All About Full-Time Maids

[autumnbronze]

Whoaaaaaaaaa :celebrate:


Yup, good for her

[liuhao]

hquek:

http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20100721-228123.html


Good for her. 20 years of service....

\"A devoted Filipina maid inherited six million Singapore dollars from her late employer after more than 20 years of service\"

for 20 years...from 27 years old to 47 years old...

she didn't go to HK, Taiwan, Europe...for a \"better\" job...
she didn't ask for transfer to find new employers...
she didn't yak over the hand phone all the time...
she didn't make bangla boyfriends...
she didn't smoke, drink, steal money, bring man to home, sneak out...
she didn't get sent back to agent or home...
she didn't run away...
she didn't disappear after home leave...
she didn't ...

why i cant even find one maid who can do all these \"didn't\" even for one year???

she did deserve the 6m dollars...

[raynreg]

Errr...liuhao, that's $300k per year or $25k per month or $2.8k per \"didn't\" per mth lei.. damn expensive \"didn't\" you got there. :lol:

[dimsum]

hquek:

http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20100721-228123.html


Good for her. 20 years of service....

\"A devoted Filipina maid inherited six million Singapore dollars from her late employer after more than 20 years of service\"

She's definitely the luckiest maid in Singapore!!

[DesertWind]

minnie2004:

I'm wondering since now my current maid agrees to no day-offs, how does she send $$ home? Do I have to send for her? Where and how can I do that? My previous maids all go to Lucky Plaza to send $$. Do I have to go there too? :?


Also, is it reasonable to pay her $30 extra on top of her monthly salary of $350 to compensate for her day-off?

Thanks in advance!

Hi minnie2004,

My maid from Indo. so I go to BNI to do remittance for her. Charges are cheaper and faster I understand compared to SingPost/Western Union. We went to check before and SingPost also goes via BNI so not fast enough. Western Union I am not sure why we did not use but I think her home-town got BNI so convenient for her. Maid ask her relative to open BNI account so that when I do the FT into relatives' account, they can get funds immediately!

I also insisted my maid to open a BNI account in Singapore so that when she goes home, she converts all her SGD money and put straight into her BNI account in Spore then go to her home-town and withdraw using her ATM. Initially she wants to save on those bank charges and told me to put into her relative's account instead. I told her I don't anyhow put money into other people's accounts one! She must open her own!

Should never allow her to bring a lot of cash back! Heard of horror stories of those in transit in their airports and officers kerna con them of their money!

There is one BNI at Lucky Plaza as well as one at Robinson Road.

Cannot do funds transfer using OCBC/POSB/DBS either. All cost SGD30/= per transfer! :x BNI is SGD10/= per FT and if the FT is into maid's own account, charges only SGD7.50.

I think maid does FTs about 3 times per year, not every month.

As for the pay per off-days, mine was SGD20/= per day.

:celebrate:

[mathsparks]

My helper’s contract ends in Nov and she wants to work in HK. I’ve helped her to advertise on the internet, just wondering if anyone has relatives/friends in HK who would be keen. This is what I’ve posted on some online sites.


=======================
Hi,
I’m from Singapore and my Filipino helper wants to work in Hong Kong after her 2-year contract ends in Nov.
She is 25 years old and has a total of 4 years experience (2 in Philipines, 2 in SG) with babies, kids and elderly.
She cooks excellent Chinese and Filipino dishes. Boils chinese herbal soup plus chrysanthemum/ginseng drink etc.
Cleans the house well. Uses microwave oven, vacuum cleaner, iron, soya bean maker, juicer and stove cooker.
She is trustworthy, patient, reliable and hygenic. She does not argue or answer back. Most willing to learn.
I can arrange for phone interview with prospective employers. No commission required. Also available is video of her interview with agent done in the Philipines 2 years ago.

