All About Full-Time Maids

[moonee]

LKVM:

moonee:

Please dnt pay if maid is on transfer. You are already doing a big favour leaving the maid under yr name and paying the levy while they make big bucks.

When my prev maid was on transfer I didnt pay for her accomodation and flatly said no cause anyways I had to pay for her levy apart from the levy i was paying for the current one :!:

This charges I am referring is when we go on vacation then need to keep maid somewhere.... at that time they charges 15 per day :stupid:

I understand, I wouldnt mind the 15 dollars as Im paying for peace of mind, aside frm the food and lodging, Im also paying for responsibility. I expect the agent to watch the maid when Im away.

[shine_fs]

mrswongtuition:

When I was younger, we had a few maids from Iloilo who were very good too!

Heard from others, Iloilo's maids are very hardworking & my mum's previous maid was from Iloilo, she was good. So, when I was looking for a maid, I told my agent, I want maid from Iloilo.

I can't work out with my ex-agent hence I changed maid(all Filipno) 4th times within 1 yr. So, I gave up. Changed to Indon maid as well as the agent.

1 mth ago, my mum employed a maid from Iloilo. This maid created many problems. At the end send was back to agent after 2 weeks working for my mum. After 10 yrs of having Filipno maids, my mum decided to employ Indon maid.

[Petmama]

Hi, I’m new to this forum.


Just a word of caution. When you send your maid to any agency for boarding (while you are away on vacation), it will be best to get them to sign a letter of assurance that your maid will not be sent to work in other household.

Some agencies do part-time housekeeping and your maid may be asked to tag along. And while tagging along, she can’t be doing nothing. So she’ll help out. Now, if she accidentally fall off the building while hanging clothes, then YOU as the employer will be held responsible. You MAY be charged for illegal deployment, and that (part-time) household MAY be charged for illegal employment.

In other words… trouble!

I have told my maid not to do any part-time work during her off-days.

[peapot]

That’s a really good point. Never thought of it before. But I think maid these days are pretty smart they will know how to complain if they’re asked to do other households. They were briefed by MOM before starting work.

[moonee]

[quote=\"Petmama\"]Hi, I'm new to this forum.


Just a word of caution. When you send your maid to any agency for boarding (while you are away on vacation), it will be best to get them to sign a letter of assurance that your maid will not be sent to work in other household.

Some agencies do part-time housekeeping and your maid may be asked to tag along. And while tagging along, she can't be doing nothing. So she'll help out. Now, if she accidentally fall off the building while hanging clothes, then YOU as the employer will be held responsible. You MAY be charged for illegal deployment, and that (part-time) household MAY be charged for illegal employment.

In other words... trouble!

I have told my maid not to do any part-time work during her off-days.[/quote

You raised a great point!! I nver thot of that too.

Now, that reminds me of 8 yrs back when my maid was warded for epilepsy, he sent me a maid, told me d american mployerwill b back in a month, filpna wanted extra cash n asked him to look out for assignments so she stayed n worked in my home for close to a month, one evening she was red in the face and couldnt speak, she tried telling me to hit her back, apparently she ate so fast that a bone got stuck in her throat. Lucky she manage to get the chicken bone out. Small accidents like that can also happen.

[Breadandmuffins]

[quote]When I was younger, we had a few maids from Iloilo who were very good too!



Oh… I did not know this…I just realised that my maid of 7 years also from Iloilo. She is my first and only maid so far & she is exactly like what liuhao mentioned whe she first came…but we recently had conflict over her use of HP during the day & we mutually agreed that she will go back Philippines as she said she cannot stop using the phone during the day although she had cut down…What a waste cos she has bee very good all these years and she would rather give it all up cos of this (she use the phone for almost 2 hrs each night too).

[Petmama]

DesertWind:

liuhao:

.... i bought another calling card for her (she will pay) and encourage her to call home. i also let her call her SIL working in Singapore. we just bought a new set of mattress, cover, protector and pillow for her. she kept asking how much cost and saying not necessary.


that was the first week. after that till now, she is amazingly good.

every time i cook something, no matter where she is, she will come over and quietly observe and write down procedure and details in a note book. i didnt ask and expect that. next day she can cook the exact same thing with same taste and even better than i did. i couldnt believe it! if rice runs out, she will cook noodle. if vegetable runs out, she will find those seasonings in kitchen and follow instructions to cook fish, chicken and whatever, all without asking. the taste is really good. she is quiet but very smart and have lots of initiatives. just after a few days she has done so much better cooking than my previous maid who has staying with us for 8 months. my previous maid can also cook but never bother to write down, observe and try new dishes, even been asking for many times.

she also has very good attitude. every time i say something to her, seriously or casually, big or small, she remembers every word very seriously and do accordingly. she seems very open minded and stubborn is the word i will never use for her.

every time she sent my kid to school, she will hold hands and keep looking out. my previous maid just lagged behind and sometimes even talked over hand phone.

for cleaning, she does it in slow but constant pace. i told her to rest between 1pm and 3pm but she said she never sleeps during the day. my previous maid slept like a baby during that hours.

sometimes she is a bit too smart. when ironing, she makes a solution using the diluted silicone lubricant spray and pull into the steam iron. it's super smooth so the shirts ironed are really really nice but i almost fainted by the strong fragrance steam smell in the ironing room.

she agreed to have $20 rather than off day. she said she needs some rest in off day but no need to go out. she also said she will at least work 5 years for me. hehe...i dont take it seriously though.

anyway i would say she is so much better than previous two transferred maids. i always expect this but never delivered until now.

Hi liuhao,
Wow, this maid sounds good! With initiative and really smart (ie. the ironing and cooking). Hope she will continue to keep up her good work and able to serve your household well for a long while!
:celebrate:

Hi Liuhao,

Congrats! 'm happy for you. Such good quality maids are hard to come by.

[liuhao]

if working for 7 years probably she has made enough money for her already. maybe she feels she is rich and it's time to play then just use this chance to go back.

Breadandmuffins:

[quote]When I was younger, we had a few maids from Iloilo who were very good too!


Oh.... I did not know this...I just realised that my maid of 7 years also from Iloilo. She is my first and only maid so far & she is exactly like what liuhao mentioned whe she first came.....but we recently had conflict over her use of HP during the day & we mutually agreed that she will go back Philippines as she said she cannot stop using the phone during the day although she had cut down....What a waste cos she has bee very good all these years and she would rather give it all up cos of this (she use the phone for almost 2 hrs each night too).

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[verykiasu2010]

it is my observation that Indo maids are better


seeing those Fillipinas around my neighbourhood … can’t imagine what they are up to when the Sir and Madam are not in

[Breadandmuffins]

liuhao:

if working for 7 years probably she has made enough money for her already. maybe she feels she is rich and it's time to play then just use this chance to go back.

We actually spoke to her several times over a year but we got to a point where we cannot agree becos she felt that it is a right rather than a privilege to chit chat while working & I am unable to allow this becos of my situation at home. Its a big decision for me as we are already so comfortable with the routine and the kids liked her very much. I think she is also tired of a maid's life...& this HP thingy is too much of a distraction...she is the hardworking type and not the playful type (on some of her off days, she joined some sports events-& she is a leader of one group)and she has a house to pay for...I wonder what is she going to do when she goes back.....