 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi
My son is planning a ski season and has been offered a role taking kids to ski school and entertaining them with Ski Famille
Has anyone worked a similar role with this company and did they have a good experience?
He's especially keen to know if he can expect to get any more skiing in than his 1 day off a week.
Thanks
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Not familiar with Ski Famille per se but sounds like a nanny's role. No chance of extra skiing. IME, nannies are usually the resort's party animals and couldn't care less about skiing - that's why they take a 6 day/week daytime job (it pays well compared to chalet host etc. but with no skiing benefits).
If he wants to ski, he should look at a different role.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@philstor, in my dated experience, I'd agree with @Raceplate.
Nothing sure in life except ski resort nannies.
Death, taxes, nurses? Phwaw. Lightweights.
Also, no skiing other than days off I'd imagine.
Best ski for yourself jobs usually kitchen night porter or dishwasher. Least well paid, but that's why.
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| under a new name wrote: |
Best ski for yourself jobs usually kitchen night porter or dishwasher. Least well paid, but that's why. |
Son #2 would most definitely agree.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Agree with the above. All the nannies I met when I did my ski season never had time in the day to go skiing, and may have just managed it on their day off.
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@philstor, we saw the Ski Famille 'nannies' for want of a better name for them here in Les Gets last winter. They have been around for years but we particularly noticed them as our four year old grand daughter had a couple of holidays here and each time skied with the 360 ski school, which us the one that Ski Famille use. Worked brilliantly for us as the nannies seemed to take Maggie under their wing as well as the Ski Famille children. One or two of the nannies appeared to go along with the classes and were there as an extra pair of hands to help out on the chair lifts, pick up the fallers etc.
There would always be a bunch of nannies around at the end of the classes to take the children back to their chalets or wherever they were going. We saw groups of them around the village all winter with the children. I did ask one of the nannies one day how much skiing they managed and it seemed to be just on their day off.
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Unless philstor's son is planning to go to University for a few years to train to be a nurse I imagine this is a nannie role he is after not as a nurse.
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@hawkesbaynz, (sp) nanny
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@under a new name, you've got too much time on your hands!
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@Hurtle, conference calls... 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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The ski famille nannies in Les Gets look like they (and the kids) have a great time- I've seen them as pirates, sharks and dinosaurs in town. But ski time - hell no.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Thanks for everyone's feedback - sort of confirmed what we suspected. Looks like he's going to have a great time even if the skiing is limited!!!
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| philstor wrote: |
| Thanks for everyone's feedback - sort of confirmed what we suspected. Looks like he's going to have a great time even if the skiing is limited!!! |
I'd keep looking for other jobs...
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You know it makes sense.
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| clarky999 wrote: |
| philstor wrote: |
| Thanks for everyone's feedback - sort of confirmed what we suspected. Looks like he's going to have a great time even if the skiing is limited!!! |
I'd keep looking for other jobs... |
+1
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| cad99uk wrote: |
| clarky999 wrote: |
| philstor wrote: |
| Thanks for everyone's feedback - sort of confirmed what we suspected. Looks like he's going to have a great time even if the skiing is limited!!! |
I'd keep looking for other jobs... |
+1 |
+2. Nanny jobs are for people who have no interest in skiing.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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