Child care industry struggles with shortage of workers

[@redgoddess]

Taking care of kids is hard and should be paid accordingly.

[@kat2431]

exactly. i was getting paid $16 an hour BUT i was getting paid monthly working at a daycare, that made it 10 x times worse and they wonder why there are staff shortages. along with forcing people to get ecs credits.

[@db6881]

In the UK I'm getting paid £10 an hour.

[@cla2687]

Child care workers like teachers are not paid nearly enough add that to the fact that parents aren’t teaching their kids how to be responsible and respectful and have no discipline. It’s not all parents but enough that it’s made an impact. I personally know someone who quit daycare because a 7 year punched her in the face and cussed at her but she was told to figure out what she could have done differently and the child had no consequences for their actions.

[@ednamartinez6129]

Honestly, we are understaffed and it can be very stressful. I sub for head-starts & daycares traveling to many places but i feel exhausted and I am considering leaving.

[@keciaaskew5166]

@@ednamartinez6129 I just left my daycare job yesterday. Just stressful, overworked and underpaid.

[@soulsurvivor1979]

I got slap today yesterday I got kicked Iam tired of this abuse

[@nancyfarkas3592]

Not all kids are that way. But I agree kids need to taught how to behave

[@AJ.9.25]

Doesn't help that they pay absolute crap

[@sandpast]

Minimum wage needs to be 20/hr with this crazy inflation

[@animerabbitden884]

then they just increase everything else what is needed to happen is affordable housing

[@sumar392]

Or u can vote to cut down taxes so everyone can keep more from their paycheck.

[@jasonandoy4740]

@@sumar392 they only cut taxes for the rich

[@animerabbitden884]

@@sumar392 it only gonna help the rich

[@minxili3317]

@@animerabbitden884 They increase it to pay their CEOs more not because items actually cost more. Since Covid, companies have raised their costs so they can increase corporate profit. Then pay pennies to their workers.

[@corrijackson]

It's the pay ! Taking care of the most precious thing but it's the lowest paid .

[@Fisharefriendsbish]

🎯

[@precise3291]

Low pay, high expectations, unreasonable parents and guardians. I was a Childcare Provider since 06. Never will I return.

[@teresat6876]

Pay is bad after 3 years of college not worth it

[@keciaaskew5166]

@teresat6876 I agree 💯 doing four years in early childhood education is so not worth it.

[@janah2584]

13$ per hour when you get at Publix 18$

[@kanadian9418]

the lowest pay job is struggling with a labour shortage. that previous sentence obviously shows how to fix this problem.

[@alostbard]

When I was a child, almost the entire childcare industry was teenage girls.

[@Scythesyn]

This society hates kids

[@o_o825]

@@Coffee240 ok boomer

[@elinope4745]

And were generally happy to be paid half of minimum wage to minimum wage to watch a few kids. It was cheaper and the quality more personalized, you were probably friends with your babysitter's parents as well.

[@keciaaskew5166]

I left my daycare job yesterday. Teachers like myself aren’t paid enough for all the amount of work I had to do, and also dealing with the staffs catty drama

[@ilovezac126]

and why is that!! i have my degree for ECE and my co workers are SO mean and catty and i dont understand WHY!! it drives me nuts lol!! like, were ALL here to teach children, HOW do we have enough time to be gossip-y!!!

[@azstarlovebug5470]

Lmao I know teens who charge $15/hr to “babysit” your kids. So yeah $13 an hour? What a joke! 😂

[@iamyazmingamez]

were I live you have to be 19 years or older to work at a child care. I quit because after 9 years of hearing "it must be nice to play with kids all day... what an easy job" people can only take so much. I had 3 jobs, and still couldn't afford my bills. I kept accumulating debt. My job was costing me money in a way that it was affecting my health so i had to work to pay health insurance, appointments, and medications. I was always exhausted and could never spend time with my own family,, because I was always working. I quit, and most of my expenses are now gone after about 3 months. It was a case of "I can't afford to work here any more" Pay is low, its stressful, and extremely under appreciated.

[@dominiquegrace5046]

2 reasons and 2 reasons only. They tried to force employees to get the covid vaccine and immediately workers started quitting. Happened at my old child care and then they definitely don't pay enough for us to handle the situations we handle not to mention extremely strict rules because other bad employees mess it up for everyone else. It's just not something people want to do long term anymore.

[@ednamartinez6129]

💯

[@aaronthenorm5400]

Quitting; rather then not ending a major pandemic is insane!

[@eurekamreum5458]

If you quit because of the vaccine, then thank God you aren't around kids anymore.

