All About Full-Time Maids

[joconde]

gumiho:

Oh My.... Maid's Salary is getting higher every year. :x

when ours are so stagnant :lol:

[gumiho]

joconde:

gumiho:

Oh My.... Maid's Salary is getting higher every year. :x

when ours are so stagnant :lol:

:celebrate:

[gumiho]

catang:

Sully M, called MOM, cant do anything abt her bf unless they commit crime. if she gets preg i have to inform MOM and they'll decide if she will be barred in the future.

met agent together wif her just now. she still refused to admit when we asked. took out her hp and open up her sms and no choice she admitted and claimed she wont be using her hp while working and is not tinking of bf cos they can meet during her off day. told her we need to build up each other's trust so she cant lie to me else i wont take her. she promised and after the agent left, we have a heart to heart talk - she wanted to tell me the truth as she knows MOM have her records but indo side agent told her not to else she wont be able to find employer. she n bf almost a yr and she rejected his proposal cos of religion diff. bf is local n wants her to go study take up courses like computer, etc. they wont meet when bringing my gal to school or her therapy session. after listening to her, i feel i should n i will give her a chance to prove we can work out well.

so wish me gd luck (=^o^=)

Hi Catang,

Pardon my impudence, if I found out my maid has a bf in Singapore I will immediately buy a plane ticket and send her back to her hometown.

Reason being :-
1) Her work performance will slacken because she will be thinking of her bf everyday.
2) We wouldn't know whether did they hanky panky during her off day and suddenly she announce that she is pregnant.
3) Since her bf is a local, there are chances whereby she might bring her bf home when no one is around.

Some of the maid are good performer. They can promise you everything and whatever, once they had reached their motive then they will start to show their true colour.

I feel that the reason why she compromise is because her bf is here and she want to be with him. Because once she is back to her own country she has hunt for another maid agency to get an employer and going on 8mths w/o salary again.

Hope you don't find me a kpo

[catang]

do you pay the maid’s loan upfront? if yes, will the agency refund if you send the maid back on your own? cos for mine, it’s stated in our agreement i have to keep the maid for at least 30 days for her to get a replacement else payment forfeited. checked wif MOM, they wont chup cos it’s btw employer n agency.


i will give her the benefit of doubt once more since her day 1 here till now no other issue and can work.

[KSmom8]

LKVM:

KSmom8:

Called a few agencies in Sept when looking for new maid. Slight variation in starting salaries.


For Indo maid without exp: $340 - 350
For Indo maid with exp: $360 to 380

For Filipina maid without exp: $360 - 380
For Filipina maid w exp: $390

Me too searching new maid and one of the agency whom i was about to almost finalize said the indon embassy have increased their sals and hence min is 360 for fresh ones :!:

Luckily, my new maid is already in Spore.... her salary is $360 and she has experience working in Malaysia. Waiting for clearance for medical checkup. Keeping my fingers (and toes) crossed that this maid will work out fine for us!

[KSmom8]

catang:

Sully M, called MOM, cant do anything abt her bf unless they commit crime. if she gets preg i have to inform MOM and they'll decide if she will be barred in the future.

Heard of cases where the employer will send the maid back immediately once pregnancy is confirmed, MOM is not informed, otherwise, $5000 bond is at risk. I think the doctors doing the medical checkup will normally inform the employer first.

Just to share: also know of a family whose maid for 4+ years was tested HIV positive. Luckily whole family tested negative for HIV. Now, the employer does not let her maids use their cutlery and plates, etc. The maids have their own. Always good to take precautions...

[moonee]

Looks like agents are always taking advantage of situations to raise maids salary, no thks to the phillippines for setting a fixed rate for their maids...this has also caused the agents to raise the rates for other nationals as well.

[janet88]

Hi KSmom8,

I gave a separate set of bowl/plate as well as fork/spoon for maids to use…bcos I wanted to save money on the Hep B blood test…also for hygiene reasons. After sending off my last maid, I dumped the utensils & mattress they used.

[duriz]

janet_lee88:

Hi KSmom8,

I gave a separate set of bowl/plate as well as fork/spoon for maids to use...bcos I wanted to save money on the Hep B blood test...also for hygiene reasons. After sending off my last maid, I dumped the utensils & mattress they used.

We have separate items in the house for the maid as well.
When they leave, we donate the unbroken ones to The Salvation Army.
But as you can easily guess, most of their personal items, as well as many things in the house are broken by them by the time they leave.

Baffling :?

[janet88]

duriz:

janet_lee88:

Hi KSmom8,

I gave a separate set of bowl/plate as well as fork/spoon for maids to use...bcos I wanted to save money on the Hep B blood test...also for hygiene reasons. After sending off my last maid, I dumped the utensils & mattress they used.

We have separate items in the house for the maid as well.
When they leave, we donate the unbroken ones to The Salvation Army.
But as you can easily guess, most of their personal items, as well as many things in the house are broken by them by the time they leave.

Yup, my maids spoilt my vacuum cleaner by pulling the cable too hard...not once but several times. So much so that the technician told me to save money not to repair it until it cannot power up. :x I told them if they continue to spoil anything in the house, they will see their salary being reduced to repair the spoilt items.