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Paid childcare

Discuss everything related to paid childcare here, including childminders, nannies, nurseries and au pairs.

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Au pair and mobile phones

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bringonthesummer · 28/02/2013 11:26

I have just agreed a sim only mobile contract for our aupair so she has a uk number and we can contact each other . We have agreed to pay half each . However I am now thinking I should pay it all. Just wondering what other people do as we are newbies to having an au pair and this is the one thing I did not think about in advance.

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trinity0097 · 28/02/2013 15:06

Presumably she will also be using it for personal use as well, in which case paying half seems fair to me?

DrinkFeckArseGirls · 28/02/2013 15:17

Say you will pay a set amount monthly and if she needs more she can top it up herself.

forevergreek · 28/02/2013 16:51

I would probably pay it all tbh. And she pays if it goes over. It means you and her can always be in touch regarding children

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bringonthesummer · 28/02/2013 17:36

Thanks . I think we will pay full amount as she will mainly contact friends through Internet messaging and it will give us peace of mind to contact her or vice versa ...

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Newtothisstuff · 28/02/2013 21:22

We got ours a payg phone and we top it up for her each month, she hasn't gone without yet and in sure she would ask if she needed more

mumsareglam · 06/03/2013 21:09

We get ours a PAYG phone and top up with £10 a month. They can top up additionally if they need to. This time we also got a cheap smart phone so she could used WhatsApp which cuts down on the cost of text messages.

NumericalMum · 06/03/2013 22:40

Ours has a £15 a month contract (3 I think?) as she was using data and speeding through £10 in a few days!

NumericalMum · 06/03/2013 22:42

Meant to say we pay it all. She pays anything on top o that as really she shouldn't need to make calls and what's app and texts cost nothing!

Headofthehousehold · 07/03/2013 23:24

3 three (?) do a £15 a month contract you can terminate on 30 days notice, all you can eat data, lots of text and a good allowance of calls to uk landlines and mobiles. Also you can cap so they can't call abroad for instance or go over the £15. We have found that works for our AP.

Strix · 08/03/2013 21:42

I would pay a set rate each month and anything over that she pays. Say £30. And in return for that I would expect her to be available in working hours when I call/text/email.

MGMidget · 13/03/2013 21:52

We do something similar to Headofthehousehold and add call bars for international/premium rate calls. This gives better value than PAYG in terms of number of call/texts/data for amount spent. We also specify in the contact that if she exceeds the call allowance we may ask her to pay some or all of the extra, although no au pair has come close to exceeding it yet. The risk with providing a fixed amount per month on PAYG is that the au pair uses this up for her personal calls and then can't call or text you when you would want her to (eg if you text her a question and expect a reply!).

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