To think that this advert for an live in au pair is grossly underpaid?

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I was just browsing on a job site and this advert came to my attention, AIBU to think that this is asking an awful lot of a potential au pair for £80 a week? and I thought carers were underpaid!.

nightingale - you're last advert, there's clearly going to be no reciprocal language school etc as the silly sods have advertised for someone who can speak fluent English.

Quite a few of the partners who I work with have this type of live-in abusive arrangement - the ones who are on average 450K. Tight wads

The latest seems to be from employing "au pairs" from Thailand etc. I'm an employment lawyer and they were always round asking "quick questions" about how best to subvert these poor souls' employment rights. Twats.

Does that one work, Calypso? If not, what on earth does she do all day? If she needs an au pair to do all of that great long list with her children, what exactly do she do with them?!

This is just too entertaining, what did I do with myself before I discovered MN?

the latest offering is from 70 pounds a week.
You have to be able to cook for dinner parties (reading between the lines)

You can literally tell exactly where these people live. I've just dumped the baby in the play gym and have spent a very enjoyable ten minutes wandering the streets of Wandsworth via street map. just like any predatory weirdo could

and it is on the Hammersmith flyover - not glam guys, not glam at all.

au pairs are for people to cheap to pay a proper nanny
gavel

Last one wants 3 years' experience of childcare and a childcare qualification, driving licence and first aid certificate for 70 quid a week! All that and ability to speak fluent English and French!

They don't want much do they? 10 quid a day!!

Well I suppose that's one way of ensuring only French speaking candidates apply Gobbo

If you look at the bottom of the ad, there's a link that says "See other ads from this advertiser". Click on it and they seem to live in several locations with children with varying ages!!! Is it an agency trying to cream extra profit off? Really odd and really worrying.

This has been a mentally restorative afternoon for me, I thank you all very much, especially nightingale and Gobbo

I have to go and do the school run

Schools finish late here in Spain, thinking about getting an au pair to do this task for me...

I'll be back later!

You must have a get up and go attitude (for example, if the children are watching the television, you need to be able to do other work and not sit around waiting);

sheesh! 4 children, and they have a NERVE!!!!

Well unfortunately for ad number 1 insisting the au pair is in their room or put the house when not working means they can't pay them under minimum wage, so no £80 a week there.

A tribunal would have a field day. I do hope they end up with a French au pair

bloody hell thats shocking. I had a live in 22 years ago who got full board own room and bathroom, was required to look after 2 kids while I worked mon.tue.wed nights and take them to and from nursery during those 3 days. She was paid £50 a week back in 1990.

I judge them FULLY for their mandatory 2 nights out a week. they both work FT, they delegate childcare to a slave and yet they can still afford 2 nights out a week in Fulham

thats £100 a week if they DO go out , £400pcm

That franglais advert has brought on my morning sickness so badly I have had to lie down.

I just feel a sucker having paid a professional nanny, live out, a London living wage ++ with NI and tax deducted, holidays, sick pay and redundancy. When I could have had my own slave in the attic.

Yoni

Tond, dont!

I dont get why people want to live in fulham, have well paid jobs and have their kids etc, then get the cheapest possible childcare. Its VERY common. so their 2 nights a week in Bistroteque are more important?

Flipping heck, I know just enough French to know that "Nanny McPhee wanted" one is taking the piss!

Gumtree needs a glossary to explain what an au pair / nanny / childminder / housekeeper actually does.

I guess that's another reason to avoid going through an agency (other than being complete tightwads) as any repututable agency wouldn't let these people get away with their adverts.

This thread has turned nasty! I cannot believe the spite some are exhibiting. Why don't you mind your own business and leave other people manage their lives the way they choose? Simply shut up! You look ugly. And no, I have never had an au pair, so what? If you are that perfect, go look after your kids instead of ignoring them to come and gossip on here. Gosh!

Tond I was thinking the same thing about the £1000+ we pay for one child to attend nursery four days a week!

I'm actually really saddened by these adverts. I live in Wandsworth so know childcare is expensive, and that people can over stretch themselves when it comes to
mortgages, lifestyle etc. but to treat young people like this and entrust your children to somebody with little experience makes me shudder.

Val no more nasty than expecting desperate young girls to work long hours for pittance.

yoni - ate you on my January thread?