Hello I just need some advance.
I’m an aupair working in Italy. I come from South Africa and I was brought up by really strict parents and I’m a very hardworking individual. I came to Italy to travel shortly after I finished my degree.
I’m quite unhappy with my situation and I don’t know what to do. I feel like I’m being taken advantage of but not sure 😅. We agreed that I would work from 7-8 am and then 3pm to bedtime which is now usually 10 or 11pm which I find really late. But I often have to spend extra time in the mornings cleaning the kitchen anything from 1 hour to 3 hours extra because the family leaves washing to hang up and fold. I also usually clean the whole kitchen because the floor is always left dirty, dishes and crumbs everywhere. Then I set the table for lunch and I always help with lunch. I always clean up after lunch alone usually so generally this adds anther hour or two to my working hours. Before I am suppose to start work at 3 pm ! It also brothers me that I have to go to sleep so late every night! And of course after dinner I also clean almost everything. I am also solely responsible for packing and unpacking the dishwasher. Ontop of this the children are very hard work. They are 12 and 15 year old boys despite their age I must force them to shower, brush their teeth, put on deodorant, brush their hair, put shampoo on their heads before they get into the shower. I also teach them English during the weekdays. They are quite rude. They have very bad manners and rarely say please and thank you. I have to pick up after them all the time. One of them has hit me (15 year old) and the other sometimes kicks me. The throw tantrums and cry when they have to do homework or shower. I only get Sundays off but I often still do things for them on Sundays. I also do a lot of other smaller tasks.
Please help I’m so frustrated