All About Full-Time Maids

[DesertWind]

Hi Breadandmuffins,


Yah lor....I know exactly what you mean....after the maid has worked for few years, it gets more difficult to tell her that her attitude is no longer the same etc.... :sick:

But hey, lets hope that your new maid will be a good one and although may not be like your current maid, will also be able to serve your family just as well!

Breadandmuffins:

Hi Desertwind

My DH said the same thing ie its better to live with a \"known\" problem than many \"unknown\" problems with a new maid when my maid had some issues with attitude and HP after 7yrs. We spoke to her about it for about a yr before we sort of \"give up\" and not want to keep her when she wanted to leave when her contract ends this Nov.

You should speak to her nicely like what you suggested abt yr end appraisal..... DH also very good at giving appraisals ie focus on what she does well first before moving on to what needs to be changed. Its only when we sort of left her \"alone \" ie no more appraisals that she sort of slacken/get distracted with friends. Although I planned to get another maid after she leaves, I know deep in my heart that the new maid will not be able to meet up with my current maid's standard of work sigh.........

[janet88]

Sometimes after sending off a lousy maid, the mental torture and pain still lingers. It’s worse when you treat her as part of the family. It’s a feeling of betrayal.

[janet88]

Hi,

Anyone read in ST forum yesterday, something who mentioned that Singaporeans can well afford to pay Filipino maids US$400 ??? :x I strongly disagree. They are not worth the amt.

[KSmom8]

LKVM:

janet_lee88:

Hi,

Anyone read in ST forum yesterday, something who mentioned that Singaporeans can well afford to pay Filipino maids US$400 ??? :x I strongly disagree. They are not worth the amt.

I totally disagree too...

I think that new Filipino maids are simply not worth US$400 salary! Though they claim to be able to speak english (compared to Indo maids), but in reality, it is often difficult for them to understand us or for us to understand them because of their slang. My family still does not understand my Filipino maid sometimes eventhough she has been in Singapore for almost 6 years. New maids still need to be trained to clean, cook, etc.. In my opinion, they are no better than maids from other countries....so the huge premium for Filipino maids is not justified.

[KSmom8]

janet_lee88:

Sometimes after sending off a lousy maid, the mental torture and pain still lingers. It's worse when you treat her as part of the family. It's a feeling of betrayal.

Agree. We should still treat them well when they are in our employment, after all they are alone in a foreign land earning a living. However, after many \"betrayals\", it is indeed difficult to REALLY treat them as part of the family.

[MrsSeah]

I personally feel, we don't need to treat them as a family but treat them as an employee. We should treat them as what we want to be treated as an employee. :celebrate:

[janet88]

Personally, I think it’s sufficient to treat them as human beings, NOT as part of the family bcos majority of maids never appreciate.


What’s the big deal about Filipino maids anyway ? Though they claim to understand English, it’s not often true and it’s hard to understand what they say too. In comparison, Indonesian maids learn faster (if they want to). All families have different needs…cleaning, cooking, housework, looking after sick/aged or young children. US$400 is way too much to pay them.

The writer in the forum must be nuts to think that Singaporeans are filthy rich. We pay a lump sum for agent fee, medical, insurance, safety course before bringing these maids in and if they cannot/refuse to work, our hard-earned money goes down the drain for NOTHING :x

[limlim]

anyone saw this..?


http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sgseen/caught_in_the_act/468076/maid_from_hell_she_posts_sexy_pics_and_employers_details_online.html

[snowman.022851697]

I did…

[hquek]

janet_lee88:

Hi,

Anyone read in ST forum yesterday, something who mentioned that Singaporeans can well afford to pay Filipino maids US$400 ??? :x I strongly disagree. They are not worth the amt.

That writer can go ahead and pay that amount - I recall it's a male. I'm sure he didn't have to train the maid to do housework etc.

I honestly think that employers won't mind paying that price IF they come to SG KNOWING

1. how to understand English instructions and carrying them out;
2. how to clean the floor/house such that it's CLEAN;
3. how to be hygienic without resorting to a mini waterfall each time something needs to be washed;
4. how to use electrical appliances in a house;
5. how to care for a child (still remember the first time my ex-maid cleaned my newborn son's bottom - by pinching his balls and lifting it up; she had no experience caring for baby, and I made sure she didn't have to use my kid as learning object);
6. how to cook (all my maids had no clue how to cook - first one had problems even with maggi mee).