All About Full-Time Maids
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Hi there,
Could anyone please advice what are the terms for maids who want to continue working after 2 years without going home? Do we give them the cost of the airfares plus bonus? How much is bonus? Thanks much for your kind advice. -
So funny when i read \"I will forget abt your salary\". :lol: This is really a good one.
Well, quality of maids really bad now. I just reprimand mine when i started my confinement. Told her I need to have proper rest during this period and she better now her job scope well.
Anyway she told us she doesnt wanna renew her contract. We manage to book air ticket which cost $85.50 only.
Will be getting new one in Jun. So who's changing maid? -
lovekidsverymuch:
I'm not surprised many maids have poor memory, some might even suffer from poor brain function.
I agree I agree they really think short term so kinda like have short term memory loss problem!! :roll:
They grow up in impoverished areas, many did not drink DHA milk as infants, and did not eat alot of fish while growing up. How to have good brains? That, coupled with possibly bad genes, make for a nasty combo. My maid too, often has that \"gong gong\" look in her eyes.
Many of them had sub-standard education, if any. Thus, from a very young age, their brains are not used to remembering many things. To us, a mere shopping/cooking/chores list is easy, but to them, it's a job of monumental difficulty.
I always remind myself of these two points, and I always tell my wife, not to regard them as our equals in intellectual capacity. This does not mean we look down on them or despise them, just acknowldging our differences factually, and treating them as such, mere manual workers.
I always tell my wife, \"if she is so capable, u think she will be our maid? All the good ones are already working for Susilo Bambang Yudoyono.\" :lol: -
[quote]I'm not surprised many maids have poor memory, some might even suffer from poor brain function.[/quote]
But when it comes to lying, they never fail you. The other skill they have is good acting, so good till you don't know whether to believe or not to believe them. -
skunk:
In fact some maids are quite street smart. Like my previous 2 filipino maids, both were quick learners and pretty smart, but both went to Norway after a 1-year stint with us. The 1st one even found another job in Spain using internet after 2 years in Norway
They grow up in impoverished areas, many did not drink DHA milk as infants, and did not eat alot of fish while growing up. How to have good brains? That, coupled with possibly bad genes, make for a nasty combo. My maid too, often has that \"gong gong\" look in her eyes.
Many of them had sub-standard education, if any. Thus, from a very young age, their brains are not used to remembering many things. To us, a mere shopping/cooking/chores list is easy, but to them, it's a job of monumental difficulty.
(they only allow foreign domestic workers to stay a max of 2 years there).
My current one, also filipino, is not as smart and often drives me mad with lack of common sense. But my DH always says I should be clearer on my instructions and can't assume she'll know everything. -
I’m wondering how much freedom your maids have in eating the food in your house. Yesterday when I wanted to eat my leftover grapefruit in the fridge (it was a really juicy & sweet one), just to find out it’s been finished by my maid. I was unhappy for a while as I really wanted to eat that :x. I think I might be giving her too much freedom as basically she can eat anything in the fridge. I suspect she’s eating my kids’ fruits when she’s preparing them. I don’t mind her eating the cheap ones like apples & oranges but I don’t want her to share the expensive ones like blueberries etc with my kids. But I’m just too thin-skinned to say it. My DH has no such problem. He’ll just tell her straightforwardly something like "don’t drink my coffee, this is very expensive stuff".
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Hiccup:
really? I find their lying and acting skills at best amateurish LOL when someone's obviously trying to cover up a mistake, it's so easy to spot the loopholes.
But when it comes to lying, they never fail you. The other skill they have is good acting, so good till you don't know whether to believe or not to believe them.
It's the same vibe u get when a little kid has his hand in the cookie jar, and he claims he's trying to get an ant out hehe -
minnie2004:
that's why your 2 previous maids are in Norway/Spain
In fact some maids are quite street smart. Like my previous 2 filipino maids, both were quick learners and pretty smart, but both went to Norway after a 1-year stint with us. The 1st one even found another job in Spain using internet after 2 years in Norway (they only allow foreign domestic workers to stay a max of 2 years there).
My current one, also filipino, is not as smart and often drives me mad with lack of common sense. But my DH always says I should be clearer on my instructions and can't assume she'll know everything.
they're the \"smarter\" ones.
And that's why your current maid is in Singapore, she's the \"less smart\" one LOL
All the good maids have all gone to Norway/Spain/wherever that pays better and they work less.
We're left with all the lousy ones.
It's only a generalisation, but it's more true than false! -
Sad to say that my current maid is also not the smart type. I asked her to shine my sport shoes at the air con compressor she go wash it.
Sometime wonder whether they do not bother to listen well our instruction or they just act blur. Had enuff of this maid where using almost 8-9 months.
Now awaitng for my new maid to come in maybe 3-4 weeks time. Considering to send the current maid to her home country or back to the agent sinve she had finished her maid loan. -
titank:
\"Normal\" for many maids....being in a new environment, so \"many\" new rules and things to learn....their under-developped brains cannot cope. Once again, I stress, this is not looking down on them, but a mere factual comment.
Sometime wonder whether they do not bother to listen well our instruction or they just act blur.
On top of that, having to listen to instructions in a foreign language they might not be so good at, plus the stress of living away from home/family/boyfriend....their brain simply \"switch off\".
Other than training our maids, we better train ourselves to be more tolerant....repeat instructions again, or get the maid to do the task again lor...no point getting upset about it.
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