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Unwaged au pair

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Gusthetheatrecat · 13/02/2015 13:09

I was doing some research about possible future childcare options and came across this:
www.gumtree.com/p/live-in-nanny-jobs/fantastic-part-time-live-in-nanny-mother-s-help-au-pair-job-in-sw-london-east-sheen-near-richmond-/1098932082
My jaw is on the floor at the sheer, brazen, cheek of it. Effectively they are asking for an au pair (or a nanny, arguably) but for precisely zero pay.
I am so outraged that I needed to share.
Also, seriously though, they are really looking to exploit someone and I feel like I should report them to someone but I don't know who?

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Gusthetheatrecat · 13/02/2015 14:27

Note that they also require a childcare qualification. Presumably also the moon on a stick.
Gah.

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Purplepumpkins · 13/02/2015 14:18

Gosh I must apply I really want to be a unpaid slave.

Mum2Pea · 13/02/2015 13:16

thats shocking!

Jinxxx · 13/02/2015 13:14

There's somebody near me on Childcare.co.uk offering the same sort of deal - just a room for several hours childcare each day. When I read it I was amazed as these work requirements would surely make it virtually impossible to get another job, so what were they supposed to live on? Been on there a while so presumably nobody queuing up to take it, but yes it is gobsmackingly mean.

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Gusthetheatrecat · 13/02/2015 13:12

Sorry for lack of clickable link. Am on phone!

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