All About Full-Time Maids

[HappyAvon]

catang:

sent back my pina after 8 mths wif me. b4 she even reached sg, her sister and sister's bf came over to my place to look for her. agent checked her bag thoroughly b4 i took her home, no hp. the moment we reached home, she asked v politely for favour: wont use hp to talk only sms cos she misses her daughter. the agent chided her for hiding her hp so she guai guai dun use. den v big eater too, said if dun eat rice will faint. cannot eat noodle. i told her noodle or rice, all from wheat. also tell me she must sleep at certain time or else wont make up to 8 hours of sleep. told her so long as i dun ill-treat her can liao. we always let her eat nice food and ate b4 us and if nothing to do can take nap still not satisfied.


overall ok but likes to cry and tell me since young she like dat. after my mum told her cannot cry else very suay she stop.

after her off days start, she changed liao, shody works, lying and finding excuses for it and many request for this and dat. told her dun take advantage of us being nice to her. she asked how to gain back my trust, i told her she gotta prove it to me to earn back the trust, few days later she said since i dun trust her anymore, she quit. i told her fine, will let the agent knows she changed her mind. told her since she's the one who said wanna quit, i wont keep her. and not wanting to waste my energy on her issue bothering me, i sent her back.

Hi catang, luckily u sent her back...otherwise sure got other issues to follow...when they knw we hv lost trust in them, they oso prefer to change employer n try their luck else where....no matter how good the maid was in the beginning, nvr to allow them to hv any hp...the last Filipino maid was an old bird liao...she secretly hide one hp n let the agent keep the other phone....we all thot she had surrendered her hp n told her will allow to take it back after 6 mths...one month into the job, she took out the old hp n told us she picked it up from the recycle bin..n requested to use the phone....thinking she is good in handling the household, we just let her be but we told her our rules...2nd month into her job, requested to get back her new hp from agent....when I think back, all the issues started with hp n off day.... So no matter what, no hp n off day...I dun mind to pay abit more but filipina will not want the extra...they insisted on off days n those who dun hv any from the beginning will start to request later...I had seen too many...they have too many frens, cousins working here....

[kancheongmum]

Hi all,


Just want to share my experience. Even though it had been 5 years since I had last employed maids, the agony and heartache this Filipino maid had caused is still new in my mind. The last 5 years without a stranger in the house is such a bliss. Maids are such pain and they lied, make up story to make themselves victims of the situation. I used to employ indo but found out she tried to cast spell and stole $1 coins from my coins box. My MIL complained that she lost her undies. As usual feel that she just an old lady making fuss. Then the moment came when she ransack the maid belongings. I actually went in to stop her but when the dolls, stones crap with paper in foreign language and a big packets of coins surface, I got a shock of my life. Immediately sent her off the next day to the agent and let the agent do the send off with a fee. Change to Filipino. When she first arrived, she did declare that she has handphone but use it as alarm clock. I did not mind as long as work are done. She did not have to take care of children cos I will do it myself. She just have to do housework. One day I walk into the kitchen quietly. It was not my intention to spot check on her. She being guilty got a shock and dropped her handphone onto the floor and was smashed into pieces. I just ignore her and walk out. After that her attitude start to change. I don’t care much as long as work are done but I don’t expect initiative from her. One afternoon after sending my boys to school, came back found the door wide open and she was gone. Few hours later contacted by the Embassy she sought refuge. Everyone got shock including my neighbours cos she went round telling how well my family treated her. After that you all know, once she stepped into the embassy there were a lot of troubles and merry go round. Interview with the ministry of manpower. I have a clear conscience and told the officer whatever they asked. Just pay for her ticket and let the agent do the rest. After that bye bye maid. Children and husband help with the housework, best part I lost 10 kg for doing housework. Physically tired but have peace.

[janet88]

These maids are good at this, ‘sorry mam’ and ‘don’t know mam’.

It’s so blissful not to have maids.

