All About Full-Time Maids

[Brenda10]

This morning on the way to school can see those indo maids are so happy. The coming payday can get $450 leh.

[janet88]

lostbunny:

I think the increase in salary for the indo maids is insane. The quality of new maids have not gone up but the salaries keep increasing. This is unfair to us employers!

Why is there such a HUGE increase ? The quality hasn't gone up but their pay has. Even hubby's pay doesn't increase as fast as maids. I pity women who are working...huge % has gone to maintaining a maid...excluding food and accomodation and ATTITUDE.

[Brenda10]

janet_lee88:

lostbunny:

I think the increase in salary for the indo maids is insane. The quality of new maids have not gone up but the salaries keep increasing. This is unfair to us employers!

Why is there such a HUGE increase ? The quality hasn't gone up but their pay has. Even hubby's pay doesn't increase as fast as maids. I pity women who are working...huge % has gone to maintaining a maid...excluding food and accomodation and ATTITUDE.

Hopefully government can reduce the maid levy as soon as possible to help employer cover this huge increase.

[lovejoypeacce]

My maid need to go home urgently as her dad fell into a coma yesterday. Can anyone tell me if I need to go to embassy to do all the paperwork to ensure that she can come back or is it just a matter of booking a ticket and sending her home?


Please advise as I hope to send her home asap.

thanks!!

[BeautifulLife]

Maid from Indonesia?

Need to get a ‘chop’ from Indonesia embassy. Do go to their website and check the operating hours. I remember I had to go back and collect the passport the next day.
Please adhere to their dress code stated on their website. I was asked to loan their sarong cos i was wearing 3/4 pants.

[lovejoypeacce]

Sorry, forgot to mention that she is from Philippines

[MMM]

Not trying to be nasty or mean here.


But last year, my sil’s filippino maid told her that she need to rush home because her husband met with an accident and she was sobbing profusely, etc… They took pity on her and arrange for her to go and even giving her extra monies. The kids felt sad for her too.

But they later realised from another maid that she was trying to think of ideas on how to go back earlier and this was the trick she used. For all the goodwill that they have given and done for her, I think it’s not fair to my sil’s family.

I am not saying that your maid’s case is not genuine. But after seeing it for myself, I really wonder at times.

[janet88]

MMM:

Not trying to be nasty or mean here.


But last year, my sil's filippino maid told her that she need to rush home because her husband met with an accident and she was sobbing profusely, etc... They took pity on her and arrange for her to go and even giving her extra monies. The kids felt sad for her too.

But they later realised from another maid that she was trying to think of ideas on how to go back earlier and this was the trick she used. For all the goodwill that they have given and done for her, I think it's not fair to my sil's family.

I am not saying that your maid's case is not genuine. But after seeing it for myself, I really wonder at times.

There have so many cases of these maids lying about 'accidents' at home and the urgency to go home early. This has really made employers a bit cold-hearted the way the maids resort to tricks and take advantage of employers' goodwill. It's hard to tell whether the maid is telling a lie or not.

[lovejoypeacce]

I hate to think that she is lying to me


But then, if it is true that her dad is in critical condition, how can I deny her the last look?

Sigh....

[janet88]

lovejoypeacce:

I hate to think that she is lying to me


But then, if it is true that her dad is in critical condition, how can I deny her the last look?

Sigh....

I know how you feel. Hope your maid is not lying to you and taking advantage of your good will.