All About Full-Time Maids

[panickymum]

liquidskye:

i scared new maid cannot handle my kids... sighs... actually... this maid v gd with my kids, she cares for them. just damn attitude. grrr...


noob qtn, if i cancel her WP on 1 Dec and send her back. whens the earliest i can get a new maid? cos new maids need to wait for 4-6 wks depending on availabiity? v scared of getting maids that are worst off then the current ones. hai. sometimes i tink i worry too much

I am once like that . U are not alone . Worry till the day I send my ex maid off . Actually , I went to look for new maid about 2 months before hand and the when the agency told me when I can get the maid then I send her off . I send off my ex maid in the afternoon and pick my new maid in the evening .
Whether can get good maid really hard to say . It depends on luck .

[liquidskye]

panickymum:

liquidskye:

i scared new maid cannot handle my kids... sighs... actually... this maid v gd with my kids, she cares for them. just damn attitude. grrr...


noob qtn, if i cancel her WP on 1 Dec and send her back. whens the earliest i can get a new maid? cos new maids need to wait for 4-6 wks depending on availabiity? v scared of getting maids that are worst off then the current ones. hai. sometimes i tink i worry too much

I am once like that . U are not alone . Worry till the day I send my ex maid off . Actually , I went to look for new maid about 2 months before hand and the when the agency told me when I can get the maid then I send her off . I send off my ex maid in the afternoon and pick my new maid in the evening .
Whether can get good maid really hard to say . It depends on luck .

duno if i sld look for trf or brand new maid. sighs. v scared i suay...

[st2]

Allowing unlimited transfers for maids is the main problem…MOM should know this. The maids just purposely create problems to make us transfer them.

[janet88]

st2:

Allowing unlimited transfers for maids is the main problem.......MOM should know this. The maids just purposely create problems to make us transfer them.

Maids should not be allowed to ask for transfer...otherwise they will continue to move around looking for easy jobs. Agencies benefit...but employers suffer having to pay insurance and agent fee.

[janet88]

maids 10 years back were not as bad as now…but their attitudes still suck and their ‘here-to-enjoy-life’ mentality drove me nuts. now the agent fees are cut throat. getting a maid is to help out, but it’s definitely the reverse in most cases…not 帮忙，but 加忙。

[panickymum]

liquidskye:

panickymum:

[quote=\"liquidskye\"]i scared new maid cannot handle my kids... sighs... actually... this maid v gd with my kids, she cares for them. just damn attitude. grrr...


noob qtn, if i cancel her WP on 1 Dec and send her back. whens the earliest i can get a new maid? cos new maids need to wait for 4-6 wks depending on availabiity? v scared of getting maids that are worst off then the current ones. hai. sometimes i tink i worry too much

I am once like that . U are not alone . Worry till the day I send my ex maid off . Actually , I went to look for new maid about 2 months before hand and the when the agency told me when I can get the maid then I send her off . I send off my ex maid in the afternoon and pick my new maid in the evening .
Whether can get good maid really hard to say . It depends on luck .

duno if i sld look for trf or brand new maid. sighs. v scared i suay...[/quote]
I personally prefer new maid . Generally 乖.compare to transfer maid unless you got good recommendation from friend

[janet88]

With new maids, you have about 8 months of her being 乖…if lucky.

With transfer maids, they could be stubborn and/or choosing employers for ‘easy’ job.
With maids, it’s all about luck. Treat them well, you hope they reciprocate and work well, but some take for granted.
Treat them firm, they vent frustration on kids or add something to the food. i know of someone who doesn’t take house keys…when kids or employer returns, they will press door bell and if she doesn’t open, press again.

[panickymum]

carolsoh:

Dear all,


Would like to check, can we log a complaint to MOM that the maid made a fasle declaration at her biodata? Please help, thanks.

I think able to . Check with mom . Write an email to mom customer service and ask which address shall we write to .

[POA Teacher]

panickymum:

carolsoh:

Dear all,


Would like to check, can we log a complaint to MOM that the maid made a fasle declaration at her biodata? Please help, thanks.

I think able to . Check with mom . Write an email to mom customer service and ask which address shall we write to .

Heard that a particular agent got sued by a maid employer cos of false info in biodata (I think was underaged).
Don't know what happened in the end.

[st2]

In those days…maid had to pay their own ticket if they don’t want to work. They will do their best to please the employer because they want to keep their job.


New maids are already taught to just ask for transfer if they are not happy. They will just annoy you, break your things, show black face until you send them back to agency…or just run away…

They feel they have the right to lie to us and use us to get into Singapore and then just choose employer from here.