Well Andrey,
Let me tell you something...
I do not know where you get this idea of exploiting from... and even more, I
resent the fact that you would call working as a nanny a humiliating job...
I have no clue what you are all about, but you are definitely on the wrong
track.
Our nanny (and I am sure that most expats out on the list here will share my
opinion) has been a very important part of the way my Son has grown up, she has
been treated and considered a part of the family. And I am sure that she is
extremely proud of what she has achieved. Being a nanny allowed her to make a
lot more than she could have ever made while staying at her previous job.
I suppose that you would also consider a doctor, nurse or professor as a
humiliating job, taking into consideration their official incomes... which is
even several times less than what we've paid our nanny... you consider those
dead end jobs as well?
Snap out of it Andrey... face reality... no idea what you have against expats,
but we are definitely not all about exploiting locals...My wife is Russian and
works just as hard as I do and that is the very reason we need somebody around
for our son... what is wrong with that? Not everybody out there is being given
the same opportunities, but that is not because of us expats!
And you saying your father could never afford a clown... well... my parents
could neither... 3 kids and living from a miner's pension did not leave a lot
for luxury... and a nanny is not a clown!!
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What gets me is how
foreigners have no qualms about trying to exploit other people. Please
forgive me for feeling a little peeved because of the brazenness with
which some expats assume that well-educated and stimulating Russian
women must be ecstatic about the possibilities of a dead-end and
humiliating job that pays hardly enough to survive in Moscow.
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