Airbnb Is Spending Millions of Dollars to Make Nightmares Go Away

Re:Airbnb Is Spending Millions of Dollars to Make Nightmares... by foobiekr on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @02:26PM (#27519496)

In the bay area, I actually know a very surprising (shocking, to me) number of people with au pairs. It would never even have occurred to me that people would do this. But it’s common at least as far as I can tell, among people in their late 40s who’ve made a modest amount of money.

I still can’t get my head around it. These are people who have a relatively low asset base (owned house, 401ks, maybe modest taxable brokerage account), high combined salaries and high burn rate.

Also an unusual frequency of divorces, some of them explicitly tied to the presence of an attractive young woman in the home.

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Re:Airbnb Is Spending Millions of Dollars to Make Nightmares... by gpapilion on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @04:11PM (#27520871)

My sister has an au pair in the bay area, and she pays less for child care than I do at a in-home daycare.

The au-pair industry is a bit of a scam, bringing labor from low cost countries. They are not paid the same as a nanny or day care worker, often it is half of full time daycare. The idea is that you're providing room and board, and thats part of their comp.

Also the quality of care you get from an au pair is mixed, often its a bit like having a teenager care for you child. One acquaintance had a indoor play place call the au pair provider since they were concerned with how the au pair treated the children.

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Re:Airbnb Is Spending Millions of Dollars to Make Nightmares... by dzhiurgis on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @09:57PM (#27524038)

Not much of a scam when there's millions in second or third world country dreaming of such work experience.

We forget safe home + food security is far from given in many places. Let alone other perks of Bay Area.

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Re:Airbnb Is Spending Millions of Dollars to Make Nightmares... by bellyfullofbac on Thursday June 17, 2021 @05:01AM (#27537529)

Honestly not even 2nd or 3rd world, I know a few Western European au-pairs who did a year in the US.

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