All About Full-Time Maids
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It's offical - my home has become a stepping stone for Filipino maids :x . My maid of 1.5 year will be leaving us again for greener pasture, this time Denmark. I've mentioned in my previous posts that my former 2 maids both went to Norway after 1 year stint here. We kind of expected this as this maid was recommended by my 2nd maid, and the 2nd one was introduced by the 1st. So there's already a well-established \"career ladder\" for them.
Now we're debating if we should ask our old maid to give us another recommendation or just ask an agent to find us one. The advantage of the former is that we'll have some background info on the new maid, and the new maid will kind of know what to expect from us. Also, since she'll count on us to be her stepping stone, i.e. the time till her friends abroad find her another dream job, she won't do anything funny. There's also less risk for us not to recover the loan.
The advantage for the latter is that we might be able to find a maid who can stay with us longer as hopefully she doesn't have connections in all these scandinavian countries. It's just very tiring to train and adjust to a new maid. But after reading all the horrible cases here, it makes me think twice. :? -
minnie, have you tried Indo maids before? Actually like you, my first maid also went to Norway and I had to retrain again. But the difference is that she works 2 and half year. I would much prefer a maid who can complete 2 years contract. Not 1 year, not 1 and half but 2 years.
Have you ever thought of trying other nationality. From your fiery red emoticon, I can tell you are sick of retraining maids. A contract is signed for 2 years. Tell your new maid whoever breaks the contract must pay. That’s the purpose of a contract. This will ensure she completes her 2years contract whether or not she is using your house as a stepping stone. -
Hi peapot,
That’s why we plan to add a penalty clause to the next maid such that we keep 2 months salary if she doesn’t complete her contract. Although this won’t keep her from leaving early, it’ll at at least somewhat compensate our time wasted in training a new maid.
Still I feel more comfortable getting a referral since we are on good terms with our maids. As for Indo maid, I’m afraid communication is a prob as not many can speak good Eng.
LKVM,
you keep 4 months salary? That must be a big deterrant! -
I fully understand the pain but liddat oso can? :?
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lovekidsverymuch:
Ok. Point taken. Will work that into the contract addendum! Wuahahaha!Andaiz:
I fully understand the pain but liddat oso can? :?
HAVE TO LAH
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lovekidsverymuch:
Thought we are not allowed to hold the maid's money. And it's her money so cannot be called a bonus lah. Unless on top of the 4 mths that you are holding you give 1 or 2 mths more.peapot:
Tell your new maid whoever breaks the contract must pay. That's the purpose of a contract. This will ensure she completes her 2years contract whether or not she is using your house as a stepping stone.
Yes I too signed the contract with my maid and have kept her 4 months salary so that if she goes away she wont get anything and if she completes 2 yrs she will get everything so its a bonus!! -
Aye LKVM not that I dun agree with what you are doing. But what if your boss withhold your 4 months pay, arrange for them to be paid end December or close to New Year and call that a bonus...
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lovekidsverymuch:
I said bonus cause initial months money they will forget cause short term memory then once they get all together its a bonus lah
Like that oso can ah.
I dun quite like the idea of holding their pay cos most of them really need the money to support their families back at home.
For my current maid, I told her she will get a bonus of $500 when she completes her contract. That is over and above the 1 mth bonus that she gets every year. -
To me bonus is only for the deserving.
Funz…u mean your helper get a month’s bonus every year regardless of her performance…that’s nice of you. -
raynreg:
Aye LKVM not that I dun agree with what you are doing. But what if your boss withhold your 4 months pay, arrange for them to be paid end December or close to New Year and call that a bonus...
well raynreg, I heard of friends who join co where if they quit within 1 year, they have to pay 1 whole year salary back to the co. They are uni grads, not maids hor.
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