Au Pair, Nanny & Host-Family Complaints
Search all aupairs, nannies, host families, and agencies to avoid scams and potientially abusive or illegal situations. If you have ever had a bad au apair or nanny experience and you want to warn others, you can post it here for free.
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Al, American Family (last name, address, aliases for members only)
Complaint: AL called me, and I of course was asking about job details and pay. He said the pay depended what I looked like. And then went on and said that we could work the pay out if we like each other and he said this in a very suspicious, sexual manner. I then hung up the phone before this conversation went...
Posted: Nov 20 '09 by Hollie in United States | comment on this listing | append listing |
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Kirsti, Norwegian Family (last name, address, aliases for members only)
Complaint: I spent all my savings to fly to Norway to be this family's nanny. Once I got there, I realized that I would be making less money than they said I would be, they do no pay extra for working evenings or weekends. I ended up working almost 12 hours a day, instead of the 30 hours a week that I thought ...
Posted: Nov 15 '09 by Courtney in United States | comment on this listing | append listing |
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alexa, Italian Family (last name, address, aliases for members only)
Complaint: I began my relationship with this family in a great way -- lots of communication and openness. However, much more was expected out of me as an aupair than was ever originally stated. I was asked to leave the house every weekend because they could not trust me with an alarm key -- however I remained ...
Posted: Sep 30 '09 by Meagan in United States | comment on this listing | append listing |
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Sarah, Australian Family (last name, address, aliases for members only)
Complaint: While the kids in this family are awesome and the family is fun to be with at first, they ask a lot more of you than they will tell you at first. After a couple of weeks, I was expected to do the shopping, the cooking, the cleaning, the laundry, getting the kids up and ready for school and kindy (by...
Posted: Aug 24 '09 by Brandi in United States | comment on this listing | append listing |
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Marci, American Family (last name, address, aliases for members only)
Complaint: Like the other complaint, Marci and I had gotten along great during the interview process. We talk almost every other day and when I learned that I gotten the job, I was estatic! I had understand that the agreements where 45 hours would equal $300 a week. Well that turns out to be $6.67 per hour a...
Posted: Jul 09 '09 by Sara in United States | comment on this listing | append listing |
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