Why Au Pairs Are Paid Only $4.35/hour
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2019
- Every year, around 20,000 young women and men come to the United States as au pairs to care for children, learn about American culture and improve their English. The cultural exchange program is organized by the federal government and is especially popular among families who need flexible childcare at an affordable rate. But the program has sparked a lot of criticism, mainly because au pairs only make $4.35/hour.
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The Business Of Au Pairs
"We're rich, but we don't want to pay a good salary,"
Wqm F At the same time they do give them a room (not always the best) and food it's a pretty good deal when you're a poorer foreigner. My mum was one and it helped her integrate in British society very well and helped with her English studies. I assume it may differ from case to case.
Not every Au Pair is poor. I'm one and I have a pretty good life back home, we Au Pair come to USA to have a American Experience and get better on English and not because when are in need.
That’s not the point. The point is the government shouldn’t be subsidized this program if low income can’t get it or have low affordable healthcare
you can use the same system, This is what I hear. Day care is freking expensive (and it is) we are looking for a way to deal with this. Is open to everybody. And like anything in life, there is people who are bad and look to take advantage of that. Let me ask something - it will be ok if they pay a adecuate wate and the family charged the aupair for food, rent, etc. Or the solution is just not to come at all?
Oh please! Those people be Glade there getting 4.25! If they don't like it....they can go be a Nanny in the middle East! They will get less then half!!!! Lol
“It’s considered elite to want affordable childcare”
Proceeds to show a family who lives in a mansion
it's CNBC who shows you the rich families who can actually afford lobbied nannies, not Au Pair spokesperson advocating for cheaper service and higher offer. Guess why CNBC played that trick on you!
@@nilricci4835 The size of the home doesn't always correlate to it's cost in the USA. A large home can be very affordable in some areas of the country. Depending on how you look at it California as well. :(
you just like most Americans. Are delusional.
Artoria Pendragon Boom!
Interesting story. My buddy was visiting from Japan and he wanted me to take him to San Jose, Ca. from San Diego, Ca. When I suggested we fly he couldn’t understand why. Till we drove to Los Angeles, Ca. Then, he got the idea. We live in a great country and only if you are in it do you understand the differences and vastness of its people. Damn that was long.
@@WarriorsPhoto Video tells you where that place is and you can check the real estates in that area: bedford, new york. It is a rich white neighborhood.
what cultural experience are you getting watching 5 children for peanuts ? basically torture
ive met several that had boyfriends, married and got to stay. so, there is that. ;) its not just about cultural experience, but also about new opportunities.
@@Raylor doesn't justify the low wages, not by a long shot
The problem is, you, as a child has look after children without any experience. In the same time you are dealing with a new language, you have no friends or family behind you. Daly 10 hours work (children, cooking, cleaning etc) is a full time job. And also very strange, a mom needs 10 hours help a day... What does she do? I am sure she is not working, the children are too small. Or is it a status symbol?
As someone who is currently looking into this program, I can tell you that many of the girls who apply for the program do it because it can be an affordable way to travel to another country.
You sound as if you've never been outside of your`area. Even watching kids you still have exposure to a totally different culture.
“We’ve all heard of au pairs”
Literally never heard that phrase until now.
IKR
Wow never?
right i was like wtf is an au pair-
Lmao I clicked on it thinking "why do Australian couples only make $4.35?"
airyballoon i just found out about them yesterday the guy im seeing comes from a wealthy family and had one
“I think I and my husband we learned how to be better parents” by under paying someone else to do your job!
LTLT TLTL one of the most ridiculous statements ever heard on the internet!
..."my husband and I"
Yeah, she was wrong for that statement. That was white privilege at its finest. I really wanted the former business professor to explain her dumb ass comment.
Well said I was thinking the same ..lol
Not only that, employing a 20 something foreigner.
No way that au pair is going to say they need to negotiate while sitting across the table from the mom. Ask her at the end of her term.
Casey Baker thank you. The people that are saying that the au pair work needs are paid for don’t understand how employment arrangement work. Example, would you prefer that your large Corp employer don’t subsidize your health insurance cost or contribute to your retirement account? How about you pay rent for working in the office space or are unable to negotiate income? To those people saying that the au pair have free food or housing, why do you think the parents decide to go the au pair route instead of hearing a nanny locally?
No I think that was a genuine answer, she seems to be someone who's in it not because of the financial benefit, she's from a well off country, she def seems to be doing it more so because of the expiernce. Now if she was from a poorer country then yeah I get that, but when you're from a poorer country you don't understand how bad of a deal $4.25 an hour is until after you've been working in that country for a while so it's not even like that would benefit them.
Yup that was me 😂
You have a talk with the counselor alone everytime too.
Exactly. It's sad for a 19 year old who has never worked before to say she doesn't feel comfortable discussing wages. Women in general don't feel comfortable talking about this and it's a bad example of this woman, who is her employer, to groom this young woman into thinking asking about compensation is rude. This isn't setting her up for success later in life.
In a nation of rising childcare costs this whole program is just another tax and income loophole by the rich. Exploitation and cheap labor.
No it isn’t.
@@Economivision yes it is
Trev Dakine no if you want to be super cheap illegal immigrant women
195.75 a week plus 500 for education, room and board, insurance (car and health), free commodities like cellphones, free vacations etc. Ya there being exploited.
@@alayhaferron1972 Not all have access to healthcare or even get that stipend amount. I personally know US citizens doing the exact same job and earn over 60k, even 100k+ depending on the family. These foreign nationals are being exploited in comparison.
You’re interviewing au pairs in front of their hosts expecting them to answer honestly? So ridiculous.
This is such a ridiculous segment. It’s obvious this is modern day slavery/indentured servants. If it was really about cultural immersion, why is it that just wealthy people get au pairs if it’s an option for affordable child care? It’s rich people just being cheap.
Every American I know that has study abroad in a different country lives in a shack basically with the basics provided. Never a mansion lol.
