To think this lady must have made a mistake or else is seriously out of touch and in for a shock?

[NickNacks]

I've just seen an advert from a lady looking for a sole charge nanny/au pair.

The role is 50hrs per week for one school aged child and 2 pre-schoolers. (So def a nanny and not really au pair?) offering £600-£1000 pcm.

This works out £2.79-£4.65ph.

Can this be for real?

Is it live in though?
Would be a bit more acceptable if you didn't have rent/food to buy.

I don't know how much nanny's get paid but they may get accommodation/food/use of car etc on top of that so they have no bills to pay.

No not live in. The phrase 'daily nanny' is used and I think it would specify if live in, wouldn't it?

There's a huge difference between a nanny and an au pair

Even for a live in salary it's very low

does it matter to you? She will realise pretty quickly that its not an acceptable rate for qualified carers when she gets no replies.

She can't do that, surely? what about minimum wage laws? Don't they apply?

Well it only matters to me in the respect that I'm looking into nannying and seeing what sort of jobs are in my area. But you're right, I won't apply for this one.

Insane! When I was live-in I was on £300 a week net at least, with £20 for food on top!

YANBU and au pairs aren't supposed to work more than 20-25 hours a week.

Perhaps the '50' was a typo?

Au pairs are paid very little but have free food, rent, and bills so only need a bit of spending money - however they are not supposed to work very many hours, they have to be allowed enough time to study. I've had friends who have paid theirs between £60 and £80 pw but they only did a few hours 'wraparound' care on weekdays so probably up to 16 hours a week weekdays only.

You couldn't pay a nanny that little, especially 'live out'

The salary she is offering is ilegally low. YANBU