All About Full-Time Maids

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DesertWind:

Hi Taurus,


My maid is Indon, incoming new one also from Indon. You can check with Angelight!

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TAURUS:

hi Desertwind, Moonee,

i'm getting myanmar maid too, may i know does ur myanmar maid have off day? ur maid is single or married? can they speak or understand simple English?

Oic, thks.. my current maid Indo, works 1 wk, dun want work, wants to go bk agt after 1 mth, agt tells her must wait after hari raya then can go bk cos nw hari raya, no maids cm out... tat's why i'm thinking of myanmar cos can't wait till Oct...

[cher_06]

raynreg:

cher_06:

Now I am thinking if I should inform her beforehand that I am sending her back once i get my new maid. I am definitely not allowing her to transfer as I feel she is doing a disservice to whoever that employs her.

That's what i did to my helper too when she dun want to work. I told her I'll send her back to where she came from. Anyway budget airtickets are not costly nowadays. She was hoping for a transfer which I felt was chosing employers. Now they really like to pick & choose who they want to work for rather than the other way.

Yes. I have chosen a new one. Once the new one is here, I will tell her. hope my new one is good.

[moonee]

Angelight:

Hi desertwind, moonee,


Thanks for asking...my new Myanmar maid is fresh, never work abroad before, so she has a rather steep learning curve. The first 2 weeks was really tough cos her english also not so good and I have to literally teach and guide her to do normal chores like ironing and cooking etc. She's now in her 3rd week ( same as yours, moonee!), just hope and pray this maid will turn out well with us.

Desertwind, all the best in your new maid too. And hope your parent or whoever is not well will recover soon. :hugs:

Moonee, let's encourage each other and hope our new maids will turn out fine! :celebrate:

I really admire yr patience, I know the stress u hv been going tru training and showing yr maid what to do, hope this maid will work out well for u.
Mine has worked for 4 mths looking after a 2 yr old b4 I took her, surprisingly she does not know much about housework but at least we can communicate better cos she speaks broken english unlike the last one I had that would reply in mynmar. Shes younger ,only 21 and quite simple and obliging. My mum nearly lost her patience many times cos of her lack of initiative n common sense. Someimes i feel like switching back to Indons/filipinas but when I reflect on the past problems i had with the indons/filipinas, I would rather keep my current mynmar n hope that she can be groomed to be a good maid in time to come.

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moonee:

Angelight:

Hi desertwind, moonee,


Thanks for asking...my new Myanmar maid is fresh, never work abroad before, so she has a rather steep learning curve. The first 2 weeks was really tough cos her english also not so good and I have to literally teach and guide her to do normal chores like ironing and cooking etc. She's now in her 3rd week ( same as yours, moonee!), just hope and pray this maid will turn out well with us.

Desertwind, all the best in your new maid too. And hope your parent or whoever is not well will recover soon. :hugs:

Moonee, let's encourage each other and hope our new maids will turn out fine! :celebrate:

I really admire yr patience, I know the stress u hv been going tru training and showing yr maid what to do, hope this maid will work out well for u.
Mine has worked for 4 mths looking after a 2 yr old b4 I took her, surprisingly she does not know much about housework but at least we can communicate better cos she speaks broken english unlike the last one I had that would reply in mynmar. Shes younger ,only 21 and quite simple and obliging. My mum nearly lost her patience many times cos of her lack of initiative n common sense. Someimes i feel like switching back to Indons/filipinas but when I reflect on the past problems i had with the indons/filipinas, I would rather keep my current mynmar n hope that she can be groomed to be a good maid in time to come.

Hi, may i knw ur Myanmar maid qualification is it graduate? day time u will put her at ur mum's pl or wat?

[tamarind]

Front page news on today's Straits Times:


Harder to hire Filipino maids now

http://singaporemaid.blogspot.com/2010/08/harder-to-hire-filipino-maids-now.html

Please feel free to comment in my blog.

[KoalaMummy]

tamarind:

Front page news on today's Straits Times:


Harder to hire Filipino maids now

http://singaporemaid.blogspot.com/2010/08/harder-to-hire-filipino-maids-now.html

Please feel free to comment in my blog.

but i thot this is not new. implemented last year. yet, fili maids are still paid $300++ instead of $500++... :idea:

[tamarind]

KoalaMummy:

tamarind:

Front page news on today's Straits Times:


Harder to hire Filipino maids now

http://singaporemaid.blogspot.com/2010/08/harder-to-hire-filipino-maids-now.html

Please feel free to comment in my blog.

but i thot this is not new. implemented last year. yet, fili maids are still paid $300++ instead of $500++... :idea:

Maid agencies are actually making employers go against the law. The new thing is that the Filipino government is going to take tougher steps so no one can cheat them.

[KoalaMummy]

tamarind:

Maid agencies are actually making employers go against the law. The new thing is that the Filipino government is going to take tougher steps so no one can cheat them.

this was because even the maid themselves know that if they ask for higer wages, they wouldn't get employed. so even they themselves are ok with lower wages.... anyway, does this apply to new maids or existing maid as well??

[moonee]

Hi Taurus,

My current maids biodata states metric which is equivalen to abt 10 yrs of study. My previous maid says she has 10 yrs study and did not complete her University. (dont think she made it to university) cant speak english at all. Anyway dnt look too much or believe their age and qualifications cos the agent there wrote it for them. In Mynmar, if there is a protest, the university can close for a few months to two yrs besides their education level is extemely low.
I m living with my mum now so my maid is with us. Her previous employer is working so they let her do the housework in the nite and send her n their 2 yr old son to the grannys home every day and fetch her back in the nite. There is a Indon maid at the grannys home so she just help out but concentrate more on the boy.
Have u taken a mynmar yet? basically they are quite obedient n would do anything without complaining i.e. if they understand yr instructions. Somehow the mynmars remind me of the indons when they first started coming to spore, BlUR! :lol:

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moonee:

Hi Taurus,

My current maids biodata states metric which is equivalen to abt 10 yrs of study. My previous maid says she has 10 yrs study and did not complete her University. (dont think she made it to university) cant speak english at all. Anyway dnt look too much or believe their age and qualifications cos the agent there wrote it for them. In Mynmar, if there is a protest, the university can close for a few months to two yrs besides their education level is extemely low.
I m living with my mum now so my maid is with us. Her previous employer is working so they let her do the housework in the nite and send her n their 2 yr old son to the grannys home every day and fetch her back in the nite. There is a Indon maid at the grannys home so she just help out but concentrate more on the boy.
Have u taken a mynmar yet? basically they are quite obedient n would do anything without complaining i.e. if they understand yr instructions. Somehow the mynmars remind me of the indons when they first started coming to spore, BlUR! :lol:

Thks for ur info. Finally just chosen one last nite, today the agt will let me knw whether is still available..... past few days, what has been decided, when get bk to agt, she says taken up... she says Mynmar now in demand cos shortage of Philipinos maids and Indon maids nt cming in till after Hari Raya, tat's why very fast been taken up esp Mynmar maids usually in open listing...