Rich people can usually afford the housing space ( poor people aren’t known for having empty bedrooms), can absorb the extra groceries, can often provide use of one of the household cars, can afford the fees, can take au pair on vacation etc etc
Not to mention stats wise homes in poverty ranges are more stressful, more addiction, more mental illness, more domestic violence etc and unstable homes are far less likely to bring in strangers to live with them etc
Certainly the wealthy can also have major issues but percentage wise, its less.
You know the au pairs choose to do this? They are aware of the expectations. They choose to do this because it pays very well and is over all a great experience. Just because someone is being financially advantageous in their decision making, does not mean they are taking advantage of someone.
@@georgedaker9569 how does it pay well 4.35 an hour isnt being paid well too me.
@@supersaiyaman11589 if they are from poor countries its good money
@@alicepopovski6303 in a country like the usa that would not be good money though
I wish they talked to Au Pairs and not so many clients. I don't see how this is a cultural exchange at all considering that they are likely only raising children.
Magdalena Baumgartner it’s supposed to be a cultural exchange because au pairs have to take two college classes. And you see how a family lives in another country. The problem was that 45 hours is too much work for too little money and leaves little time and energy for the cultural exchange
Aight We'llSee no you only need to take one class per semester, you could do weekend classes or evening yes. I took a class at community college twice a week from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. And then the other one next semester I took it in 2 weekends plus a weekend trip. You need 40 hours per semester or I can’t remember how many CEUs.
For me It‘s definitely the best cultural exchange I could ever image!
It's not. I'm an au pair in France and it is exploitation in a different language.
@@CasianaCarmazan yes I am going to be an au pair I am only working 25 hours a week.
morty: well that justs sounds like slavery with a bunch of extra steps
Except its not, because slavery isn't voluntary. Where as these people CHOOSE to do this work under those terms rather than getting another job.
Like I wrote in another comment.
Food and Board, Those are not included here.
Those girls can actually keep the majority of their salary.
C. Lincoln just how low wage workers CHOOSE low wage jobs
more like indentured servitude
C. Lincoln yes but they are deceived just like in the show he's referencing into believing they will get more money than they will over here. I was wanting Italy and I definitely got paid a lot more with a lot more perks
I like how they say middle class but I have never met anybody in my life as somebody in the middle class who does this
Seems like most middle class people had no idea its an option. I need to tell my sister about this!
Ms J - I wish I knew about it back in the day. We paid our nanny $300/ week.
yea cause its just how the qualification of classes is like if you’re lawyer doctor or u run a company you’re still middle class its pretty much ab the job
@@msj9097 middle class people do have a pairs. My friend's parents currently have one for her
Middle class is different depending on the person you talk to and the perception that is believed. You’re basically paying to care for another human being to take care of your children while you work or do whatever. Still a privilege option. I didn’t know about this until I had my first child a year ago. Never heard of it before then.
“Where the nanny population live”😂😂 that comment killed me
Ugh, don't you hate when the peasants live to far away to serve you for pennies
Yeah seriously. Like Nannies come from some farm down the road.
i thought the same - they don't talk like they are talking about people... vomit...
@@astrea79 she meant bigger urban area. In big urban area there are WAY more nannies than in your own subburb, pretty obvious
@@tomjens2046 right, but she still had a weird way of expressing that in a vague, euphemistic way, rather than just saying what she actually meant.
Why? Because rich people write labor laws.
Precisely.
big facts
Congress probably uses the services.
100/100 fact facts truth truth and nothing but reality
So true!
Au pairs: 21st century indentured servants.
Almost half of the world if not more are indentured servants - Africa, China, UAE, etc.
I agree, they are in fact live in servants who work 10 hours per day
@@anniewissner8455some indentured servants had a good life. Research before you comment.
Sam Smith Indentured servants had an alright life, but I wouldn’t use “good” to describe that. Extremely poor people with no other choices, who remained poor after their contract ended. They were regularly disciplined and as punishment you could even get your indentured servitude extended without any say. Many of them were treated like slaves as there were no laws against slavery at the time. Not slavery, but not a good life either. Hence why it was outlawed.
@@ErikCrowKrahe I said SOME not most
I smell a lot of money being made by these agencies providing Au pairs
Black Heart looking into agencies to become an au pair, they wanted me to pay them 2000$+ for their services...
Алина Накостенко I stuck to being an au pair in Canada since I am Canadian
I worked for the government overseeing compliance of the agencies. They are very carefully overseen, and we speak directly with the au pairs.
@@sydneydowd8969 They are very carefully overseen? And what of their profit margins? Is there a profit margin involved or are they NGOs?
Only by the parents. It’s like a nanny agency, as a nanny I have no issue with it. They do not take any money from the au pair or nanny
So rich people can get au pair but low income are cut from it preschool and affordable daycare
Yep
Rich people get the best deals
You’re going to include the fact that they listen to you about your life while you live with them?? As compensation??
Shoggy 17 it’s called emotional support.
Alayha Ferron it’s called being a decent human being :/ to someone who’s living with you
@@alayhaferron1972 Yeah. And it shouldn't be considered "incidental compensation".
OMG i thought the same thing? lol "Incidental compensation ... like you have someone to talk to about your programs.... "
I know. I was infuriated when she opened her mouth and spoke those words.
I would not be leaving my country to go take care of someone else’s brats for $195 a week. Highway robbery.
For a lot of people from poorer countries it’s sadly more than they would make there.
They’d make less staying where they’re
You must not be aware of how much non Americans make. Not only do they leave to do but they pay a fee to get the $195 a week. That’s a lot of money to non Americans
None of the au pairs look content with their family matches... They look like stressed animals in cages... Interesting that hosts are always present when au pairs are talking to journalists.
$4.35 an hour? I'm 13 and I'm a babysitter making $13 an hour, unbelievable.
Jacob Hammond did you watch the whole video? That’s just the cash payout. That doesn’t include a private room to sleep in, food, vacation, a car, car insurance etc.
