All About Full-Time Maids
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Hi carebear! ya, the problem is I changed maid agency lah. So need to pay agency fees once more. I didn’t take the free replacement from the first maid agency because I can’t interview at all. So, if the next replacement I get is worse than the one I have now, I think it be would a waste of time. the agency fees is $488 plus $290 for insurance. i added in my previous agency fees to show how much I lost inorder to get another maid loh. Actually my fault for sticking to a agency that don’t conduct interviews.
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peapot:
Hi carebear! ya, the problem is I changed maid agency lah. So need to pay agency fees once more. I didn't take the free replacement from the first maid agency because I can't interview at all. So, if the next replacement I get is worse than the one I have now, I think it be would a waste of time. the agency fees is $488 plus $290 for insurance. i added in my previous agency fees to show how much I lost inorder to get another maid loh. Actually my fault for sticking to a agency that don't conduct interviews.
hi peapot, it happened to me also, I have to pay the agent fees all over agin when I change agent. The 1st agent only refund me the maid's prorated salary (loan) and the insurance. The agent that am having now, allows me to pay PD cheque for maid.. Haiz, I can understand how you fee;, but somtimes really a no choice thing. -
Hi Blobbi,
Yah loh… friends who are very strict with maids are those who get maids that stay with them. I have a friend who write down a list of dos and donts, "The Maid Commandment". All her maids are so well trained.
But I dont have the heart to be strict leh. They are adults - dont need to be scolded like children right? But… Yesterday I was SO MAD with my maid. She cooked dinner, she ate and forgot about my dds. When I came home 7pm. None has eaten and one having tuition till 8pm. I scolded her and told her that how can she do that. See… I allow her to eat first so long as the children have eaten and dont need to wait for us. Now she eats first and forget about the kids. I told her sternly that I do not want this to happen ever again or I will change the rule that she has to wait for everyone to finish eating before she can eat (which I dont have the heart to do) -
m-mommy:
Hai looks like negative comments more than the positive one, i spoken to her over the phone, i told her no off day and big family, can u cope, she everything also say can, i have changed 2 maids in 3 months, waste so many time and $$$, really sian, wanna give up, anyway she will be here next week, shall see wat patterns she has :x
Hope yours will be different. I had one everything say yes on the phone. Then literally Miss Yes. \"Do you know you have done this wrongly?\" - Yes, ma'am, sorry ma'am \"Do you know I dont like it?\" - Yes ma'am, sorry ma'am. A few days later.... \"I told you not to do this right?\" - Yes ma'am, sorry ma'am. \"Why do you do it again?\" - Yes madam, sorry madam.
Maybe I really unlucky.... -
tweet:
Wow... this is really bad. <sigh>my sis just sent her maid looking after her in-laws home before CNY.maid worked for only 3 mths.She has 2 maids, one maid to look after her in-laws, another to look after her 4 kids.she is not staying with in-laws.
Maid nowadays getting very clever, this problematic one knows that my sis goes bac every fri evening.That very fri, she went back in the afternoon. found maid not in, left the invalid ah ma at home. she waited 3 hrs before maid came back. maid shocked to see her, dared not say anything. my sis called agent, agent came, all the questioning....went to meet BF, old man got wife, grandchidren etc... Agent check her stuffs, found she kept hp in her undies.... hp more interesting-got photos of maid and bf,some pics also taken in in-laws hse, x-rated movie too....
my sis really gave up.. the previous maid brought \"Banga\" bf home to do business, got caught when FIL woke up. Bf so scared that he ran off forgetting his underwear. my sis rushed down in the wee hrs, called police & agent.. same thing lor, maid sent home, police said no case... -
Peapot, I also pay until siao.... if your maid is ex-singapore, she shd have a wp number. You can check how many employers she had before - working history. If possible, I ask to talk to previous employer, just have a feel. This method may not be 100% safe especially for transfer maids. The employer may want to get rid of their maids ASAP and they lie that every thing is good. My favourite question is to ask the maid - can i talk to your previous employer - then check her expressions on her face. Then ask for the employer's contact number
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NicHei:
hi peapot, it happened to me also, I have to pay the agent fees all over agin when I change agent. The 1st agent only refund me the maid's prorated salary (loan) and the insurance. The agent that am having now, allows me to pay PD cheque for maid.. Haiz, I can understand how you fee;, but somtimes really a no choice thing.
Which agency was that?
It is kind for them to do so.
I thought agencies will not refund you what you have paid them.
