All About Full-Time Maids

[chloecube]

My current maid used to work in middle east before coming to singapore.

it is really up to each indivdual, she’s a fast learner by nature
but i suppose her experiences from working overseas makes her pick things up faster and also smarter.
but now she is moving to other country in dec after working 4 yrs for me.
ultimately,what they need and deem important tto them is higher pay to support their family.

[sailor]

how much high pay are they asking? im paying my maid $600 who had been with me for 8 yrs

[POA Teacher]

chloecube:

ultimately,what they need and deem important tto them is higher pay to support their family.

They are no different from us and all people around the world.

[chloecube]

Hi POA teacher, not all goes for monetary

some choose to stay for various, such as used to the current employers who are nice to them, unsure of the future …
taking the first step out to work in a foreign country and living in stranger house takes a lot of guts and courage
if the pay does not differ a lot, i think my maid will chose to stay behind.
but to each his own, i hope and wish all goes well for her

[chloecube]

sailor:

how much high pay are they asking? im paying my maid $600 who had been with me for 8 yrs

Hi sailor,

my sil maid is also getting abt that amount, she has been with them for abt 6 yrs
i think it's reasonable

[Mummy Dadeda]

carolsoh:

Hi all,


My maid work at Singapore for 6 yrs and I pay her $600 to. Check with all of you, does your maid do handwash? Do your maid show you black face when you ask her what dishes to cook? Or when you ask her to cook certain dish then she said she don't want to cook (is just a simple dish, like fry veg, stir fry pork)?

Now I'm facing this problem. Somemore our handwash clothes not alot, maybe 2 or 3 days handwash once. She told me previous employer don't need her to handwash at all. She keep saying previous employer

Sometimes we go out for dinner so after go home, she'll face black and show us. After go home she also don't need to do anything after she reach home. she can rest and kids is handle by me.

I'm really very blur or loss, is it nowdays maid donte handwash clothes and can don't cook a dish that she don't want to cook. Also show black face just for nothing.

My maid hand wash my office clothes. Kids uniform, towels etc use washing machine. Does all ironing. My kids are older now so she doesn't go out dinner with us anymore. But she used to take care of kids after we come back. She doesn't cook on her off days now. Now she is showing black face cos my mil is staying with me after discharge from hospital. She is ok to cook the dishes we ask her to cook if tell her early. But adding dishes like fried eggs with onions upset her.

Don't care about her black face la. Just ask her to do what you want her to do. Can't please her all the time. If she says her ex-employer so good why she never renew contract? Or if they don't want her ? Mine with me for 9 years. Think too comfortable Liao. But frankly I can't do without her ...lazy to start all over and train again.

[moonee]

carolsoh:

Hi Mummy Dadeda,


Do you know what did she told me after she hand wash clothes for one month. She said she don't want to work for me due to hand wash clothes. So no choice, I told her no need to hand wash and not even my office wear. Till now she just work for me 3 months and she's a Filipino. She have weekly sun off and she go out as early as 8am.

She told me her ex-employer didn't renew her contract co's my maid request for pay incrementbut her ex-employer rejected her. The ex-employer told her that if she want $600, she might as well get a new maid just cost $450 and with Malaysia or middle east experience just cost $500.

I really have no choice, I need a maid co's I have a 17 months baby. But my mum is the one taking care my baby and the maid just help up when my mum eat, bathe. Mainly she do the household work and cooking. Somemore the maid now don't respect my mum, always show black face to my mum. when my mum talk to get, she use her back to answer my mum. From the 1st day come to my house, she never greet my mum, even my mum wake up in the morning she also didn't greet her. At least She should call ah ma. Even my elder son wake up will also call all us. She don't even need to attend my elder son co's he's fully handle by my mum too.

You need a maid and ur paying a heavy sum of 600 bucks, ex-spore and 6 yrs experience with bad attitude ,,,, ok for that amount her last employer does not think shes worth keeping and rather not hv her so doesnt that answer yr question? U need not put up with her and ur overpaying her. Go get another maid if she continue with such bad attitude. At 600 u can get a better maid. All my past maids wash clothes by hand except for bedsheets and wipe floor by hand everyday. Mop not allowed. I hv not seen black faces coming frm them as they are told what to expect before coming in. No issue with this for te past 27 years.