I make 14.50 (9 out of 12 months in the year) as a teacher but my car insurance costs 200, my rent for a single room is 400, my food is 150 and my car payment is 200. Life is expensive. Take all of that out of my paycheck I have less than that left over for spending money.
Jacob Hammond they’re living there for free id say it’s a good deal, rent may as well take half my wages
They have their flight to and from their country paid for. They also have 196 dollars a week, they have free food, free accommodations, and weekends off. It’s not a fancy job by all means, but it’s not terrible. I know several Americans who have done this in Europe and vice versa.
Carol Santana that's assuming they're actually following the guidelines though unfortunately the majority of people don't I grew up in a rich town and I can assure you there's an issue with au pairs being abused especially when it comes to overworking them no one follows that guideline it's really upsetting. These are young college-age women that looks like destroyed single moms and usually none of them are encouraged to speak English like they wanted for part of the experience for being there they instead encourage them to speak their native language to their children and not respond in English.
au pair's salary is low.. I think the agency charges too much for the host family.
I worked for over 50 hours a week, 4 kids (10,5,2, 9 months), 2 dogs... i left after 6 months traumatized. American people would NEVER work for that amount. NEVER. The program should be Banned!!!
It’s usually African, carribiean and Hispanic immigrant females who work as cheap labor
Yea America is literally the worst 😒
@@kagomemomo9117 for you. I met some really good people here. Met new friends her. Gotta say it isnt all bad
john shoffner you forgot asian
Sorry for what you have been through. It should.
Imagine being rich and just not paying someone properly
It's how they got rich in the first place. On the backs of others doing their work.
aliyah reid it’s kind of hard to believe. I know a rich family who has one and had no idea these girls are paid so low.
They’ve not earned it. They’ve not worked as hard as them. 🙄
That’s how they stay rich. By exploitation.
aliyah reid
True, if I had an au pair, they’d be payed at least minimum wage. At _least_
@@AndSoWeLaughed That is true. I have wondered what a economy would be like without any exploitation though.
The company I use to work for a lot of our clients would get Au Pairs. One lady actually sent a girl back the next day after arriving because she was really beautiful and she didn’t want her around her husband.
Talk about insecure, if they sent some Brad Pitt looking dude i'd be like great now get the dishes bud.
Kevin Anderson I hear ya. I heard a story about a client who had one took there’s on vacation and she girl ended up partying with them at night when they went out.
@@Lynell540 is it safe for 18 yr olds to be au pairs and are certain au pairs from specific countries preferred more like are there Pakistani Au pairs ,what if they had brisitsh education like O A levels and is it safe even ??
Patrick McGeorge sounds very weird? Was it a Long time ago, because today you have au pair rules and no family can just send you home. When an au pair and a family don’t get along the au pair goes into rematch and goes to another family if she wants to. So there is no such thing a a family just sending you home. In America it’s required by law to go with an organization and get a j1 visa. You pay money to the organization as an au pair. So there is no way they just send you home?
Patrick McGeorge omg this is good tea lol I can’t imagine being that insecure.
I was an au pair for a year in the US and it’s way different from what they tell you to be, many parents are abusive over your time and work; it’s a good experience tho but it requieres a lot of responsibility and flexibility . Also it’s hard to have a voice over your host parents since you feel alone in a different country, culture and people
Sorry you experienced that . ☹
Awww.im sorry they have Jerks here
They should make a documentary about Aupairs in the USA, where the world is shown that this is legal white slavery, disguised as living the experience of a cultural exchange when they are only families looking out for their own interests
Yeah its really hard 🥲
@@karencorrea1792 not just in the US, my girlfriend is an au pair in the Netherlands, and they treat her and her fellow Aupairs like 💩
Rich people underpaying forgeiners what else is new?
"We've all heard of Au Pairs"... lol nope, clearly I'm too poor...
I second this. Never heard of this type of slavery.
That or you're from the west coast
Did you not watch the video? It's way less expensive than professional childcare.
@@tobiasfrieser4213 Nope I'm from the east coast.
You people need to get out more.
Did anyone else cringe when they talked about her "dreaming in English?"
Sydney Rearick they’ll start deducting $1 per hour once she says she has started dreaming in English, because clearly, then they’ll have proof of the cultural exchange/experience’s effectiveness.
"Dreaming in English" is a sign that you have become fluent in English. This is mentioned a lot by foreigners who come here for an extended period of time. It's kinda like they've stopped thinking in their native tongue first then translating to English (when having a conversation with an English speaking person.)
I thought that was weird
Yeah, sure did.
Nails on a chalkboard...
"Somehow it's elitism to try to find affordable child care."
Somehow it's elitism to have the means to afford help from another person to do something for you that most people can/are struggling to do for themselves.
Yeah, it is. Elitist & privileged.
@I’m Justarandomdoggy Both my aunt and uncle are Psychology Professors, they're both on the board for their local prison release system and they somehow leave enough time to take care of their children without an au pair.
I was literally shocked when those words came out of her mouth.
If au pairs weren't cheap no one would bother using them. I've done it abroad. I care less about money and more about traveling cheap and being immersed in a new culture. It's great when you are learning a new language. Usually au pairs come from 1st world countries like uk to france, spain to Germany or usa.
Agreed when she said that my rage meter went to 100.
"Au Pairs, the rich way to traffic humans and exploit them(Some countries only allow women from mid teens to late twenties, you know the implications of these requirements)"
So true
“You can’t eat with us”... wtf !!! they already get paid crap. So frustrating
Annie Wissner well that is not unusual family I can said
Vân Nguyễn my cousin is an au pair in the U.S and she’s treated better than me and I’m a resident lol
Annie Wissner I completely understand your frustration with this video the issue is a lot of people take advantage of these people especially when they know they don't have great language skills. I grew up in a rich town and I can assure you you are one of the few who don't abused there au pair... or perhaps different communities treat them better but I grew up in the town in Maine by the beach and all the rich people there abused them... I was one in Italy and I can tell you the experience was very different from what other Au pairs in my hometown experience! the issue isn't lack of laws to protect them, it's Au pairs knowing them at all to protect themselves. that being said I appreciate that there are people out there that actually follow the rules of the program!
