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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]$200 a week is all people pay full time au pairs? [/quote]

Plus room, board, a phone and often a car.

How much did you have left over at the end of the month when all these were paid for when you were 20?[/quote]

It’s basically indentured servitude. In the past, it was somewhat justified as a cultural exchange (although never really was), but that’s completely impossible during COVID. So I bet this au pair is doing more work than ever. No wonder she wants (and deserves) a raise! Yet this cheap-o think she’s generous because she’s exceeding the program minimum by $5?! I hope she walks and leaves your a$$. A better family will pick her up in a second. Disgusting people. [/quote]

Have you had an au pair?  If you are a good family these girls have it great.  The work they do isn't all that hard, in many cases just dropping off and picking up kids.  They spend lots of their weekends with other girls they meet from their home countries.  It's a balance when done right, and $195.75 or so a week is plenty for them.[/quote]

Typical attempt to justify, but it doesn’t work. You are exploiting women from other countries and paying them less than minimum wage to care for your children. It’s even worse during a pandemic. In any other context this would be illegal, if not for this weird loophole that so clearly should be closed. You are cheap, terrible people. All your friends and family think it, trust me. [/quote]

Exploiting women from other countries? Haha.  All the au pairs I’ve come into contact with are 18 year olds from affluent German families looking for a year of fun and adventure.

If it’s “exploitative,”  then the exploiting is happening on both ends! There is mutual benefit to the families and the au pairs. That’s what makes the program so popular & rewarding. [/quote]

Try again. See the post from the German above confirming they are from working class German households. And many are from poorer countries like Brazil and China. So yes, exploitation it is. [/quote]

It's not exploitation.  I don't think you have any idea about working class German households--they have a far higher standard of living than you think, and you are misreading/misusing my point.  The "poorer" countries likely have more au pairs from more affluent households simply because the agency fees are quite high, and it is very difficult to get a visa for citizens of those countries, which is not the case for Germans.  They don't even need a visa for 3 months, and can come and go at will.  Apples and oranges.  My point was simply that it is not something that is valued any more than in the US where it is not valued in UMC circles to go be an au pair in France to perfect your French.  [/quote]

You are not very good at making your points. And you didn’t answer my question about whether you’d be comfortable with your au pair traveling around the USA on her/his breaks right now. [/quote]

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