[cmm]

hquek:

cmm:

I was also harrassed by my previous maid thru phone calls & smses, until I changed my house number and mobile number. Then she had the cheek to contact me recently through facebook, and sent me a friend invite! What nerve! After causing so much unhappiness in my household before leaving, she had the cheek to do this! :x :x

If you are that free, create a new account and friend her....and then flame her for the bad she's done. Naughty girl. :stupid:

hmmm....... :idea:

[minnie2004]

DesertWind:

minnie2004:

I'm wondering since now my current maid agrees to no day-offs, how does she send $$ home? Do I have to send for her? Where and how can I do that? My previous maids all go to Lucky Plaza to send $$. Do I have to go there too? :?


Also, is it reasonable to pay her $30 extra on top of her monthly salary of $350 to compensate for her day-off?

Thanks in advance!

Hi minnie2004,

My maid from Indo. so I go to BNI to do remittance for her. Charges are cheaper and faster I understand compared to SingPost/Western Union. We went to check before and SingPost also goes via BNI so not fast enough. Western Union I am not sure why we did not use but I think her home-town got BNI so convenient for her. Maid ask her relative to open BNI account so that when I do the FT into relatives' account, they can get funds immediately!

I also insisted my maid to open a BNI account in Singapore so that when she goes home, she converts all her SGD money and put straight into her BNI account in Spore then go to her home-town and withdraw using her ATM. Initially she wants to save on those bank charges and told me to put into her relative's account instead. I told her I don't anyhow put money into other people's accounts one! She must open her own!

Should never allow her to bring a lot of cash back! Heard of horror stories of those in transit in their airports and officers kerna con them of their money!

There is one BNI at Lucky Plaza as well as one at Robinson Road.

Cannot do funds transfer using OCBC/POSB/DBS either. All cost SGD30/= per transfer! :x BNI is SGD10/= per FT and if the FT is into maid's own account, charges only SGD7.50.

I think maid does FTs about 3 times per year, not every month.

As for the pay per off-days, mine was SGD20/= per day.

:celebrate:

Thanks for your info DesertWind! I think my previous filipino maid send $$ thru western union in lucky plaza. So maybe I just go with her 1 day (during weekdays of course ) to open an a/c there.

I guess I overpaid her then w/ $30 per day. Oh well, this gives her less incentive to change her mind and ask me for day-offs in the future .

[minnie2004]

hquek:

minnie2004:

My DH is the happiest person as he doesn't need to wash dishes anymore . As for me, I plan to do more cooking myself in preparation to go maidless/part-time maids in the future. During the 3 weeks w/o a maid, I found out I'm actually not a bad cook, just hate all the washing and cutting .

hi minnie2004, good for you. Now adjustment period, no choice hard life a bit.

FYI, the 2 maids I hired can't cook, but luckily my parents love to cook. So the maid deal with the cutting and washing, and my parents enjoy just the cooking process. win win situation.

Hi hquek,

Actually all my previous maids (except one who's an ex-spore) couldn't cook and I (actually my parents as I didn't know how to cook either :oops: ) had to teach them. By the time they became pretty good cooks, they all fled for Europe :stupid: . So I'm hesitant to train another maid to cook, knowing that she will most probably join her friend in Europe in a year or so. So I thought why not brush up my own cooking skills instead? At least I won't feel so helpless when she leaves :gloomy: She can just focus on cleaning, which can be easily taken up by a part-time maid :boogie:

[minnie2004]

cmm:

hquek:

[quote=\"cmm\"]
I was also harrassed by my previous maid thru phone calls & smses, until I changed my house number and mobile number. Then she had the cheek to contact me recently through facebook, and sent me a friend invite! What nerve! After causing so much unhappiness in my household before leaving, she had the cheek to do this! :x :x

If you are that free, create a new account and friend her....and then flame her for the bad she's done. Naughty girl. :stupid:

hmmm....... :idea:[/quote]My previous maids all invited me to be their FB friends. Even their sisters and friends want to be my friends ! Anyway, they left on good terms so I'm ok with that. I guess they either still want to keep in touch and see my kids' photos on FB or brag about their new life. My last maid said on her status update that she's \"bored\", and posted a lot of pics of her outings w/ friends.