Wait where in the video do they say that? I think I missed it
Annie Wissner - thats sounds about right. We had a nanny; she was a huge part of the family. It was a great job while she attended school.
Rich people really just want to keep their buckets of money at the expense of other people.
Mixxmee xo mmmmm, I would argue against that. However, to give credence for discussion sake, their wealth, regardless of how much is their wealth, does not give them permission to exploit an individual which, considering what is presented in this video and the lawsuits in the courts today, is evident.
Poor people really just want to keep generalizing all rich ppl off what they see on yt
another judit wow your privilege and elitism is really showing :/ that’s sad. But, you’re kinda wrong. As a poor person, who worked in house remodeling since I was an early teen, ive met my fair share of rich people and their tendency to exploit people. As a university student, who attends one of the wealthiest universities in this settler colonial country with the aid of scholarships from wealthy donors (imagine relying on a rich person to pay for your school just because of the social and political powers that hindered your family from getting any sort of monetary wealth), I’ve met with, worked with, and navigated myself through the wealthiest of families. So, not generalizing in what I see on youtube, but rather using my experience, interviews, and academic research to come to my conclusion that rich folk can only thrive off of the exploitation of those lower on the social hierarchy. This being said, eat the rich; they owe me reparations.
@@anotheryale28 Elections being geared towards rich people, healthcare being only accessible to rich people, college only being able to be paid off by rich families, and tax cuts being geared towards rich people isn’t a problem? I’m not even mentioning how rich people have been holding off on raising the federal minimum wage, the federal minimum wage can’t even afford a damn apartment in 95 percent of the USA.
As a former au pair myself, I do consider it an exchange program. I lived in the DC area, took care of two very easy kids for nine hours a day, had a great bedroom and the biggest bathroom in the house, and got more than the weekly stipend a week, just because my host parents thought 195,75 a week wasn’t enough. I got to experience the American culture fully, traveled a lot (with the family, with friends and also by myself) and took Filmmaking classes in NYC. I became super close with the whole family (parents, kids and grandparents) and even today, seven years after I left their house, we’re still friends - I visit often, and the grandparents go out of their way to go visit me when I’m in the country. I was never overworked. When we traveled together I barely even worked, I usually just helped with bedtime routine and got to spend the day hanging out with the grownups or sightseeing by myself. I loved my au pair years and would do it all over again. It was a full immersion in the American culture.
You were a lucky 1 in 100 aupairs.
You're the exception not the rule. But I'm glad you had a positive experience
We are planning to become a host family and we hope to be this type of host!
My husband and I are getting our first au pair for our daughter in august. I truly hope that I give this experience to my au pair. Thank you for sharing your experience!
🥺🥺I wish I could have one too...
I think that mom's lazy. She just stands around while that girl does everything.
"Someone is listening to your boyfriend problems" ?! Lmao🤣
Exactly. How is that a compensation
That was amazing. A cell phone? They have their own!? You can’t be poor to become an au pair.
yeah I was like....whaaa, listening is considered compensation now?!
As if they will have boyfriend while working 45 hours weeks and as if they will be allowed to bring anyone home.
Room and board is worth a lot in New York?
Err... Child care will also cost a lot more in the same location, so what's your point?
translation... we have a big house and don't mind letting a maid stay, but paying the maid a fair wage...oh no thats too much
David Wei it means that it is a good deal for au pairs
@@ShidaiTaino No. Because the employer will have to spend more to get regular child care in the same region.
@@maniacaudiophile It can be a win win for the parents and the au pair......that's possible you know. who it's not a good thing for is local day care and preschool places.
@@ashleyashleym2969 not when the parents hold the idea of surppressing wage with all those idiotic excuses.
I could never pay someone $4.35. That’s crazy. They need more. That’s so selfish. I’m sure they have families as well.
No, they don’t have families as well. My agency checked before you get accepted to the Programm. Aupair is a nice way to get to know a new culture, while you live there and do what you enjoy, care for children. You usually do it after school, as a gap year and for me it was awesome. And you get the salary wrong. You have your own room and they pay for your food, i even had my own car. I still could save money to travel at the end of my year.
“It’s a cultural experience” 😂🤦🏼♀️ no lady you get free child care and give slave labor wages, even tho you can afford it!
Family Broich how is it free? They pay for everything. She is fully accommodated. With insurance, cellphones, transportation and 500 a week in education and they still make about 800 a month.
Alayha Ferron One of my best friends still to this day did this. After her experience and me going to visit her in her country of South Korea. She explained everything. This little segment isn’t showing the true story of what these young adults deal with.
Its not slavery of the au pair choose to be there
Rich people are rich because they have no conscience about taking advantage of others for their own self interest.
@alayha ferron you think it looks great in the paper, but in reality, it is an abusive program that only favours the families. The au pair gets the cheapest stuff while the family gets full, undivided childcare. The government needs to ban this program and reinvent the policies to accommodate both parties.
Au pairs are paid $4/hours.
Au pairs are young foreign women.
The Au pair system is a loophole.
And they say correlation is not causation.
Well. In science.
Absurd to only pay them minimum wage and take their housing out of it when they're required to live there.
That "affordable childcare" lady is hilarious...
Trying to say that "room and board is much cheaper than market rate" when you have someone staying in your house to take care of your kids is as ELITIST as it gets.
It's mindboggling how unselfaware that lady is.
It's not like they even have the option of living somewhere else.
Plus, the whole family vacation = their vacation too is absurd.
@@diya3087 how is having servers elitist? How is having a yacht elitist?
@@diya3087 what's elitist is having a big house like most of the people on this video and wanting good service but not being willing to pay for it even though you could probably afford is based in your house so you basically import a person from another country.
In my country is very normal but again labor is cheap in everything unlike in the US
Yes, that's because she lives privileged life and have aupair at home too.
