All About Full-Time Maids

[moonee]

walnut:

My maid is 6 yrs w me, is she the one u saw; p She is very fond of going out, so I gave her weekly off dispite her's is old contract. She seems not so grateful. She even told me agent said she can paid for $600. Seems tt agent had physco her for transfer. Anyway what is e market rate for filipino maid? can get 1 at $500?

I think a lot of agencies are quoting 500 for fresh filipinas tats why I changed to Indon. The filipinas are not worth 500, my agent mentioned it depends on their experience so an ex spore can be frm 520 to 550,,,, there are some agents that will ripp us off at 600 but I think thats really tooo high. I think its best to start an ex at 500 and raise her later.

[walnut]

moonee:

walnut:

My maid is 6 yrs w me, is she the one u saw; p She is very fond of going out, so I gave her weekly off dispite her's is old contract. She seems not so grateful. She even told me agent said she can paid for $600. Seems tt agent had physco her for transfer. Anyway what is e market rate for filipino maid? can get 1 at $500?

I think a lot of agencies are quoting 500 for fresh filipinas tats why I changed to Indon. The filipinas are not worth 500, my agent mentioned it depends on their experience so an ex spore can be frm 520 to 550,,,, there are some agents that will ripp us off at 600 but I think thats really tooo high. I think its best to start an ex at 500 and raise her later.

Thanks moonee, Hiaweh for your feedback.
Had not sleep well because of this maid thingy.
In dilemma, not sure should I pay her $600 or neg for $550 to keep my current maid or should I just look for new maid, which it all depend on luck.

[moonee]

walnut:

moonee:

[quote=\"walnut\"]My maid is 6 yrs w me, is she the one u saw; p She is very fond of going out, so I gave her weekly off dispite her's is old contract. She seems not so grateful. She even told me agent said she can paid for $600. Seems tt agent had physco her for transfer. Anyway what is e market rate for filipino maid? can get 1 at $500?

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Thanks moonee, Hiaweh for your feedback.
Had not sleep well because of this maid thingy.
In dilemma, not sure should I pay her $600 or neg for $550 to keep my current maid or should I just look for new maid, which it all depend on luck.

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Ok I just checked with a relative and her maid will be back on home leave tonite, started out at 450 less then 20 months ago. Shes a great cook and has worked in Taiwan singapore malaysia and hongkong since she started out at 18. Agent recommended new salary of 520. Normally those with 600 includes off days. My relative is already paying her 520 eventho her contract is 450, so agent left it to my reative to raise another 20 if she wants
i suggest u look at ur job duties to determine her salary, no point paying too much if shes not worth her keep.

[tigger88]

My maid has been with me for 6 years +. Her starting salary was $330 6 years ago. I am now paying her $650 + 2 off days per month. Her work attitude is not bad and is well liked by my kids. Most importantly she never ever give me black face.


I think for a maid with at least 5 years experience, $500 seems a bit low.

[rabbitgal]

Hi,


Am getting a fresh Myanmar maid, any house rules to share with??

Thanks.

[mummyks]

Past 10 years, I hired total 5 FDWs, indo, Filipino and Myarmar. From my experience, the worst are Filipinos, lots of lie, every minute on SMS, very demanding and attitude problems, if you donot have CCTV at home, you’d better not to hire them. Indo is 50/50, I had one very good, worked for me nearly 6 years and another just a short period.


Recently, I changed to Myarmar, coz Myarmar agency fee and salary are the lowest among all other countries. I got her from one of Agency at Katong Shopping Centre, the agency fee was only $1, salary is $420. She has been with me for 4/5 months. She can read English, speak not so good, but at least can communicate, can cook, overall are quite good, just work a bit slow, I think it due to their villege working peace, the good part is honest, "Guai", no attitude problem. I heard Myarmar ppl are roylty, if you treat them well, they treat you the same.

As she can read English, I provide her a time schedule for daily work and the house rule. So far, she follows well. Below are the house rule I provided to her, you can amend them where necessary:

1)\tNo lying, no stealing.
2)\tShow respect to your employer, no arguing.
3)\tCannot leave the house without permission, cannot bring anyone over to the house. (** my ex-Filipino brought an Indian worker to my house when we are not around.)
4)\tNo telephone calls without permission.
5)\tCannot watch TV without permission.
6)\tDo not open door to strangers, unless we inform you in advance.

[walnut]

$650 + 2 off day, Wah, tt was e most generous I heard so far.

May I knw what is the family n house size yr maid is serving? Mine is 4rm +2adult n 1 kid of 7yrs old.

[walnut]

$650 + 2 off day, Wah, tt was e most generous I heard so far.

May I knw what is the family n house size yr maid is serving? Mine is 4rm +2adult n 1 kid of 7yrs old.

[walnut]

$650 + 2 off day, Wah, tt was e most generous I heard so far.

May I knw what is the family n house size yr maid is serving? Mine is 4rm +2adult n 1 kid of 7yrs old.

[tigger88]

walnut:

$650 + 2 off day, Wah, tt was e most generous I heard so far.

May I knw what is the family n house size yr maid is serving? Mine is 4rm +2adult n 1 kid of 7yrs old.

Is it consider generous? My maid got yearly home leave too from this year onwards.

My household has 3 adults (me, dh and my dad who comes daily to help out) + 4 kids.