All About Full-Time Maids

[st2]

"Free Replacement" sounds good… it actually is more money making opportunity for the agent.

[jacsplace]

belle_116:

This is so exasperating, no matter what employers hv to bear the costs. Called MOM and reply is the same.

I agree 100%

[belle_116]

jacsplace:

belle_116:

This is so exasperating, no matter what employers hv to bear the costs. Called MOM and reply is the same.

I agree 100%

Finally I got rid of her on Thu. Drama day.

Interestingly, according to the agent she has got a new employer the next day. Agent says it's easy to market her as she's pretty, speaks Chinese fluently and appears/act gentle and sweet and accepts no-off days.

For me, I'm relieved someone is taking over my $$$. God bless the family who have this evil maid.

[matrix0405]

belle_116:

jacsplace:

[quote=\"belle_116\"]This is so exasperating, no matter what employers hv to bear the costs. Called MOM and reply is the same.

I agree 100%

Finally I got rid of her on Thu. Drama day.

Interestingly, according to the agent she has got a new employer the next day. Agent says it's easy to market her as she's pretty, speaks Chinese fluently and appears/act gentle and sweet and accepts no-off days.

For me, I'm relieved someone is taking over my $$$. God bless the family who have this evil maid.[/quote]Nice and the agent loved you. Made $50 from u for admin, 2 mths salary from the transfer maid and $388 from the new employer. If your description is accurate, agent looking forward to another round of profit from bring in problem maid in 3 mths time.
Agent to maid, not happy? transfer lah.

[st2]

I suppose maids from hell are agent’s darlings!!!If not, agents will turn them into a transfer happy maid to milked them and then ask them to wise up and work for the 4 or 5th employer or just send them packing back to kampong then…


Good maids stay for 2 years contract to 1st employer and then renew contract. The agent never gets to earn another $ from her ever…EVER!!!

!?!?!?!?!?!!?

[zilojian]

I just interviewed a few maids over the weekend. It seems quite a trend now for maid to request for a transfer whenever they feel like it.


One typical maid Past Employment History
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1. Work in a 3 storey House for only 4mths - Requested for a transfer as house too big to manage.
2. Taking care of 3 kids for only 5 mths - Requested for a transfer as overloaded with the 3 kids
3. Prefer not to take care of dogs if possible.
4. Requesting for at least 1 - 2 offdays as they wish to attend for courses and meeting up with friends over weekend.

Looks like the maids are more choosy of the employers nowadays and the Agency must be smiling happily with this new trend !

Unfortunately, the employers are not being protected and forking out more and more $$$ unnecessary until they found their right helper...

[fcmaid]

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trimummy:

Faithmaidagency:

im indonesian chinese... who already convert to singapore citizen 6 years ago...

im a new maid agency in singapore.....
im interest join this member as i see so many post about maids...
im specialist in indonesian maid currently as is easy for me to handle as i speak the maids languange.
brief info about me is MY MAIN BUSINESS IS MOBILE PHONE SHOP AT CITY PLAZA (already 12 years)
(for info city plaza is the old building opposite paya lebar MRT which most indonesian maid will go there on their off day)
i have been seen maid character thousands time through this 12 years.
i have been offered by view singapore family member to do this MAID AGENCY BUSINESS but like most parents here i used to scared when think about maid.
and also i didt want to do the business cos i was thinking i dont want to do human trade.

but i decide to went to the business is when have one of the maid having a chit chat when she waiting the phone being service = \"she said mem why dont u be agent so u can find us good employer\"

from there suddenly my mind is being tick..... and i do some survey to my singaporean shops customer....
about how if i being an agent will u trust me to take a maid from my company... most of the customer say of course cos u can speak the languange and u been seen maid for so long in singapore in ur phone shop .

my company is an INDONESIAN EMBASSY ACCREDITED.

MY POINT to join here is to answer most parents question about some rules & regulation abouts maids and agent....i dont try to sell to all the mummies here...

AND I SEE MANY OF THE POSTED HERE IS AROUND DIRECT HIRED which is not using an agent.... i have the latest article from INDONESIAN EMBASSY that is not allow maid & employer to use direct hired without application through agent.

please check my company name
SIMPANG TIGA MOBILE PTE LTD (in acra 6 years as old company taken by ex hus SIMPANG TIGA MOBILE)

FAITH MAID AGENCY PTE LTD

phone 68414178
faith.netmaid.com.sg

Hi,

If direct hire is not allowed then why a few of my ex-maids boast to me that they can come to singapore without agent and without paying agent fees? Said they have lobang for that kind of jobs?