Also - how come you need an Au Pair when you’re a StayAtHomeMom? When my husband and I decided that I would stay home with the kids, it was to SAVE all the money for daycare, cleaning lady, gardeners etc... 🤷🏽♀️
It seems like CV Harquail doesn’t hear herself when she talks. To me it sounds like privileged nonsense. Like did she really have to say “you have to listen to them talk about their break up with their bf” as part of why they should be getting paid less? Everything she said just sounds completely ignorant.
I thought slavery was illegal
It is still legal for prisoners when they abolished slavery they kept it for prisoners and it is still going on today
I didn't know a mutual agreement and voluntarily making decisions was slavery.
The mother is always present when the au pair is there. Bizarre.
Probably a stay at home mom minus the mom part.
Gave me handmaids tale vibes...
You’d think the mom could like... actually parent?
"where the nanny population lives..." Um what??
The poor people.
"Bridge and tunnelers"
I don't think they ment the poor people what she ment was most nannys are usually from the city so the commute would probably be a issue really
@@lourdesabreu4537 Only poor people work as nannies. Nanny work is not going to get you to the middle class.
The "Do you dream in English" part was so cringe omg
Lol lately I’ve been kind of obsessed with these short 10-20 minute documentaries/informative videos 😂
oh have you ?
jae oh really? Tell us more!
First of all: super rare to find a rich ass family living in a mansion
Second of all: over 50% of my aupair friends had a bad experience and it’s for sure an underpaided job
I just want to say a few things because I'm an Au Pair in London right now.
I get £135 per week. But I don't have to pay for my room, my food, electricity or water. I get the chance to live in an expensive city like London and meet other people from all around the world.
I look after two wonderful children, a four year old girl and a one year old boy. I've been here for 8 months and will stay until September next year.
At no point I felt as an excessery or something like that. Sure I'm still an employee but I don't really feel like that.
Also the family I live in does not live in a mansion or is super rich.
They made me feel so welcomed. I saw so many things in London already and really grew as a person. I became more open minded and confident.
It's really nice to learn about the culture especially now that Christmas is coming.
@GlargBoy The general rule for an au pair is that 80% of the work has to be with the children. 20% can be household. I only wash the dishes after we eat, make breakfast and tidy away some toys after playing.
Did you used an agency or looked families online? I want to look into the program but agencies in my country charge up to $1500 dollars
Does the family you work for make you work more than 30 hours a week? This report is about abuses in America, it stated more than once that quality of life for Au Pairs is much better in Europe.
@@danielalugoperez4474 I used an agency. Mine costed 150€. If you want to go to America you have to go with an agency otherwise it's illegal. I felt safer with the agency if anything happens there is someone to turn to.
@@EloiseInParis It's written in my contract that I have to work 30 to 35 hours a week. If it's a busy week I get extra money.
"...who need flexible childcare at an affordable rate."
So it's a program for poor parents? Correct?
S K that’s what I was thinking 😅
I'm from the US and am doing some au-pairing in London right now. Obviously I can work back in the states and make actual money but I wanted to experience London in a way I wouldn't be able to afford otherwise. I'd have to save a lot more money to be able to stay in London (I'm in a super central location too) for 3 months. I work 3 days a week and the rest off to do what I want. The family is super cool, I honestly feel like I gained a british family.
Some advice would be to keep your wits about you. Being from the states I'm already aware of people trying to scam and get cheap labor, so I made my needs clear from the beginning.
I was a nanny for 7 years. I did all of their laundry, cleaning and they did none of their own dishes overnight so I would spend an hour a day doing their dishes. I did not live with them. It was the most physically demanding job I've ever had and I'm so happy I dont do it anymore. I can now work and pursue my other interests whereas when I was a nanny I was too tired to do much of anything after work. I worked for this family 40 hours + a week
Was the best year of my life...
Car, fuel card, credit card, family holidays, food and no rent...no complaints.
Was very lucky...treated as a family member regardless of getting paid.
I'm a former au pair from Italy. I could write a book about what happened to me while I was with my first host family. I still can't believe how people can be so mean and disrespectful.
(Now that I'm back I still think about everything I've been through and I'm not able to forgive what they did to me.)
Thank God, after 6 months with them, I went into rematch and I found a new host family and spent with them the most amazing year.
My second host family helped me so much, we still talk and video call.. I just wish we lived closer!
There are positive and negative aspects in any experience: everything helped me becoming the woman I am today... however, I can't lie and say that those first 6 months don't effect me anymore, cause they do. And it still hurts.
This is like the NCAA but for foreign exchange student/nanny’s lol
I've heard that athletes are now being encouraged to develop themselves as a business and market themselves to make income. Of course this was only something I read somewhere. Lastly, I agree with you.
ricky v it’s actually not a bad thing in my eyes, California passed the law so they can make money from there likeness. You should check it out, I like the idea of it but if definitely has some flaws that I know people well abuse. But thanks broski for the comment
nah they actually pay these women
@@ChiefKene You're welcome and thank you as well for the pleasantness. That is appreciated on this online platform. (:
ricky v anytime bro, I always try to cordial when I can
This is bs, i made more at 15 as a certified babysitter. If anything, someone who is basically acting as a parent they should make well above minimum wage
alyssa amos
But did you live in the other person’s house?
Did they feed you!
Aupairs usually don’t have any certificate or education in childcare. The requirement is that you have a certain amount of babysitter hours. So as a former aupair I don’t see why people are so upset about the salary.
@@bloomany same people dont understand what some of us are will to do for travel abroad. I would do it again and many others like it. I enjoy living an authentic experience and studying the local language. It's ideal for me.
Stefanie T. Have you been an au pair? Because you probaly don’t know what really is going on. They don’t Feed you. They don’t include you in the Family. They don’t care about how you feel. They let you work over 50h (you can only work 45h). They want you to clean the house. Let the dogs out. Been there done that.
@@salome5654 yes, I have been an aupair for 1,5 years. And they fed me and they took me on family trips. Of course it depends on the family how much they include you, but most aupairs in my area were pretty happy.
