All About Full-Time Maids

[Mrs Ang]

TheAnswer:

Mrs Ang:

My maid steal 3 packet of milk to drink but claimed only 2. She is with us less than a month only!

How is her work performance?

Average. Have to close one eye. My mum is ard when I am not at home. Not sure what will she do without supervision.

[hongqiao]

For any mummies who plan to install CCTV or IP cameras, can search my post in the forum or contact me at 97897805.

[kittyki]

taz:

Sharing same fate. Was :mad: .

For those with problem w maid, do your dh side with u or with maid ?
For issues on things lost, clothing, my children's book, missing food.
DH's reasoning is that if he also told the maid off, the maid will quit.
I just need him to support me so that maid will realize that it is an issue.
When DH kept silent, it seem that I am at wrong, picking on maid.
This also one of the reason why we always has maid problem and to maid, I am the evil employer since kind-hearted Sir emphasize with them.

Don't understand man.
So much empathy for maid welfare but expect the wife to the super woman who help to bring back bacon, children well taken care of, good results, good manners, house clean, etc.
Wife stay up late to do everything is ok but maid must go to bed early.

I emphasise with u. I have the same fate as u. My hub always side the maid, do the things she didnt do when its her job, not just minor things. Talk to her very nicely. N also expect me to serve her medicine when she purposely didnt take despite my many reminders. Maid has little things to do, rest whole afternoon, sleep early, while I am the one slogging n rushing from waking up very early morning to late at night. I am more like the maid. I told hub off, always quarrel with him. I just told him hands off issues with maid.

[Hsparkle]

Having same story as all the friend out there, I thought I am alone sailing in this boat but found in this forum many more, since the maid is new wife is expected to train her and teach her everything (almost made me feel like having an additional kid on top of 3 kids)

The super duper maid talks back , argues on the pregnant wife .when asked not to put earphones and listen music and chatting with friends whole day while working goes to extent of smashing wife's I-phone with wooden stick dh keeps amazingly quiet. Which gives more liberty to maid who some more can tell wife that \"madam it was your fault that you left the phone on dining table\" :frustrated:

dh who usually pinpoints every mistake anyone makes in house and gets frustrated even if his hp is misplaced for few seconds still thinks to give her a chance , not want to get involved between wife and maid as his friends advice to stay away and let wife handle these ladies matter . Lastly the maid exits after the issue and handed over to police , that also done by wife so if you have family back up or support you can go on to hire full time trouble

[TheAnswer]

Can anyone tell me if the health check which maids have to go through before the employer picks them up include a pregnancy test? Please advice.


I noticed my helper vomitting once last week and once just now. I hope she is not pregnant.

[kittyki]

Yes. The check up includes pregnancy check if im not wrong.

[atrecord]

Hi, not sure if this has been asked before (I suspect so, but there’s 800+ pages to sieve through so pls pardon me for taking the short cut to ask again instead of browsing through all the pages).


Is it possible for a Singaporean who is working, to employ a full-time maid to stay with and take care of his/her elderly parent? This elderly parent is not staying in the same address as the Singaporean child, has no income, and needs someone to take care of her everyday, ranging from assistance with walking, toileting, bathing, and also to cook and wash and clean up the house.

I know MOM policy is the maid must only be working for the employer, but if the elderly parent is staying alone and needs care, and cannot employ one herself - can’t her children employ on her behalf?

tks…

[POA Teacher]

atrecord:

Hi, not sure if this has been asked before (I suspect so, but there's 800+ pages to sieve through so pls pardon me for taking the short cut to ask again instead of browsing through all the pages).


Is it possible for a Singaporean who is working, to employ a full-time maid to stay with and take care of his/her elderly parent? This elderly parent is not staying in the same address as the Singaporean child, has no income, and needs someone to take care of her everyday, ranging from assistance with walking, toileting, bathing, and also to cook and wash and clean up the house.

I know MOM policy is the maid must only be working for the employer, but if the elderly parent is staying alone and needs care, and cannot employ one herself - can't her children employ on her behalf?

tks...

I think children can serve as guarantor for parents to employ a maid.

[peapot]

The answer, I thot u just got your maid?! Don’t think she is pregnant, maybe she has stomach flu. That can cause vomiting.


If she just join your household, quite unlikely she is pregnant unless she is a transfer maid. Now come to think of it, how can we prevent this? If we ask them to take pill also not right, "Ren quan". I think we can only remind our maid to be more careful.

[peapot]

The answer, I thot u just got your maid?! Don’t think she is pregnant, maybe she has stomach flu. That can cause vomiting.


If she just join your household, quite unlikely she is pregnant unless she is a transfer maid. Now come to think of it, how can we prevent this? If we ask them to take pill also not right, "Ren quan". I think we can only remind our maid to be more careful.