An Indian live-in nanny in Sharjah, UAE, was paid a salary that was called “slavery wages” by other UAE netizens, coupled with harsh working conditions she had to endure, according to a reddit post from her nephew on Wednesday.
The post made on the UAE subreddit, asked other users if the pay and the working conditions were on par with what nannies are usually offered in the country.
The Redditor’s aunt, a south Indian woman who does not speak English, was put in charge of caring for two children, along with preparing food and taking care of household chores. The post said that she was paid 1,050 dirhams which amounts to Rs 25,000 a month.
The family sponsored her UAE visa, was not given the weekends off, and expected her to work all seven days of the week. She was also restricted from seeing her family in person, being allowed to go see them once a month and for a few hours only.
“She’s got no day off and once in a month if she asks to come visit us they would be like nah and maybe they’ll allow 1-3 hours,” the user said.
Many users called out her employers’ behaviour saying that she was overworked, underpaid and mistreated by her employers.
“We pay 1200 (dirhams)/month to the lady who comes thrice a week for a couple of hours to clean. That’s a total of 6 hours per week for 300 AED (dirhams),” user mojambowhatisthescen wrote.
“1000 (dirhams) for a full-time person is genuinely slavery, and I wish the worst on her employers. And wish that she gets a much better job soon,” they added.
Another user flyboyeii called the pay “slavery wages” saying, “1k is slavery wages, my relatives paid 3-4k to their nanny for the same workload you mentioned.”
The commentors also urged the poster to ask their aunt to shift to Dubai, which paid better (close to 3,500 dirhams and at least one day off), according to them.
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