Then shouldn't the Indon govt be more strict in controlling the exit of such maids? I think the Indon gift should be more strict so that these maids will not suka suka tell lies to break contract and go home then within 1 or 2 weeks come back to Singapore to work for another employer.

Anyway, my no.1 question would be why are the new maids so problematic? Sorry ah, I'm dying to know... :idea:

Hi,

Direct hire is indeed not allowed. Legally, if the ex-singapore maids were to come to Singapore, they will need to go through a training centre and this results in another round of bank finance scheme. Hence, to escape this, more often than so, the ex-singapore maid will attempt to enter Singapore on their own if not assisted. Indonesia government's aim is to keep tabs on their people just in case accident happens and their immediate family member is to be contacted.

If you were to ask about problematic, I guess it all boils down to their expectations (what they were told before they came and the actual reality), also another main point is external influence (of course it would be the negative ones either by fellow helpers if not their boyfriends).

There will always be some agency who in midst of their busy schedule, did not spend time synchronizing expectation. My FC maid agency spend more time on the expectation part as we believe that there is no one expectation that can fit all families. Each household is unique by its own and to cherish what they are given rather than only focusing on the negativity.

Hope this shed some light in your doubts, this of course is my little view on this industry.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr Soon http://tinypic.com/r/2s6a3k8/8

[fcmaid]

niuma:

Hi, need advice for my myanmar maid. My maid is early 20, has many friends, don't save money, looks like she is here to enjoy life.


She agreed to not have hp when I hired her, but just one week after she came, start asking for hp and kept raising it. I said if your work is good I will agree, let's see for 3 mth. So on the 4th mth, she has a nokia phone (not smart phone). But since she got the phone, things all changed. She is addicted to it, carry it all the day even when she is working. Even make calls when she is on the way to pick up my DS from school, so dangerous! That day I scold her, she show me black face, said she wanted to go back to agency. But very soon she changed mind, said sorry and wanted to continue.

Now tonight, 1 mth after she got her phone, she told me she wanted to buy another samsung smart phone. I don't know how to take it...definitely I won't give her internet access, but my neighbour in the same block never set their wi-fi password, so if my maid gets a smart phone, she will have 'free' access to wi-fi. How do I handle this? Thanks a lot.

Hi,

For Myanmar helpers, very often, they use internet mainly for Viber (Internet Application like WhatsApp or Skype) to call back to their country if not to keep in touch with their friends in Myanmar.

Internet is a double edge sword. It can help and harm.

I believe it is important to spend time understanding them rather than restricting.

Thank you

Mr Soon

[fcmaid]

bluebellas:

Hi, wonder if anyone can help me. Due to personal reasons, I'm thinking to transfer my maid out. I want to help her save on the agent fees, so thinking to do direct transfer. I have a prospective employer on hand. Can anyone tell me what are the steps involved? Is it new employer just have to buy insurance and apply for work permit at MOM website?

Hi,

Agency is not allowed to take from maid if it is direct hire case.

The new employer would need your full name to do the application, upon approval then get insurance.

Thank you

Mr Soon

[fcmaid]

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st2:

I suppose maids from hell are agent's darlings!!!!!If not, agents will turn them into a transfer happy maid to milked them and then ask them to wise up and work for the 4 or 5th employer or just send them packing back to kampong then..........


Good maids stay for 2 years contract to 1st employer and then renew contract. The agent never gets to earn another $ from her ever...EVER!!!!

!?!?!?!?!?!!?

Hi,

Depending on the business model of the agency, some prefer those as you mentioned \"maids from hell\", some prefer to have good maids.

Like what you said, for the first type which is to keep transferring them as the maximum amount an agency can get from a new maid and transfer maid is the same. Hence, they often open their shops in places like Katong Shopping Centre, Bukit Timah Shopping Centre or Hougang Green, (basically places full of agencies) to increase their visibility by lining up the maids within their premises or asking them to pretentiously clean the place or even get a fake baby to do role playing, sometimes you see the maids sit on the wheelchair to be pushed by another maid to simulate elderly care. As many employers like to window shop for maids around these places, hence a face to face interview will most definitely help the maid to get a new employer fairly quickly.

There is also the second type, that you mentioned maids who fully complete their contract and renew contract again and again. Indeed, the agency involved is not able to get money from the maid but on hindsight, will this maid not be living advertisement for the agency?

Friends, family and acquaintances, will be enquiring. Is it pure luck or is it the effort by the agency?

There are always both sides to a coin. There are bad and good agencies around, just need some time to differentiate them.

Thank you

Mr Soon