 Poster: A snowHead
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Astraeus, My son's cheffing hours were 07:00 (ish) till 11:00 (max) then 17:00 till 21:00 (latest). He had no problems at all and liked the fact that he had zero client contact, other than when they were complemented on the food.
He and the head chef were very organised though.
He never spent all day or night in the kitchen, ever.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Thanks in no small part to the help I've received in this thread, I've received a telephone interview to be conducted this week for the job I mentioned earlier.
It's £80 p/w (£100 p/w if season completed) and gives me a €30 p/w food allowance, accommodation, ski and boot hire, transfer to-and-from the UK and a ski pass. All in all, that seems quite reasonable, doesn't it?
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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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Astraeus, well done. Hope it goes well. 
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Astraeus, so on my reckoning that's around the £1800 per month mark..... cheaper for them to do it that way too given the employment costs in France..
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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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pam w, thank you. 
marcellus, do you know whether any of these employers tend to allow people to opt-out of the provided accommodation and take an increased wage instead? A few of us are going out and it was our intention to bunk together.
Also, what employment costs do you mean?
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Astraeus, 30 euro/week to buy all your food etc does not sound generous to me. For that money £100/week I would have expected accommodation and all food to be included. But if it gets you out for a season....
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Astraeus, I may stand corrected but as I understand it the employment costs for the employer are approximately 100% of the net pay that the employee receives...... if I haven't explained that very well.... if you as an employee is paid €80 then the employer will have to pay the tax man an additional €80.... so if we agree that the "package" is worth about €1800 if the employer were to pay you that it would actually cost him €3600..... this way it only costs him about €1000.
Based on that I doubt he'llbe happy to allow you to opt out.
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cad99uk, it does include accommodation, ski pass, travel to/from the UK, ski and boot hire and a €30 food allowance. The £80/£100 is purely take-home cash in my pocket for food and drink.
marcellus, thanks for explaining that. Annoying, but it'll still see me out into the Three Valleys and so, if it goes well tomorrow, I'd be a fool to turn in down in the absence of anything more promising.
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Astraeus, Lots of Chalets employ "locals" but under French law they have to pay them proper money i.e. at least minimum wage, which can be an expensive option for them.
If you want a job I should move quick as they are recruiting right now and the best of them will already be sorted.
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jbob, thanks. As I've said, I'm well into the application process now and this is the second-stage or further with my applications. 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Astraeus, I use to do a bit of driving as well sometimes, even have my Swiss TCS winter diploma for driving a minibus, but doing driving full time is hard work. You sure need to be paid more than what you have quoted to work that hard. Hope you find something. Or just come and hang out in Bourg like loads of others do for the season.
marcellus, are you around still, thought you had moved away? Has David and Tamari left Bourg yet or is he still working on his place. I guess you guys are all fully rented out for this winters with seasonaires by now.
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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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snowcrazy, I knoooow! I'm sure you're right but I am just so keen to do a season this year that I will take less than the true value of my work just to keep me in the mountains for a few months. I'm on course to save up about £800 before I head out in three/four weeks and so I could always chance on finding work once I'm out there. It just feels really bad not to be able to utilise at least one of my USPs if I'm going to get a job. Being paid minimum wage for unqualified work would be a real PITA! 
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Astraeus, Good luck tomorrow and have a great season.
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You know it makes sense.
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Hiya snowcrazy, I'm still around......... just not as physically as I was..... David and Tamari are still in Bourg as well......... as for fully rented out... we can always find more space!! (but perhaps not in the Pink House)!!
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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,  Thank you very much!
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