All About Full-Time Maids

[hquek]

Charmaine_chong:

Dear All,


Can anyone advise how to cancell or terminate foreign domestic worker's work permit on line?

She has left Singapore on 04 Jan early morning.

I have yet to cancell her work permit.

Huh? How can she leave without that piece of paper to state her wp is cancelled?

I go to http://www.mom.gov.sg,
- select WP Online for Employers of Foreign Domestic Workers.
- Log in via singpass.
- Select the option to cancel work permit (menu on left hand side)
- Search for your maid's wp, and select date of departure.
- Submit.

It's that easy. After a while (can't recall how long but should be within a day), log on again to retrieve/print the confirmation letter. The maid should bring the lower half of that letter when she clear immigration. The work permit card should either be returned by her when she clears immigration; else I think you can return it directly to MOM.

The date when they cancel the work permit is actually the date you submit the cancellation request (even if she is leaving a few days later). I submitted just before my ex-maid left - paid few more days of FWL. :stupid: :stupid:

[hquek]

sean wife:

My maid has been with us for 3 years, she has been doing a decent job although sometimes also try to 'eat snake' here and there....my kids who are coming to 3.5 yrs old are naturally very close to her and i must say that she can manage them quite well too, knowing their 'patterns' and such...


Just tonight, I casually mention whether she has the intention to go to work in HK since that's the inspiration of many maids....she says that she will like to continue working with us but hope to get get more off days for the next contract...she only had a half day off during Dec this year, and our current agreement is half day off every 3 months...

I guess granting off is not that difficult for us especially as the kids get older...my other concern is, after 6 years with this 'auntie', how will the kids take it if she leaves them then??

If you were me, would you renew this maid or get a new one so that the kids do not get too attached to one 'auntie'?

I would say in your case, keep her! it's human tendency to eat a bit of snake. As long as she doesn't steal or lie, I would not want to go through the hassle of having to select and wait and then train another maid. Both sides are familiar with each other and I think that's best. New maids nowadays may not want to work long, or even at all. Best to stick with the known.

Kids know who their parents are and while they may be attached to a maid; unless the parents are really the super boh chup type, I don't see how/why a kid will prefer a maid over parents. My first maid was with me for 5 years. She was always around where DS1 was but never really took care of him (change nappy etc) - he was ok when she left (no tears nothing).

[hquek]

Query here for employers. I have a fairly new Myanmar maid - this is my first from that country.


Does anyone know HOW they can remit money home? I don’t see the country listed on Western Union site; and certainly don’t think my maid’s family can tahan too long with her money.

[Charmaine_chong]

Dear hquek,


Thanks a lot.

[mamamiya]

Hi parents,

Anyone of you have any experience with Myanmar maids? How do they compare with Indonesia maids? Also, any good maid agency in the East to recommend?

Thanks.

[hquek]

mamamiya:

Hi parents,

Anyone of you have any experience with Myanmar maids? How do they compare with Indonesia maids? Also, any good maid agency in the East to recommend?

Thanks.

My very limited experience (2 indo maids so far, 1 Myan maid current).

Indo maids
- able to understand malay and grasp of english (sometimes even chinese/hokkien) better becos they worked in chinese households before.

Myan
- language IS a problem. Although my current maid passed her test in SG on her first try, she has problems communicating with us and also with understanding our instructions.

That said, all other stuff, eg willingness to work, hygiene, pleasant/black face etc, depends on the individual.

In all, i much prefer one who comes from poor background, and has mouths to support - find they are better workers and not so 'xiao jie'.

[catang]

had one b4, besides language barrier (wonder how they managed to pass the entry test which was in english in the 1st place), she din even know how to crack an egg!


phil r gd at bargaining while indo r gd at lying with amazing silly excuses.

work wise, phil does really gd housekeeping compared to the other two.

this is my personal experiences so i would say getting a gd maid is really dependant on our luck. we cant blame the agency for giving us a bad maid as the agency only gets to interview them and not stay with them like us. even gd maid after having off days, mixed wif bad companies will be influenced so how to say the agency r not gd?

of cos we have to do some research and go to reputable ones so as not to get conned of the irresponsibility by the agency shld any issues btw maid n us arise

[catang]

the thought of getting another helper is quite mixed up, should i or should i not? young or old de? fresh or experienced? which country? wat if it doesnt work out again?


for time being i can still cope but fallen sick oredi, too tired having to care for kids myself, household chores and work. my gal is helping out but once sch starts, i’ll be on my own again @_@

[hquek]

catang:

the thought of getting another helper is quite mixed up, should i or should i not? young or old de? fresh or experienced? which country? wat if it doesnt work out again?


for time being i can still cope but fallen sick oredi, too tired having to care for kids myself, household chores and work. my gal is helping out but once sch starts, i'll be on my own again @_@

If it's really getting to you, part time help leh? Then again, this also has its own set of problems (things spoil without you knowing etc) - but you won't have to live with the help, so that should be better a bit.

So far, my maids have got some work experience, all not previously from SG. It's been working out ok - just got to close one (sometimes both eyes) and be grateful for the extra pair of young hands.

[Hiccup]

[quote]phil r gd at bargaining while indo r gd at lying with amazing silly excuses. [/quote]
Agreed that indo are good at lying. When I came back from vacation, my indo maid said my heavy pot (filled with soil) was broken by \"tikus\", ie rat. I nearly 'died' upon hearing it. That pot has been there since last CNY and was intact. When I left for vacation, I asked her to wash the floor. What happened is yours and my guess.

Today, my daughter told me that her money which she left inside the red packet was missing. She saved the money by forgoing her meal in school. The money was intact before we left for vacation but is now missing. My mum and my maid were the only two persons in the house when we left for our vacation. Now, who could have taken her money? :?

Should I change my maid? I have been contemplating it for some time but is dissuaded by my hubby as the next maid could be worse.

My maid is a Christian Indo.