[@dominiquegrace5046]

@@eurekamreum5458 I DO NOT have the vaccine and I still work in childcare. Sorry to tell you, we do NOT have to get the vaccine. I am perfectly healthy and am actually sick less than the kids and staff that have been vaccinated. I wouldn't change a thing and absolutely love my job with my kids.

[@CeceeWilliams]

The entire childcare sector needs to go on strike just like the nurses. The government will do something then. I guarantee it. Ik easier said than done, but that’s the only option. Republican lawmakers don’t want to help. No other choice.

[@aaronthenorm5400]

You're right about one thing; republican politicians don't want to help!

[@larondicamoore6474]

i'll strike with you

[@lilyhudson8470]

Government should do something about this since they got so much tax from people. Stop spending tax money on stuff that are not important

[@KellyS815]

The pay they get is not enough for all the do! And the safety in our schools and daycares are horrible! From staff and children getting shot, to Caring Hands Daycare, in LaSalle, Illinois, hiring felons! Someone should look into this place too. JS 🤷💯

[@amybutterfly3436]

They will literally hire anyone and everyone at this point background checks don’t even matter at this point itself scary and it’s heartbreaking

[@fujimotochiaki2487]

Report their poor hiring practices to the Illinois State (Licensing Board of ECE).

[@marckid93]

Because no one wants to deal with tantrums, biting, whining, crying for no reason, and constant screaming for 10 to 18 bucks an hour anymore.

[@hakeemtheplace2959]

The pay sucks point blank.

[@jrm371]

People how no idea how difficult it is to work with several kids. One kid is hard enough sometimes.

[@amybutterfly3436]

This will be my last childcare center. The one I’m working in now ive been working in childcare off and on now, apparently we are getting another hero pay this time 3,000 dollars we will see

[@paulkramer9666]

Don't have children if you can't afford to stay home and take care of them. One parent must fill the role of homemaker.

[@matthewm9261]

If we don't grow the number of citizens, unfortunately, we need more illegal aliens to ensure the economy can continue to grow. If we don't subsidize Americans we will subsidize immigrants

[@aaronthenorm5400]

One thing that would help; Drop the unnecessary bureaucratic 💩; we can keep our children safe without requiring the daycares hiring only college graduates with... Years of experience and . ... If children ages around 14 once baby sat for kids for like 75 cents an hour once worked, an adult surely could watch over a few kids for the day at an an otherwise unemployed adult could do this for a more adult pay!

[@janlundberg5924]

Wrong. Educated professionals are priceless. It goes way beyond babysitting. What an insult! I cringed when I read your comment. Ur uninformed and ignorant.

[@PeachWookiee]

I’m a preschool teacher, got COVID two years ago, and have been dealing with a toll on my physical and mental health. I’ll go until I drop.

[@janah2584]

Shoot I pay 260$ a week south florida for daycare

[@corrijackson]

The workers aren't getting more than 12 a hr lol

[@db6881]

In the UK I'm getting £10 an hour.

[@janah2584]

You see that BS I work at grocery store n have 17$ per hourn benefits 😭

[@davefischer2344]

1:50 yes welcome to America where no one "job" will ever be possible to raise a family on lol

[@sparklenugget]

Because it makes no subsequent the way it ecusts. So creepy and needless... modern media.

[@kristinaamante4074]

how can we get a wage increase in CA. People at restaurants make more than us 😔

[@larondicamoore6474]

i still work at a daycare i get paid $15.50 i'm only there cause of my daughter i get to see her all day. i love working with kids it get stressful when your understaff imagine working by yourself with 30 children who are 3 and 4 because we was understaff and the company can't send someone else because they are understaff too yes we need to get paid more with all the training we do.

[@PhuongHuynh-qm5th]

I get that the child care teachers needs to be paid more. Parents shouldn’t be expected to pay those teachers like we have to pay our doctors. If they want that kind of oh, the government needs to step in

[@Fisharefriendsbish]

Start requiring degrees for child care workers and then pay them better.

[@janlundberg5924]

The daycare centers in Massachusetts charge an outrageous amount for tuition. Starting at 4-6 weeks old. So my question is, where does all that money go? I would love it if someone could answer me on this one. Is it the owner who is making the big bucks? I will assume these men, and yes is mostly men, would not bother getting into the business if they weren't making good money, obviously.

[@alexdix2064]

Bruh im only paid 15 an hour. And work less than 20 hours . Of course im going to leave . I love my job , but its not worth the lack of unions and low pay

[@rebornroxs]

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