All About Full-Time Maids

[JHJC]

My turn to update… for those staying in Hougang, beware… the agent that service me from Lxx Garden has been posted there.


After i sent the agency the letter from SCT… they continue to ignore me… ignore AEAS. Can you believe it… they can ignore ASEA and AEAS told me cannt do anything abt it… they issued them warning letter for not responding… so wht? they still ignore. I wonder what is the relevant than?

FYI, AEAS agreed there has been numerous complaints on this agency… and i wonder why there is no action taken? Base on contract,i still cannot cancel the maid’s work permit… can you believe i am paying levy and all for a maid that is with the agent since Jan?

My advise to all is, do not get discourage. I got motivation from "insider" advise. There are many loopholes in this system, we have take in our strike to address. Maybe we shld all contact a reporter to do an article on this. We are suffering too… and needed someone to raise a red flag!!!

[elle_yv.03429hotmail.03429com]

Hi Tamarind


Would like to hear from yr advise that if your maid telling lies by using yr hse phone to call her cousin & friends to chit chat during the day she is doing the hse cleaning. When i reach home & find something fishy that i check on the phone, and ask her why got so many strange no. & she lies & tell that her church friends call her.

And i ask her whether she call them or ppl call her & she lies by telling is her friends call up. :?:

[tamarind]

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Hi Tamarind


Would like to hear from yr advise that if your maid telling lies by using yr hse phone to call her cousin & friends to chit chat during the day she is doing the hse cleaning. When i reach home & find something fishy that i check on the phone, and ask her why got so many strange no. & she lies & tell that her church friends call her.

And i ask her whether she call them or ppl call her & she lies by telling is her friends call up. :?:

I have an ex-maid who used to do that too. It was very annoying. She gave my home telephone number to her boyfriends who sometimes call her at midnight ! I sent that maid away.

My new maids don't even know what is my home telephone number.

I think it is very difficult for your maid to change. If possible, lock your phone in the room so she cannot use it. Then she will probably talk on her mobile phone all day. At least you don't need to pay the phone bill.

[tamarind]

New updates ! Make sure you don't employ these maids !


http://singaporemaidcomments.blogspot.com/

[mintcc]

[quote]our maid telling lies by using yr hse phone to call her cousin & friends to chit chat during the day she is doing the hse cleaning. When i reach home & find something fishy that i check on the phone, and ask her why got so many strange no. & she lies & tell that her church friends call her. [/quote]
What I find easier to implement is to state clearly to the maid and make her agree to not using the house phone or owning a cell phone even before bringing her back from the agency. So it become part of the agreement if she wants to work for you.

Agree with tamarind that the maid probably won't change and you might need to get a new one. Had an ex maid who does that and chalk up my phone bills with calls too - turn out to be lots of strange men calling. Not giving the maid your home number or address is our policy too. In our case we got our agency to agree to use their address so that her family can send mail to her at the agency address.

[Joy]

mincy:

[quote]our maid telling lies by using yr hse phone to call her cousin & friends to chit chat during the day she is doing the hse cleaning. When i reach home & find something fishy that i check on the phone, and ask her why got so many strange no. & she lies & tell that her church friends call her.

What I find easier to implement is to state clearly to the maid and make her agree to not using the house phone or owning a cell phone even before bringing her back from the agency. So it become part of the agreement if she wants to work for you.

Agree with tamarind that the maid probably won't change and you might need to get a new one. Had an ex maid who does that and chalk up my phone bills with calls too - turn out to be lots of strange men calling. Not giving the maid your home number or address is our policy too. In our case we got our agency to agree to use their address so that her family can send mail to her at the agency address.[/quote]Mincy

I have just email you,

Cheers
Joy

[KS_me]

My friend just email this link to me


http://multimedia.asiaone.com/Multimedia/Vodcast/Multimedia/Story/A1Multimedia20090402-6319.html

To my horror to watch this clips!!! I feel like taking the \"parang\" and slash the maid into pieces!!! :x :x :x :x

[Emelyn]

Alamak… i feel like crying after watching !!!

[siti]

the maid is horrible. I will not forgive her.

[Clea]

Hi,


Dont you all find it irony, when governement is encouraging women to return to workforce and encouraging woman to give birth. YET they protect the FDW more then their own fellow citizens.

Just because they left their home to work in Singapore, does not really make them the less vulnerable.

In fact, we as employers are more helpless than them. During the day, i left my gal with my maid all own at home. My girl barely knows how to speak and even if she abuse her.My girl wont be able to tell me.

There was once i saw a big bump on my gal forehead, my heart ached. I question my maid what happen she merely told me that my girl fell.

Is that really the case, only heaven knows, I did not even scold my maid for not looking after my girl properly. Not because i am kind nature, i hold my tongue back because of FEAR.

If i scold her will she vent it on my girl when i am not around.

Alot ot tasks given to her was not done properly, i tolerate and merely show her how to do it the proper way. I repeated this process umpteen times but she still cant do it properly. or she choses not to do it properly so that i can teach her again.

Sometimes i really feel like scolding her but again i hold my tongue. Why!
FEAR!! So who is the helpless one, the employer!

I think a lot of working mothers out there are caught in the same situation like mine.

The earlier video posted on maid kicks kicks. This is really scary clip for me.

I really like to urge the govement to give some protection to the employers.
For the very least if FDW get pregant due to her own decision to sleep
around they should not penalise the employers.

I do not think any employers would like to see their FDW get pregant. We as employers are already too preoccupied to earn a living. Is is reasonable for the employer to stay make sure the FDW does not stray?