All About Full-Time Maids

[Gluttonish]

Would you keep a stubborn overly experienced maid? She is good at cooking but not dilligent with kids. I have a tod who needs to empty his bladder every hour due to his past medical history, but she keeps forgetting to bring him to the loo. reminded her upteen times and got her a notebook to write down the timings so that she can remember the last timing but she didnt use it. fabricated timings at the end of day just to show the entries to me.

[TheAnswer]

matrix0405:

Any tips to prevent maids from hiding in the toilet and using their handphone for a long time?

Did you state your house rules on her first day?

[SarChar]

TheAnswer:

matrix0405:

Any tips to prevent maids from hiding in the toilet and using their handphone for a long time?

Did you state your house rules on her first day?

Tell her off also no use......Nowadays, my husband just bangs on the door and she will be out in 2 sec.

[exhaustedmum]

SarChar:

TheAnswer:

[quote=\"matrix0405\"]Any tips to prevent maids from hiding in the toilet and using their handphone for a long time?

Did you state your house rules on her first day?

Tell her off also no use......Nowadays, my husband just bangs on the door and she will be out in 2 sec.[/quote]Yes I agree they don't abide by house rules after working more than 6 months. When all my kids are in school, I don't mind they hide in toilets to take a break. But if I am rushing for sch bus, I'll shout & get them out if they are too long in toilets. :mad:

[chixchix]

I would rather get a new maid than have this rubbish of maids hiding in toilets,

[exhaustedmum]

chixchix:

I would rather get a new maid than have this rubbish of maids hiding in toilets,

Most maids are the same... damn obedient in the 1st 6 months... after that all different types of patterns come out!

[SarChar]

She knows our limits.


She manages the household well. From cooking, houseworks and my kids…so we close 2 eyes on her HP usage. She only uses her hp in the toilet. I pretend I dont know about her hp so she cannot use in front of us.

My maid has been with us for more than 7 yrs…We like to think we treat her fair and well. She had been home 5x (each 10-17 days) for the past 7 yrs. We pay her for air tickets and she also gets full month pay too during her home leave.

In return, I expect her to do her job well.

[Mrs Ang]

My maid starts spending longer time in toilet after 1 wk with me. I observed a few days and qns her. Her reason was her face is oily and need to wash often. This few days she uses the toilet quicker. Not sure how long this will last as this is only her 3rd wk with us.

[cchansp]

I am a bit unsure about maids. My mother used to tell me the quality of maids has dropped because now they are all "siaw gin-na" - all they think about is boys and they cannot be alone because they feel lonely. So she always said should get the older ones… But that is not easy to find.


I remember when I was very young my maid used to be very good - she would really make sure i have manners. When I misbehaved, she used to say "Celia Chan Siew Peng, you better say sorry to your brother." Nowadays, my maid just let the kids have whatever they want and sometimes they even cause more trouble.

But then again… very hard to live without a maid…

[manfromars]

Hi, it’s first time for me to hire a maid. I got this quote from an agent for new Filipino maid.


S$500/month

Agent fee + documentation fee + insurance everything = S$1300
one time charge of S$2000 as loan (4 month salary, then the loan is cleared)

my questions are: is S$1300 considered a normal market rate? ("integrated maid", small agency, less than 1 year, operated by couple)

is it fine for them to charge S$2000 loan at a time? I thought it should be paid month by month only?

Thanks