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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All of what PP said.  Not to mention, APs need a ton of training.  Most HFs aren't going to fiippantly rematch beause of the time sink in onboarding a new AP and looking for a new one.  For APs, it's not so much of a time sink to rematch (especially when they family perk shopped while agreeing and playing nice with a current HF).[/quote]

Exactly and this was hugely exacerbated during the pandemic.  We waited for our new arrival for 4 months.  We wrote a special 2 page letter to the consulate explaining our child's special needs and why we need an au pair.  We did multiple interviews.  We read psychological reports.  I picked our au pair from the airport waiting 4 hours until she cleared immigration.  I gave her driving lessons and made sure her international drivers license was acceptable because dmv lines were insane.  I spent hours getting to know this person ND explaining what to do with our kids.  In return my au pair worked a second online job, woke up exhausted, asked to work 30 instead of 45 hours, asked for all federal holidays, asked for a raise.  Damaged my car and pretended like it was our responsibility to fix it ( au pairs are responsible up to $500).  She also barely spoke to our child and did the absolute bare minimum.  Yet we were so exhausted from the first part and lack of au pairs that we just put up with it. In hindsight it was a mistake but she pulled the trigger first when a wealthy family with older children had a vacancy.  Now we are happy that we're out of this mess but I can see why families are more reluctant to rematch while for ap's it's like any other job.[/quote]

PP here---I am so sorry this happened to your family.  [/quote]

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