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[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]

[b]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.[/b][/quote]

Says the person who probably drives a $70k car and has loads of LV, Prada, etc hanging in her closet.  Even with all that paid for $200 in this city is NOTHING! 
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Lol. Sounds like an au pair who picked a match badly based on the family that had the biggest house and newest car.

Our family would be considered upper middle class and we're comfortable, not rich. I don't drive a $70k car with designer stuff in my closet. My kids go to private schools that have been in person this year and I have a hefty student loan debt to pay off.

I agree with every host parent that feels like a broken record when saying: you knew that you could be working up to 45 hours a week for $195.75 and agreed to it. Some families do pay more, some families pay more in soft benefits (paid for gym memberships, etc. instead of cash), and some families don't do a thing more for their au pair.

It's up to you to rematch or go home. But au pairs that complain like this never seem to go home and thrive on trolling boards/social media about their "indentured servitude." [/quote]

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