I was an au pair in Australia for about a year, met an Australian man halfway during my first year and have been living in Australia now for 7 years. Never thought I’d become a permanent resident of another country and I am in the process of getting dual-citizenship. The family I au paired for has been my extended family ever since and I even work with the mother in the same company. I’ve had a very good experience :D
I was an au pair for almost two years and it was the worst experience of my life!
You might think it’s easy, because the AP doesn’t pay expenses, but it’s not like that!
I had two host families that didn't buy food, delayed payments and things like that!
Do you know what was worse? Working 45 hours a week, unnecessarily, because the parents wanted to sleep or they didn’t like to play and give attention to their own children.
In addition the au pair has no privacy at all! It is a total exploration!
The basically wants slaves but there is just a nice word for it. And a lot of them get overworked
We had an au pairs for my family of 5 (she only cared for my two youngest sisters) I was 17 at the time and we became good friends exchanging our experiences. She had two full days off and only worked about 30 hours a week. It gave her the opportunity to be involved in our community in Australia and our family learnt about Germany where she was from! She was just like a family member who helped contribute to the household. She’ll always be my sister
The agency cites access to “host family” transportation, and the agency rep passes her at the bus stop within the same few minutes
Cameron Ishee yeah, the bus stop waiting for the kids to get home from school
@@stinker8983 many hosts didn't provide a transportation.
@@jumpiam8477 lol u in my mentions a year later? i was debunking the specific point this person was trying to make.
I was an Au Pair with Cultural Care from 2008-2010 in San Antonio TX. Overall I loved the experience. My first host family was horrible, they would withhold money from my check sometimes for groceries, and once for a family trip (they made me work) and made me pay my plane ticket with labor. When the host parents became really abusive, I relied 100% on my LLC from cultural care. The agency helped me to find a great family and protected me during the process. I absolutely enjoyed my second experience, with a loving and caring family. This was the first time that I left my country. Becoming an Au Pair is cheap for the au pair too, I could improve my English and learn so much in that time, at the the time I could not afford a student visa to come to an English summer camp, it goes anywhere $5,000 to $10,000... crazy! . Also I felt protected living with a family.
The big problem is that it is a real lottery. Because there is a monetary incentive for the agencies, they tend to be lenient with crappy families. Fortunately you can switch families, but you never know if your experience is going to be good until you live with the family. I still recommend to be an Au Pair, knowing the risks
Thank you for that thorough review of your experience. We just signed up with Cultural Care. I had exchange students as a child and we have relationships with them to this day. I cherish my relationships with them. I hope to be very accommodating to whoever we have. You have to keep in mind, it’s their experience as well as yours. These are whole adults with a culture to share, not to assemble to ours.
*So just because Americans spend 8-15% of their income on childcare means they can exploit young people from other countries? Smh*
All accounted for, I understand that getting a visa to you the United States can be extraordinarily difficult, and that caring for children is also a struggle. However I’m sure there are ways to do this with the program that does not exploit or under pay workers, or charge them 40% for room and board.
Maybe if American companies actually paid for paternity as well as extended maternity leaves The way foreign countries do, child care would not be such a huge burden on families.
A similar thing goes for American companies outsourcing their products to be manufactured in other countries. People making shirts in Taiwan or phones in China get paid dirt cheap and work insanely long hours where it’s not uncommon for workers to live in the factory. American companies know the working conditions are poor but that’s how companies like Nike can get away with making shoes that cost them a couple dollars to make and sell them for $50-$100
Just don’t have children. Especially if you can’t be around to raise them on consistent basis. All exceptions aside.
Great yes and there are families where they can maybe treat them as slaves I would rather pay a nanny that’s like 50 years old with lots of experience how can a young 25 year old with no kids know how to take care of kids lol
Yeah but this is different. These families aren't working class families. These are upper middleclass to wealthy families. They could easily afford daycare, but they prefer having a live in slave...I mean helper, who is there at their beck and call. Also where else are you going to find a person who will work 45 hours a week (yeah right) for $4.35 an hour?
Also, if you are a live in nanny, it is ILLEGAL to make them pay for room an board because the job requires you live in. It makes no sense they deduct that much for room and board
”We’ve learned how to be better parents my husband and I”.....loooooooool she says when someone else is literally doing the parenting for them!
That's how rich people think. They're doing it if they're paying someone else to do it.
pookiehoney they are fooling themselves because even though their kids are taken care of they miss out on those precious moments with their kids that they will never come back and it’s something they will be called out on as the child grows into a young adult/teen.
Even when they are in the home they still live a separate life from their kids. Their kids will have more nice memories with the au pair than the parent and then they have to learn how to cope with loving someone who is leaving more likely than not to ever see them again. And all because the parents value living in a big house rather than living smaller and be able to afford quality time with their kids.
So many off aspects of this and it’s as mentioned in the previous comment so awful behavior towards the au pair. The excuses these people provided are so horrible trying to play it off in so many off ways why there is nothing wrong with this use of others who mostly are in need of fixing an ok solution for their own life and coming from poverty.
When the agency woman came to visit the family you could see on the au pair that something was off. The only ones that looked content were the parents and the agency lady.
Literally clicked on this video because I had no idea what an Au Pair was and was curious...lol
I had an Aupair from 3 all the way to 14. It really defined my childhood...I am so grateful to all my aupairs ❤️ My mum worked during the day and my Dad worked really far during the night, so my aupair was everything to me. It is not a luxury thing at all for me. My family were middle class, it was mainly a convenience thing. My aupairs would go to school if they want and I would still go to preschool/school. It can be beneficial if the family actually care about the aupair’s future. My mum did.
Shola Sholade yea well you were raised by a slave, don’t get it twisted lol
That still doesn't change that the pay is so low. How would one even pay for textbooks on the wage they are defining in this video. They are getting over on foreigners
I was a nanny in the suburbs of NYC for over 2 years and was paid a well and able to negotiate everything upfront. However, when I left the family got an au pair and has had a host of problems around payment, hours, etc. Au pairs should and need to negotiate salary before they come to the US. It may not be the first thing you discuss, but before they board the flight, everything should be laid out so there are no hard feelings later.
