cost, if its competitive I guess it doesn't matter.
Any further thoughts on the above chaps? Need to sign the agreement tomorrow...
Congratulations! Do you feel prepared with it being sudden?
We are at 36 almost 37 weeks and after a routine check are not coming out of the hospital. Even though we have everything and what not just feel a little under prepared.
Nope! But we’re getting there.
I was in the middle of getting the nursery ready, he won’t be in there for the a while but we don’t have any space for his stuff until it’s done.
Had to go and get a load of things today, we thought we’d definitely get everything sorted with more than 2 weeks remaining. We were wrong.
Any reason you're not going for a normal nursery, surely it would be cheaper than paying for a child minder?Any further thoughts on the above chaps? Need to sign the agreement tomorrow...
Any reason you're not going for a normal nursery, surely it would be cheaper than paying for a child minder?
Any further thoughts on the above chaps? Need to sign the agreement tomorrow...
2 year waiting list...Any reason you're not going for a normal nursery, surely it would be cheaper than paying for a child minder?
2 year waiting list...
I basically live in the baby boomer capital for those who left London. I guess I'm also guilty of that so can't really complain!
Did another quick Google and apparently it is common where I live...mainly because they can get away with it.
I guess at least I know it's 1200/mo and can budget accordingly
Tell them to pay you full wage and work my home/hospital. I assume you're on paternity pay now?Hit a bit of a quandary. My work have been put right in the thick of it due to my son coming early. However, they could’ve been in a better situation had they not run the department so thinly and they knew I had paternity coming soon.
I checked my emails a few times the first couple of days to send some info they need and answer some questions they had but thats just given them an inch, now they’re going for the mile.
Im the only person that can do a couple of tasks they need doing. I.e they have new people starting who won’t be able to work without me sorting them out.
I’m not really in the position to work to sort this out. It’s several hours work, I’m in the hospital with my partner 10 hours a day and there’s stuff mounting up at home that needs sorting.
On one hand. Stuff them, family comes first and they helped create this situation.
On the other hand, It’s my work at the end of the day, so do I want to go back to a toxic environment? Especially as I’m going to need to ask/tell them I need two weeks extension to paternity (unpaid).
If it wasn't for the two weeks extension you need to ask for then the easy answer IMO is stuff work. If the new people can't work then they'll just have to do their best to not be completely useless. This sounds like it's down to crap planning by your superiors as they will have known miles in advance that you'd be on paternity.Hit a bit of a quandary. My work have been put right in the thick of it due to my son coming early. However, they could’ve been in a better situation had they not run the department so thinly and they knew I had paternity coming soon.
I checked my emails a few times the first couple of days to send some info they need and answer some questions they had but thats just given them an inch, now they’re going for the mile.
Im the only person that can do a couple of tasks they need doing. I.e they have new people starting who won’t be able to work without me sorting them out.
I’m not really in the position to work to sort this out. It’s several hours work, I’m in the hospital with my partner 10 hours a day and there’s stuff mounting up at home that needs sorting.
On one hand. Stuff them, family comes first and they helped create this situation.
On the other hand, It’s my work at the end of the day, so do I want to go back to a toxic environment? Especially as I’m going to need to ask/tell them I need two weeks extension to paternity (unpaid).
If it wasn't for the two weeks extension you need to ask for then the easy answer IMO is stuff work. If the new people can't work then they'll just have to do their best to not be completely useless. This sounds like it's down to crap planning by your superiors as they will have known miles in advance that you'd be on paternity.
How long have you known that you'll need another 2 weeks extension and how come you haven't asked them yet?
Can you do something like a day or so's work after your initial 2 week paternity to kick some things off before starting your extension? Some sort of compromise along those lines will probably be needed.
Tell them to pay you full wage and work my home/hospital. I assume you're on paternity pay now?
My son was born 5 weeks early. So only realised I’ll need the extension on the day as there’s a chance I’ll only have a few days at home with him by the time he’s released.
I did mention to work on the day he was born that my paternity leave is to be triggered immediately and that I will contact them in a few days regarding extension as soon as I have a better idea for how long.
I could do a days work to knock a few things out before I take my extension, probably going to be the compromise.
My son was born 5 weeks early.
To be fair, I'm guessing they thought they had another 4-5 weeks to get things sorted.They created the mess let them sweat it out and then they will realise how valuable you are.
To be fair, I'm guessing they thought they had another 4-5 weeks to get things sorted.