All About Full-Time Maids

[joyceharper]

My friend just hired a Filipino maid. I must say compared to the other household help I’ve met, she’s sounds quite educated and more responsible. What I like is her command of English. But I heard that it’s because she’s older too. Does anyone have any experience on help of different nationalities?

[straffan23]

Cecilia sahm:

Hi, I will be moving down to Punggol area and my kids are on a noon kindy session. Anyone can recommend a local helper(non stay in) for me. Most importantly is they can help get my kids to school, and bring them home..priority is on my kids. Working time around 7am-7pm..Recommendation please. Thanks

The local helpers would likely be a housewife. Try looking for a nanny. The kids will have to be most likely based at her place. Good luck.

[straffan23]

joyceharper:

My friend just hired a Filipino maid. I must say compared to the other household help I've met, she's sounds quite educated and more responsible. What I like is her command of English. But I heard that it's because she's older too. Does anyone have any experience on help of different nationalities?

It is very difficult to say... I have had older ones, that have older kids, and it was very difficult trying to get them to do things our way, our style, because their children had grown up despite not doing things our way - like they are wiser and whatever we ask them to do, they had (giving the right medicine, the right dosage, use or don't use bleach, ways to cook, ways to clean, etc). Basically, they can be difficult to teach. The more experienced ones in SG might be looking for Sundays and PH off, higher salary etc.

[ptb7476]

it all boils down to luck lolz

[Purpleflower]

I must agree that most Filipino maids speak better English and many of them command higher salary and ask for every Sunday off, PH also entitled. My first maid was Filipino but she has got attitude problem, so send her away after less than 2 mths. She is too experienced and worked with the ang moh for too long.

[Gismummy]

Hi everyone,


Not sure if this is the right thread. Admin pls delete if inappropriate.
I’m looking for a helper to assist in child care and cooking. If there’s anyone who wants to transfer their helper, please kindly pm me. Thanks!

[adelinemiller]

Hi All,


I'm also looking for a good transfer maid. Can cook, do hse chores and help look after kids. Includes fetching kids to-fro school when me and hubby working.

Thanks!!
[email protected]

[kingkongtree]

tamarind:

Title: Maid hitting baby


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Thanks for sharing.. we are looking for transfer maid...

[bestspycam]

Nowadays good maids are hard to find. Very hard to trust your kids with them when you are out at work.

[Cheekie]

For me, no more ex-SG maid! This super experience ex-SG Indo maid WP# 005782228 Erna Dewi Lestari, in the period of 2006-2013 have 5 employers! With only 1 employer which been able to work for 3.5 years reason being there are 6 adults and employer seems to give her a lot of freedom. There after not sure why, she did not stay with this family and have a change of employer. The rest of the employers she only able to work around of 3.5 months, 5 months and 1 yr. We suspected she was pregnant in her 5th employment as she was married in Singapore with a Malaysian man. She came back after 1.5 yrs after delivery, work from Nov15 - Apr16, thereafter is with me. If the agency (Amore Employment Agency) did not hide her employment history, I definitely will not get her! We are a family of 3 with a 8 years old child, morning till 2pm, she is so free she cannot even bother to do a good job. She has more rest than us, eat also eat more than us, she is still not satisfied. BTW, she dresses very sexy too and even do re-bonding. Her main purpose to work in SG because of the Malaysian man still working in Singapore. Her attitude changed when he went back early this year back to Malaysia after losing his job. For this type of ex maid, it is easy for them to find another employer as they just look for those agency doing re-cycling of maid such as Amore Employment Agency or those operating in small shops.


She thinks she is very experienced, such that she does not like to be told what to do as she has her own way of doing things. She does not like to be monitored. A few months into working, she questioned me one day why do I have to lock up my room doors when her previous employers do not. She even question me why do I have so many cameras in the house. If anything missing can always report police or can search her bag before she is to go out on Sunday. If anything we cannot find and ask her, she will ask us to go see our recording. Then I showed her how she behaves when she thinks my camera have been switched off, she went snooping around my drawers and cupboards. I am using a XiaoYi cam and there is a blue indication light, I was thinking can the blue light be switched off and was happy it can be done. When the maid is sweeping the floor, she keeps trying to glance at the camera as she sees there is no blue light. Her reaction is hilarious once she finds the camera have not blue indication light thinking it is not recording.

I tried to be understanding and patience, review at her overall performance and have been giving her chance after chance. Work wise she is okay such as cleaning and working, is the work attitude and behaviour that is ridiculously demanding. Work attitude - do not like to be told, do not like to follow your way if she thinks her way is better and thinking a lot about her rights. Behaviour - she uses your things without asking, she thinks it is okay as she ever told me before her previous employer is okay with it. I told her different family operate differently, if previous employer so good, why change? When she breaks your thing, she will not tell you, when found out she just put on an angry look and refused to talk. She always like to say "Go call police lah, say this maid no good", then when I asked her is it she wants to transfer or go back home, she refuses to say anything. The last I can tolerate is she eats before we do!

The day I set to bring her to the airport, is the last day of her special pass as I have been searching high and low and reading what to do since this maid is so experienced. She seems to know what can be done and employer cannot do much. I am glad I do my diligent searching and have terminated her permit such that the day she leaves will be the last day of the special pass. A few days before the D day, she came to me asking for transfer, I told her no problem but I need to have a replacement first. Then the day itself she shouted at me that she cannot wait and want to leave immediately, ask me to send her to Batam. I told her no problem and asked her to bring her luggage out as I have seen her already pack up the night before. She told me I cannot check, I told her not true, MOM said I can check for items that belong to me. She told me she wants to call police, I told her to go ahead but I will make the call. When police arrived, she told the police I stole her tablet, can you believe it? The most ridiculous part is, she and the police the whole time on been conversing in Malay, a language I do not understand and whatever the maid said, the police did not translate to me except the part she accused me of stealing her tablet. She even asked the police to search my house and the police did. I heard bits and pieces such as Malay word for throw, so I suspected she told the police I have threw away her things. Am not sure is this a fair way of this police in handling maid’s accusation. To quickly settle it, I volunteer to compensate to get her out of my place.

The night she is to depart, I have received a call from airline she refuses to board the plane. However, as there is no case, she had no choice but to do so the next day. I have since submitted my detail as referee. She is not serious to work here, it is just to enjoy her life. She does not mind changing many employers, as long as changing only twice a year will do.

According to MOM, if maid do not board the plane, it is still the employer’s liability. For those employer encountering such a situation, do not panic, just get assistance from the CISCO guard to escort maid to board the plane which we need to pay for such service. This is as advised by MOM. They said it is very common, so for those maid who are reading this, don’t think you don’t board the plane means you have the winning hand. Employer can make your exit very grand by having you to be escorted up to your seat!

So the best we as employer should do, once find maid up to some pattern, do a good deed for future employers, immediately send them home and submit detail as referee. Even the MOM officer can tell me, they are ungrateful lot, no need to be so sympathetic.