I think that must be among the issues laid out before proceeding to work as an Au-pair.
They can afford more but choose to pay o my 4.35!? The things rich people get away with 🤮
My high school girlfried did it after graduating. She wasn't in it for the money. She liked the whole experience.
@Dim K Nah I broke up before that could happen hahah
Dim K man F off
Host mother, “ I think we have become better parents through this” .... yes by not spending much time with my kids, not taking the opportunity to do their hair, not help them with homework and Goodness no, not cook for them, clean or take them to their events. This allows us to have more time for work and ourself meaning liking our children!
Now, I don’t want to say this is the worse, but come in woman, you’re underpaying for Labor, let’s call those people that are mad that immigrants are taking their jobs. The rich are the first to give away jobs and not want to pay.
This is no different than hiring illegals, or your mother in law for cheap labor.
I love how they(the “hosts) act like they are doing the Au Pairs a favor...I wonder if they would work for less than minimum wage. I also seriously doubt that the reviews of the program “are generally positive”. Give me a break
Good video. I know a few Au Pairs, I didn't know the situation was like this for them. I will say that they seems very happy to be a part of the program in be living in the USA. So, for that regard I see it as a positive. All flowers have a lot of manure underneath them helping to make them look beautiful.
@@val4414 Hmm, good point. Thank you.
Bunker Sieben Yeah, I can agree with you on that. People do act happy. LOL
I think it also depends a lot where the Au Pair is from. An Au Pair from Europe is typically at least middle class herself and has expectations. Not necessarily in regards to being paid, as that money is basically "pocket money", only for clothes and personal expenses. But if the family is mean to them or they are unsatisfied with the home they were placed in, on the whole, they can (and often do) complain to the agency and either get placed with another family or fly back home. There is much less pressure with being an Au Pair than with starting college in America, from a financial standpoint at least.
@@kathrinlindern2697 Thank you Kathrin. These kind of constructive comments are what we need more of. People wouldn't pick the job if it didn't have a benefit to them. And, you made a great point. The Au Pairs, I know are usually well off in their country of origin and are looking for a way to come to the USA. Thus, they are enjoying the work and opportunity.
"Did you start dreaming in English?" WTF😖
What i get from this is those parents don’t want to spend time with their children so they hire au pair cheaply to take care of their rascals.
I was thinking about becoming an au pair during my summers off teaching but then... I realize you make nothing, it’s slave labor & you have to pay for your own travel & visa.
I am an Au Pair. An American that moved to Germany to work as an Au Pair.
When you sign up to be an Au Pair, you know what is expected. You can choose a family with 1 child or with 6. You choose where you want to move. You choose to accept a job offer from a family and that family supplies you with so many things like insurance, food, rent, education.
We know what we are signing up for. I hate how this pictures Au Pairs as victims.
There are good and bad aspects just like any job.
The pay was worth it for me in order to be able to live and travel in Europe.
i just want to say everyone has a different au pair story , i have been lied too and now do more hours than i should and am not doing what was originally agreed. i am leaving soon. some au pairs have a bad experience...
@@gracetaylor9149 I totally agree Grace! I have heard lots of horror stories and had a bad experience myself with my first host family (i left after 6 weeks)
I just think its important to have realistic expectations going in and know what you deserve. If your getting treated like crap, definitely get out ASAP
the.timid.traveler this is the complete opposite on what the video is about bc you’re from the US going somewhere else and most of the video was about how the system is unfair in the US
I aupaired in Germany...it was slave labor. I now professionally nanny and earn 6 figures.
This video was specifically talking about the Au Pair experience in the US. It seems like most European countries have more regulations.
20 years ago I was an au pair in France and Scottland (I am from Spain). It was a great experience, I improved French and English. I was part of the family. Just loved it ❤️
This is why we got Aunties and grandmas, it’s how you build strong family relationships
lonnie hammond not everyone has that.
Some families and cultures have that some don’t. If they move away from family for work or college they end of leaving the natural support system. My mom raised my kids for their younger years while I worked. They loved it.
I'm am an AuPair from Switzerland in the USA right now. Like in the video mentioned, I went with the agency CulturalCare and been here for about 2 months.
I know it's not that long, but I have to say that I really love the whole experience!!
My host family is really awesome and I think it's great to learn more about other cultures, languages and just grow so much as a person in this adventure. :)
I would definitely recommend it.
Was there ever a bad experience being an Au pair? What were the disadvantages of being one?
She just doesn't know that it's completely unacceptable for U.S citizens to get paid like that but we'll allow it for a foreigner. It's wrong
@@CrazyAsianDude There are a lot of bad experiences. Some au pairs are lucky though! At the beginning of my year i thought it was just bad luck for some of my friends - after three months it turned out i wasn't lucky at all either. After finishing the year I would say there are very few lucky ones - and what i and so many other girls and guys experienced was just normal! You can have an absolutely wonderful year, but don't count on the agency if you happen to end up with a family that sees you as an accessory and object for stress relieve - in the sense of they can yell at you and nobody from the agency will ever know or do anything about it. The united states are wonderful and I am definitely coming back for studies - but I can't express how much I was hurt by my hostparents comments throughout the year.
@@franzi2118 what hurt you? What comments did they say?
@@CrazyAsianDude It all started with 'You are lazy' going to 'I don't think you even want to be part of this family', about me being rude, incompetent or not willing to try to better myself. It all topped off with the claim that my parents must have raised me wrong.. I am aware that you don't know me but I really tried my best all year long. Attacking my parents is not okay and neither is telling another person they are less worthy than others.
I was told an au pair was a college kid who helped a stay at home mom with her kids in return for room, board, and a small allowance. The mom was still watching the kids herself. The au pair was just a personal assistant basically. This sounds like having a nanny.
