Hi,

I was wondering if anyone here had much experiance with nanny's or au pair's. I am thinking of getting a little help for around the house, with the kids, and having someone I can kinda hang out with will doing it. I just have no idea what to expect, what the process would be, or how much things cost.

I am looking for info on costs you may have encountered when hiring an au pair or nanny, as well as other expectations.

How about relationships, did you find it easy to converse with your helpers. Could you be on friendly terms with them.

I don't know if this is a road I will go down yet, and need a little information so I can at least make an informed decision.

Thanks, I really look forward to any info I can get.

In Switzerland the choice of having an au pair is more of the employment issue rather than the person themself. You have to employ the au pair like a company employs an employee, so there is loads of beurocracy just getting the permit. Also you are limited to the nationality of the au pair.

We pay our au pair CHF250 / week
Then we pay their tax, social health and accident insurance and do their tax return.

You also have to consider language school, our Kanton wanted the au pair to attend 120 hours of German classes per year, which you should pay for.

We fully interact with our au pair and treat her as one of the family.

There is an au pair nanny thread on the forum. PM me if you want.

Au pair agencies in Switzerland cost.

We have had difficulty finding au pairs.

The Au Pair/Nanny employment thread (no ads!)