My Indonesian maid always spoil my alarm clocks…but I have spares.
Super liars - both Indonesians & Filipinos. Always cock up lies by saying father, mother, daughter, son very sick and need money to send home.
The Filipino one most jelak…eat like a pig and as lazy as one too. Indonesian maid tell me they don’t eat duck, salted egg and porridge. When they see fried food, eat like hungry ghosts.

[hquek]

Curious. All those maids who complain of being illtreated and later found to have lied, will MOM blacklist them from entering again?


It’s a bloody waste of govt resources. I thought if we waste police time, we will kena court time? You mean our tax payer money all go towards funding this merry go round?

[snowman.022851697]

My parents' maid always screws up the computer when cleaning the room, but I forgive her for not being so tech-savvy. But when I supervise her nothing happens :stupid:

[janet88]

hquek:

Curious. All those maids who complain of being illtreated and later found to have lied, will MOM blacklist them from entering again?


It's a bloody waste of govt resources. I thought if we waste police time, we will kena court time? You mean our tax payer money all go towards funding this merry go round?

Sorry to inform you this. If the maids do not commit crimes under our penal code, they are not blacklisted. :x It's DAMN unfair to us employers.

[janet88]

LKVM:

janet_lee88:

[quote=\"hquek\"]Curious. All those maids who complain of being illtreated and later found to have lied, will MOM blacklist them from entering again?


It's a bloody waste of govt resources. I thought if we waste police time, we will kena court time? You mean our tax payer money all go towards funding this merry go round?

Sorry to inform you this. If the maids do not commit crimes under our penal code, they are not blacklisted. :x It's DAMN unfair to us employers.

yes very rude so unfair to us :x :x[/quote]UNFAIR !!! :x

[KSmom8]

janet_lee88:

hquek:

Curious. All those maids who complain of being illtreated and later found to have lied, will MOM blacklist them from entering again?


It's a bloody waste of govt resources. I thought if we waste police time, we will kena court time? You mean our tax payer money all go towards funding this merry go round?

Sorry to inform you this. If the maids do not commit crimes under our penal code, they are not blacklisted. :x It's DAMN unfair to us employers.

Actually, can write to MOM to inform of details. If MOM agrees, MOM will blacklist the maid. Had an Indon maid who stole from us, was unrepentent when caught and questioned, wrote to MOM with details to bar her from coming back to Singapore (did not want another Singaporean employer from employing her). MOM obliged in writing.

[KSmom8]

mrswongtuition:

BTW, did you know that Filipinas who work overseas have to pay very hefty taxed when they return? That's why alot of them rather forego the homeleave!

Thanks for the information. Now I know the TRUE reason why my maid didn't want to have her homeleave about 1+ year ago and why she is now asking for a transfer. She knew that I will not renew her contract becos I have had enough of her attitude, and was just waiting for her contract to expire and send her home. She must have used this same tactic on her previous Singapore employer. When I employed her, she was a transfer maid and worked in Spore for 17 months - actually thought that her ex-employer was stingy and didn't want to pay for her airfare home. Now I know better....

Sad to say, I was taken in by her acting and actually agreed to a transfer on condition that she works properly and don't give me any attitude and rudeness until my new maid comes. Agreed cos she is actually a good worker and thought that maybe we just don't get along. My hubby and mother both like her cos she is fast, but they don't see the (sometimes) sloppy work and don't have to ask her to clean again.

Now, I realise that she is just soooo good at acting. She is now behaving so well and doing her chores well... cos she knows that I won't hesitate to send her home... so I guess she is not going to give me any reason for breaking my word and sending her home instead. Especially since I highlighted to her that it is actually very cheap to buy her an airticket home!

This is the first time that I am allowing a transfer for my maid. Previously, I sent all my maids home regardless of whether the contract was completed. How I regret agreeing to a transfer....

[janet88]

Hi KSmom8,

On top of being fantastic dreamers, these Filipino maids are also fantastic actresses. Maybe these run in their genes :x . My prev maid is one fantastic dreamer and she can act very well too…in front of me and the agency.
Personally, I would send my maids HOME if they have an attitude. It definitely beats the idea of them sitting in the agency and paying the agency $12 a day for them doing NOTHING.