That is wrong. I was an aupair. You have 5 credit points each semester, which is nothing. You work at least 40 hours a week. And honestly I knew a lot of aupairs who worked more than that including me.
I was an au pair back in 2007, then worked in the US as a nanny for 5 more years. I loved both experiences and would recommend people to become aupairs, but I will also admit that there are a hunch of issues with the program, especially when it comes to how greedy the agencies are.
I have also worked for an au pair agency, and they do not care about the family's or aupair's wellbeing, its all about the money
Weve all heard of au pairs... No no we haven't
Then you are simply uneducated. Au pairs work in countries all over the world..
@@TheLordtoni12 Or, they can just be from an area where au's aren't common.
@@jamesfeww I am from a country where there are no au pairs and nobody goes in an au pair program and I have heard of au pairs since the early 90's so.... That is no excuse for not knowing.
Good - it means you aren't a degenerate elitist.
@@chownful u guys r just bitter u cant afford them
You can actually make $17-$20 an hour working for McDonald’s in my city. Save that you can travel the world like I did in Southeast Asia! Instead of getting scammed haha
I didn’t work at McDonald’s though
And how much of her paycheck will she spend on rent/ food/ public transport cost. Etc?? Also depending on the city she lives, living costs are extremely high in some places
Except working at McDonald’s you then have to pay your own housing, utilities, gas. Etc. As an aupair your expenses are all paid! They are compensated generously, but that’s explained towards the end of the video if you watch all the way.
To be fair, $4.25 is actually quite good. Considering she gets a free house and free food, $200 a week for whatever expenses she wants is actually more than many Americans.
Empire State you are ridiculous
I find it interesting that the only person who they interviewed who had something bad to say about the system was a professor and appeared to have no first hand experience.
telling isn't it !
Dang that house is huge..Most peoples houses fit in the front foyer
negotiating with your employer before you start work is not good for the dynamic for the relationship ? thats not right at all.
Somebody doing au pairs laundry? What world is she living in? It is usually the au pair doing her own laundry and also the families laundry.
My cousin who lives in Eastern Europe worked as an Au Pair in Iceland. She was paid 800 euros/month, which was nice, and she liked the experience. She was unlucky because the host parent changed her mind and decided to stay home with the kids 4.5 months after my cousin arrived, which was quite upsetting... But the experience was really interesting. I've been trying to get her to come here (I'm from Canada) or to USA as an Au Pair, but she's happy being home. As long as she's happy, it's all that matters.
Was an au pair for 4 months in the us worst experience of my life
Cool program, 45 work week though is a lot long with 6 credit hours of classes. I support bringing it down to 30-35 hours
My friend is one in Australia right now, and the parents don’t do anything anymore. They don’t even clean their plates after breakfast. The mom parties on weekends. The whole thing is a party. No more taking the kids to school, helping with homework, cooking, dishes or laundry!
Yeah, we call it maid
It's kind of ironic how the LCC just drove past the au pair. LCC's are suppose to make sure that everything is okay with the au pair and HF but clearly she didn't even bother to offer the au pair a lift. I'm a current au pair and I found that shocking because it makes me question a lot of things about the program.
Jody Williams same thought here! “Oh look that’s Monika right there!” Drives past her?? Like what
Jody Williams but realistically speaking, wouldn’t that be awkward/ weird? The LCC decides to drive back and be like hey I’m bla bla bla lemme drive u back home- would Monica actually want to get in a stranger’s car?
Lilian Likesfood I’m a current Au pair so I know how things work. I’ve been in contact with my LCC since before I came to the country so it would be considered a “stranger”
Ainsley B right! Makes me question if they really care about the Au pairs
How are you a better parent when you have an au pair?
I feel like I need to say a couple of things. I’m originally from Germany and used to be an au pair in the US between 2016 and 2018. I took care of 3 girls in a lovely family and the weekly stipend is more than enough. You end up as part of the family, cultural exchange overload. Those were two of the best years of my life. I got to improve my language skills, experience the American culture and find a second family away from home! So all the comments talking about how the whole system is basically slavery - it really isn’t! You get so many advantages out of it! They threw me a birthday party, invited me to any family outing including vacations and so on. And yes, I’m really lucky with my hostfamily but all of my au pair friends had experiences similar to that!!
My husband and I are hosting our first au pair for our daughter and she arrives in august! Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us. I look forward to building this relationship with our au pair very soon!
@@jada7323 I‘m sure it’ll be a wonderful experience! I still go back and visit my host family - sometimes several times a year
„where nanny population lives” 😂 When you are so rich you categorize people based on their job capacity.
Wow! I had no idea this was a thing..
i had one for my son , i am in europe. I am not even middle class.
@@PHlophe do u ppl only consider au pairs from US UK what if they are from asia? Like pakistani au pairs , would u want those as au pairs, even if they have good english skills and had a british education o alevels??
@@aena5995 i don't see the point of having au pairs from the US,. they would not learn anything new, especially in the UK. i have a few colleagues with au pairs from asian countries such as Bangladesh and Nepal. usually all the ladies are university educated.So they are on the same educational level as most girls in this country.
i can speak for myself here, i did not need my au pair to be fluent in English, so we both had to adjust to the new set up. It worked for us, I got to know her family quite well also.
@@PHlophe oh i have had Alevels not yet in uni since i am just turned 18 and in last yr of Alevels (British education) is it safe for Pakistani girls? And where do u sign up for this? Do u need to be uni level? And i have had a few trips abroad One Eurotrip and One around South East Asia so i know how travelling works lol but is it safe for 18 yr olds? ?
“Somehow it’s elitism to try and find affordable child care.” It’s elitist to pay them so little. Maybe there’s a reason we think of in-home domestic help as elitist: because it is.
I have never seen so much irony in one video.
Did she say that listening to the woman literally raising your kids talk about her personal life for like a few minutes equals “compensation”?? What are you, a celebrity shrink? Comp is comp. Being forced to live, eat, and drive what, where and when others say is NOT compensation. Money really makes people think some weird crap...