Lousy Ministry of Manpower (MOM)
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One word to describe MOM - HOPELESS
I have once read a newspaper article about what LKY said and this was pinned on MOM's notice board.
LKY said we must treat maids well if not, many years down the road when they go back to their home country, they will talk bad about Singapore to their children. LKY said in the future, when their children grow up, and if we have to deal with them (like if they work for their government), Singapore will get into trouble with them.
SO! MUST TREAT THEM RIGHT! :slapshead:
Although I agree that we should treat another human being well, maid or not, I think Singapore maid employers are getting the worst ever deal. We are at the mercy of everyone, MOM, maid agency, and maids. There is practically no recourse for us. -
Singaporeans are at the mercy of maids.
We can eat food spiked with urine, washing detergent and be killed…but if maids kill or harm employers, fingers point at employers for not feeding maids or else claim maids are under-aged, and claim diminished responsibility or mischief.
Maids come to Singapore to enjoy life, expenses fully paid.
Don’t give them off day…we are considered inhuman.
Give them off day, they come back with brains washed…‘why my friend no need to wash car? Why my friend got a room all to herself? Why this, why that?’
My answer, ‘why you don’t work for your friend’s employer?’ -
All you need to get into TROUBLE is: Maid go out to complain to MOM, Embassy and so-called NGOs who think they are so "Kind" and "Helpful".
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All you need to get into TROUBLE is: Maid go out to complain to MOM, Embassy and so-called NGOs who think they are so \"Kind\" and \"Helpful\".
These maids are all told to call MOM when they need help...then we employers have who to call for help???
Sometimes I wonder if we employers are first class citizens or the maids.
When they run away, employers are first to be blamed. These maids are fantastic liars. They eat like gluttons and yet always claim they are not given food. Brother's Myanmar maid drinks soup like nobody's biz...no initiative to do work, but when food is nice, there's no stopping either. -
My mom-in-law's Myanmar maid eats like a glutton also. The amount of rice she eats each meal can be twice my portion. Before joining, everything can eat. But now said she gets headache and will only eat veggies cos she is a Buddhist! (I have nothing against Buddhist as I am one myself). But very fed up becos everything 'can' before employing her and then now so difficult.
More ridiculous is that one day, she finished her housework early by around 11am (actually, it is usually the case everyday as there is little work for her to do and then 'eng' 'eng' for the rest of the day as there is only my mom-in-law at home who don't need her to look after). She then speaks on the phone for 1 hour and then went to dress up and said she wanted to go to her sister's maid employer to take her sister's place cos her sister cannot cope. Really 'buay tahan\" as she is an ex-Malaysian maid and was not able to cope there. What makes her thinks she can cope at another household, and what makes her think her sister's employer want her?? :slapshead: :slapshead:
Who the hell she thinks she is, anyhow do what she wants?? :nunchuk: -
When brother’s maid first arrived, she ate little. Then after that, she can really eat…if she likes the soup, she can drink without stopping…my SIL had to tell her to keep for brother. Most of the time, it is not possible to understand what she says…it is frustrating bcos not possible to do demo all the time.
She is also rude and stubborn. When brother comes back from supermarket with bags of stuff, she can pretend not to see.
Indonesian maid cannot eat pork, so they cannot drink soup made with pork.
Good thing is can still communicate in simple Malay. Myanmar maids cannot understand at all…so if you think of calling back to tell her to cook or do something, forget it.
But one thing is for sure, she takes the MOM newsletter to read often. -
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But even if I pay my maid the same pay as the maids in Hong Kong, she will still not be able to perform to the standard there.Coolkidsrock2:
Hong Kong pays higher salary because the maids are able to value add more.
Funny... I though HK pays higher salary because don't have to pay levy. The value add is practically free. -
The maids who come here are fresh…basically don’t know anything. So we are the ones who have to hold their hands and train from scratch…then after their wings are grown and hardened, they go to Hong Kong or Taiwan.
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Dont say I'm bad.....
If there's no maid loan, I would buy a one way ticket and get rid of that maid. It is cheaper to buy an air ticket than to let agency earn money. My liabilty (guardianship) ends the moment her work permit is cancelled. Employer need to pay maid's accommodation when she's housed at agency, levy, insurance and salary of FDW who didn't work in your house. By allowing an unsuitable FDW to be recycled (transferred), I am doing a disservice to her new employer .... if that maid remains bad, unwilling to change her working attitude.
It is MOM's policies that stopped employers from telling the truth and allowing agencies from making easy profits by doing transfers. Employers and some FDWs (those who really needed a job, hardworking and sincere to help their employers by lightening their load) don't stand to gain. The biggest winner is definitely employment agencies (made humans as their tools) and MOM (nothing to lose).
Yes, we should join forces with people like Tamarind but the opposition (combine forces made up by activists, MOM/PAP, etc) is too powerful for us, we are merely salaried employee, not operating an organisation or big company... how to fight? :gloomy: :sad:
Just came across this TWC2 posting, discouraging us from telling the truth. They are trying whatsoever to cover the truth, what can we do?
http://twc2.org.sg/2013/04/30/why-are-singapores-mums-demonising-maids-online/
The decision makers and activists are not keen to compare apple to apple. They simply pluck a salary and claimed FDWs are lowly paid, treated like slaves! They refused to add in levy, live-in costs (based on Spore living standard), insurance, high agency fee, maid loan, etc ... employer paying about S$1500 per month for their no-good FDWs' service. -
MOM gets levy for nothing done…yet do not help employers when they have problems with maids…maid agencies get to enjoy another sum when maids are returned and have change of employer.
These maids don’t have to pay anything…got food and accommodation. When sick, see doc also no need to pay. Got attitude problem, just show black face. If employer scolds, vent on kids or elderly. Should he/she hit, call MOM.
Shiok right?
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