My Au Pair Family KICKED ME OUT I Why you shouldn't become an Au Pair I AUSTRALIA I Na Yan Ka
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- čas přidán 20. 01. 2020
- You only ever hear how great it is to be an Au Pair - here are some drawbacks!
As an Au Pair you don't have any rights since (most of the time) you don't have a contract.
So choose your family carefully, talk to them, video call as much as you can beforehand, to try and make sure they're good people.
Obviously you can have a good Au Pair experience but I only know a small amount of people who actually enjoyed it, and SO MANY who struggled really bad.
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If you don’t like kids, you should not be an au pair. That was your major mistake.
Going as an au pair means that you are entirely into the hands of a family. A contract does not mean much unless you are planing to take the family to Court for not respecting its terms. An agency has no idea how the family is really. You, on the other hand are going to find out when you start living with them. You have to be tough, thick skined, and always have enough money for a return ticket, or a few days in a hotel, if you are miserable where you are.
You are spot on Simone, so if I just ran away, can my host report me to immigration?
@@sixtyfy6601 What country are you au pairing?
I don't know anything about Australia laws, but It seem away different than here in France. I had to have a contract at my visa appointment (I'm American.) And in the contract you have to state 25 hours or less a week otherwise your visa isn't approved.
A lot of families in Paris provide external accommodations. Like, small studios or a floor above their apartment.
I've had to expressly say, I am not working right now. And if they need me to babysit over the 25 hours I ask for an hourly rate.
I think au pairing can go really well. And if you don't love your first family, you can find another!
Thanks for sharing Hannah ! Indeed in France we like to do things by the book, hence you are hourly payed or have a contract and that's a good thing.
Also I do believe that if one's not staying at the family's house one's experience can be totally different (in a good way).
I'm not speaking for other countries but I'd say that in Australia the majority of the families looking for au pair doesn't go through agencies it's often off the books.
You can enter the country on a Working Holiday Visa and work any kind of jobs you don't have to say what you're gonna be up to!
Je te souhaite une très bonne expérience au pair et j'espère que ton Français s'améliore si c'était un de tes objectifs en venant ici ;)
Being au-pair is akin to being a slave. You have to live with a family, you have to eat what they eat, etc. Someone wrote in a comment about "having the return ticket and staying in the hotel" if anything goes wrong. Well, most people who go there don't have enough money. Some people from Phillipines, Thailand etc. might even borrow money to become an au-pair, to buy an expensive ticket into a foreign country. They have to work there for a few months just to get their money back. In addition, host families often live in isolated villages, so it might not be easy to get out of there. At least, nowadays everyone has a smart phone and WiFi, but 20-30 years ago it was not a case...
I just talking with a friend who is also Au pair.Most French family wants Thailand girls just for used them and treating them like a slave.Its teribble
This is what scares me. I've worked multiple jobs, and I've had issues with pay, schedule, and in some cases with management. However, I bever lived with this people. Living with your employers could go wrong quickly
If you are reading this and thinking about becoming in aupair in australie. I would recommend to do it. I had the best year and so nearly all of my aupair friends. (We all lived in the outback - may that is different to cities.) but it is Important to have open conversation from the beginn on. Both sides have to be honest and set boundries from the beginning on (e.g. Getting paid for overtime or get the time of within the next 14 weeks) :))
Omg !! You are so on point . I can relate to every single thing that you just said !
My first experience was great but now I’m experiencing most of all these forms of abuse . I’m leaving today or tomorrow I tell you
@@ruthesthersantanatejada570 I hope you're okay. Make sure you have a place to go before even telling them that you are leaving bc they can throw you out on the spot .
Ty my loves 😍 for your information... Now i know..
getting kicked out seems like a common thing. i’m too scared to tell my HF that i’m not having a good time because i’m worried about being kicked out. we’re in the middle of nowhere and i have no friends yet, where would i go? 👀
Hi, are you an au pair right now?
@@louiibree yes i am
@@heyitsNsuku I'm just about to sign a contract with a family in a really rural area too (completely in the middle of nowhere)... would you recommend not doing this and finding somewhere different?
@@louiibree it all depends on the are and you as a person. if you like the more quiet living then the rural area would be perfect. if you’re more extroverted or interested in being out and about then it probably wouldn’t be the best place for you but if your area has a good public transport connection or you have access to a car/bike then it would be easy. you should ask your host parents about that and if there are young people, specifically around your age, in the are. mine said there are young people but they were talking about people their age. would there be things to do around the area like a gym, bars or social clubs? that makes it easier to meet people. our area has nothing, we even have to go to the next town to buy groceries. i don’t have access to a car or bike so i have to wait for my HM to go shopping so i can tag along or buy online if i need something and there’s only one bus per hour and it’s a bit of a walk to the bus stop. if i could go back in time, i probably wouldn’t have chosen to stay here, especially because they weren’t entirely honest about where they stay. it’s been 3 months and i’ve only met one person so far (from bumble) and they’re in the city so we only hang out over weekends. i hope i didn’t scare you or anything, just hope that it helps you make the right decision. if you have anymore questions or want clarity on something, feel free to send me a dm on IG: nsuku.nkuna
@@heyitsNsuku hie dear which country are you in ,l had some questions
I don't know why anyone would want to become an au-pair nowadays, when there is a lot of true information available about this "job". It's not even a proper job. It's meant to be an educational programme, where an au-pair should live with a family, learn the foreign language and culture as well as doing light housework. In reality, they just want a cheap cleaner who will be scrubbing their bathrooms etc., and a babysitter, although on many occasions their children are old enough to manage without a babysitter (e.g. 7-11 year old). 7 year old can stay in 'after school club' or something similar, if his/her parents are working. 11-year-old is quite capable to stay on his own for a few hours, until his/her parents come back from work.