[chixchix]

Hi Carol- If your main concern is cooking and cleaning, and partial childcare ,why don’t you get an Indon maid ? Filipinas make you feel as though you should be grateful they are working for you,they show faces, talk about their rights, need a room etc…


I rather engage an indon,cheaper. price is one thing …fresh maid basic $450 but do you or your family have the patience to let the girl learn ? Fresh maids are coming from a totally different background so the girl may take 3-6 months to learn all the ropes… during this time ,if there is anyone who is constantly nagging at the maid then chaos will happen

Take an experienced maid, more good, slightly more expensive. set back is she may or may not want to listen to you,may show black face. In my opinion is ,if the maid is given ample rest ,and treated well, i mean respectfully, she will love her job. But of course I prefer to clear this to my maids the moment they enter my house, you want me to treat you nice, you better be nice,otherwise i will blacklist you.

there are times,my old fresh maid used to show faces, and I will tell her, that i am sending her back…and she starts improving again…she was a very lazy sort,her face can show it…but that time i urgently needed a maid so i took her from Comfort, but since I switched agent 1 yr ago i am much happier, although there are some hiccups too,you know maids have a different level of brains than us .

BUT BOTTOM LINE IS DONT BE TOO NICE TO YOUR MAID,

[loveangelfaerie]

whats the usual timing for their work hours like what time wake up and sleep. got break in-between?

[Mummy Dadeda]

carolsoh:

chixchix:

Hi Carol- If your main concern is cooking and cleaning, and partial childcare ,why don't you get an Indon maid ? Filipinas make you feel as though you should be grateful they are working for you,they show faces, talk about their rights, need a room etc…


I rather engage an indon,,cheaper. price is one thing ..fresh maid basic $450 but do you or your family have the patience to let the girl learn ? Fresh maids are coming from a totally different background so the girl may take 3-6 months to learn all the ropes.. during this time ,if there is anyone who is constantly nagging at the maid then chaos will happen

Take an experienced maid, more good, slightly more expensive. set back is she may or may not want to listen to you,,may show black face. In my opinion is ,if the maid is given ample rest ,and treated well, i mean respectfully, she will love her job. But of course I prefer to clear this to my maids the moment they enter my house, you want me to treat you nice, you better be nice,otherwise i will blacklist you.

there are times,,my old fresh maid used to show faces, and I will tell her, that i am sending her back..and she starts improving again…she was a very lazy sort,her face can show it..but that time i urgently needed a maid so i took her from Comfort,, but since I switched agent 1 yr ago i am much happier, although there are some hiccups too,,,you know maids have a different level of brains than us .

BUT BOTTOM LINE IS DONT BE TOO NICE TO YOUR MAID,,

I also hope to hire a fresh maid but I have no time to teach. My mum has to look after my 17 mths baby and handle a 8 yrs old boy. So she have no time for the maid. That shy I hire aeexperience maid but didn't expect that they have such a bad attitude. As for me, sometimes I need to work till 8 or 9 pm then reach home, where got time to teach the maid. Now I'm in a no choice position co's I believed all experience maid will have such bad attitude too. Hai........

Your maid has a really bad attitude. Think you should get a replacement. She is not worth the money. Can your mum speak Bahasa or English? Take Indo if she can or Filipino maid ex-Malaysia if she can't. Since you are not at home, it is better to hire one that your mum can control and can listen to elderly. Those that dare to venture to Middle East are \"risk takers\" - different personality profile and may not like to take instructions. Indonesian maids are better nature. Filipino can understand English. Better for your maid to use sign-language to teach a new maid then to see a black face all the time. She is costing you almost a thousand if you include levy, accommodation and food! I didn't have any elderly to help out when my kids were young and left it entirely to my maid. I hire new maids who are mothers themselves around age 24-26. My youngest kid went to child care from 18 months. Sound a bit young, but now he is academically strongly than my eldest child who didn't go child care until K1. The new maid should help ease your mum's workload on the kids as well. It is best that your mum manages her and let the maid know that your mum is boss, since you work late. That's my two cents worth of sharing. All the best. It is not easy being a working mother. The journey is long. It is important to get good help at all. Don't settle for less.