Also the insurance company refund you? Which company is that? -
Wow, it’s really scary to read the same old stories on maid doing business with BF. My maid has been with us for 6 years now, WP expiring in Dec 10. I would grade her 7 on a scale of 10. Two days ago, she just forgotten to turn the gas stove to OFF & strangely she could not detect smell of gas for 2hours. Today, didn’t remember to lock the wooden door jbefore retiring to bed. My mum says its because she is pinning to go home so that’s why she is not focusing on her work nowadays. I have not decided if I should keep her or try a new maid(eg. Mynamar), I heard they are more down to earth & are very good if you treat them really nice.
My advice is to give the maid a dairy either ask her to write everything as told. I am shocked to know that the maid ate her dinner without letting the kids eat first. That’s unacceptable. One compliments to my maid is that she will not eat her meals before us, even we told her that she may if she is hungry. She doesn’t even take our biscuits, bread for tea breaks unless I put them on her plate. I think its a basic respect in her point of view as if it is really a "master and servant "relationship. In appreciation, I let her go on her annual leave yearly instead of every 2 years, 5 weeks to 8weeks. When she’s not around, the laudry goes to the cleaners and we just have more take out. Yap, it’s very costly on us for her to go on home leave and most of my friends say I am a bit crazy, but hey that’s why my maid is still with me this very day. For them, their max was only a 2nd time renewal up till 4 years!
Yes, having a maid is like having another kid, you need to educate , reward & punish in accordance to results. We are the real adults so at the end of the day we need to be responsible for what we deemed as important and not relying on the maid. -
Carebear, the contract I signed with them is from MOM. In it there is a term that says maid’s loan will be returned based on pro-rated basis. I think nowadays most agency use MOM standard contract.
Insurance is from Lonpac. I don’t think this agency is nice. They don’t even let you interview their Myanmar maids. They have already made from my agency fees and on top of that my poor maid has to pay additional 2 more months on top of her 8months loan because she was transferred out. I will not recommend this agency to anyone at all!! They also don’t try to match the right maid for the right family. They just let you tikam and then they bring in for you. After that, you pay upfront cash upon collecting the maid!!
The agency I m using now allows me to use 9 PD cheques. I only pay $788 in cash. She tries to find out my needs and then source a few maids that would meet my needs. I could also interview the maid right on the spot. However ultimately its still "hian-suah". Sigh!! But usually maid agency are only nice when they want to close the deal. I have yet to find out how she will react if I need to return the maid. Of course I pray hard that I don’t have to do that!!
Lynn2010, your maid is ex-Singapore? If she is then her previous employer never train her well. How can she eats her dinner without making sure the children are fed first? Even when we bring our children out to somebody’s house for dinner, we will also make sure they are given food before we eat! Oh yes, how do you check her employment history? The maid is already in Indonesia now. Work permit no still valid?? Agent told me she do not have any work permit no until she keyed in my particulars.
Jennykhots, its not true that Myanmar maids are better. I have 2 Myanmar maids before. The previous one had long rebonding hair till her waist. she refuse even to trim her hair, uses alot of makeup and wears low cut on her off day. Then she gave me hell before she’s about to go home. Read my previous post and you will know. The current myanmar maid I m changing because she totally hopeless in child minding. I told her to play with my child and she asked me "how to play?" She has no initiative and do not offer help when she sees you carrying heavy bags until you had to scream at her. She will also clean areas only when you tell her to. She won’t volunteer her service. So, at the end of the day it really boils down to luck regardless of nationality or race. -
jennykhots:
Wow, it's really scary to read the same old stories on maid doing business with BF. My maid has been with us for 6 years now, WP expiring in Dec 10. I would grade her 7 on a scale of 10. Two days ago, she just forgotten to turn the gas stove to OFF & strangely she could not detect smell of gas for 2hours. Today, didn't remember to lock the wooden door jbefore retiring to bed. My mum says its because she is pinning to go home so that's why she is not focusing on her work nowadays.
Dec leaving already mind flown back to country? Perhaps you need to talk to her....if it's 1/2 months, I understand. My ex-maid (with me for 5 years) - when she start acting blur/distracted, I know it's time for me to let her call home. She is the zi dong type so I'll paid for her calls home. Think her upbringing is good cos after some speaking with her family, she'll revert back to normal.
In any case, I would be nervous leaving the gas stove on for more than 3 min....would have been stark raving mad. If she had turned on ONE switch....BOOMZ.
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