Omg i think almost ppl around the world have an experience like this, in.my country some ppl who try aupair the hostfam ask them to do house hold and its totally wrong from the contract. Like can u imagine you hve to take care tjeir kids and after that the mom told you to do household or cooking. Edit (usually europe fam)
Well taking care of kids it is a huge responsibility and you said it yourself you don’t even like kids so you shouldn’t have taken it so lightly.
Basically -. Some of the families seem like spoiled snobs! 😜
Never ceases to me amaze me, how many parents have mental health issues and are not fit to host or work with childcare/
caregivers. You are right though about not working with children if that is not your passion. To treat a 19 year old young lady the way she treated you. Absolutely cruel and unkind of her especially when you are in her home and a young women. People treat other people's children terribly, then forget they have children that will answer for their sick crazy behavior. It's unfortunate..
Yep, I did make mistakes but her behavior surpasses it all, thank you for your comment
will the host report to immigration if you just ran away ?
you should also say that it is not safe to work as Au Pair without contract, neither without agency. It´s risky and that´s why these things happened to you, and to your friends too maybe. I am sorry for your experience.
That is true. Although even going through an agency does not protect you from everything that could happen in the family's house.
Contracts don't always protect caregivers. This is a poor sweeping, generalization. People break contracts all the time.
Her situation happened, because the host family was cruel, unprofessional and mentally unstable. For you to say these things are happening to her, because of a lack of contract is unfair and thoughtless. I have worked with parents through agencies and they can be just as sneaky, with a contract.
I think you should have found a better agency as other agencies have support systems in place and contracts that specify the hours you should work. As an au pair your main responsibility is the kids and that's it. You may be asked to wash the dishes but not more. Even washing the car isnt part of your duties. That's why it's important to spend time interviewing different families and move on when you can't find one that works for you and find others. This is why most agencies stress the matching because it's up to you to make sure that you'd be comfortable with that family. Also in the USA au pairs get approximately 200 dollars a week
They're Australians, typical. They literally took advantage of you. Glad you're well sister
Wtf? 99% of all Australians I have met were super lovely
what are some better alternatives? i want to take a gap year to move to france.
Well I guess the working holiday visa works the other way too, so you could just come work here, if you still want to work with children teaching could be an idea, they often look for native English speakers for high school /middle school / primary or even lower class levels.
@camila I left a comment under the video for you on my experience in France 🇫🇷
Reliable agency can move you for other family...contract is important all these things you mention here in video need to be discused about with family forehand...families also need to trained going trough course how to treat au pair and etc. Good agencies can also send their worker to check how things are going...it is chemistry some families see you more as a family member want to spend time with you also outside your working hours. Some families unfortenately see au pair as cheap workforce,slave...so you need to have contacts when you move abroad to be au pair...sometimes it would be better au pair to be elderly...it IS so much up to family. It is important to train both au pairs and families...basic rules to follow...write down as much as possible...sometimes you need to change family more than once to find family suitable for you.Thank you open up for your difficult experience and bit nice people at all...what you said about personality...what type of ay pair family is looking for...communication and I will add contact person someone you can turn to things you are facing with family...make security plan yourself if things are going somehow weird, difficult even dangerous. BLESSINGS TO all future au pairs...take your time finding suitable family, join au pair training, check up au pair agencies and programmes...
how long have you stayed there?
7 weeks I think
You need to call the police..in Germany or Austria these thing are ilegal to throw out employed.Police would be help you with place to stay.What is the name of that page?
Through AuPair:
It is Easy to hire a Married Live-In Filipina Housemaid by using AuPair. And it is an easy way to "clap" them "cheeks" once AuPair housemaids settle down in your house.
FIRST: Agree on the amount you will pay the housemaid weekly; for me, this is $1000 or $2000 USD.
SECOND: I would recommend to start "clapping" them "cheeks" on the second month just so that you can get to know them better as a person. And then start "clapping" them "cheeks," on the second month.
I have already hired at least three married Filipina housemaids in the past two years. And it's worth it! It feels good to Bust-A-Knott when you come home from a long day of work.
Why don't you just start cleaning your house by yourself instead of exploiting people?
I got payed 300€ a month 😀😀😀😀
Wow lucky you !
Omg..let me guess in France??