All About Full-Time Maids

[S6169]

NicHei:

I will buy and pay everything for her, except for her sanitary napkins and phonecards.

same here.

[ANobleNerd]

Let her go. It’s been 5 months, so she’s not likely to change her ways. Also, she sounds as if she’s settled into a pattern.


It’s not a problem yet, but what if one of those men appears at your house looking for her? She sounds like trouble.

Pregnancy is one thing, but if she brings home STD, you might have even more problems in your household.

[bigsnoopy]

Or maybe you should wait for the loan to be cleared first before sending her back to the agent. This way, you won’t be at the maid agency’s mercy.

[kaka]

I know it is hard to decide when you are in such a situation yourself thinking that she is good in her work etc. However, I would suggest to let her go asap, start planning … she is not going to change and you need someone trustworthy to look after baby.

[tankee]

better let her go asap. start hunting for a new maid tmr

[lostbunny]

I will buy shampoo, soap, toothpaste for my maid. But she has to pay for her sanitary pads. That time my maid had a shock when I deducted her salary to pay for the sanitary pads. Told her I can pay for the other toiletries but not sanitary pad cos I pantang.

[laughingcat]

Throwing a question....


Anybody ever heard or tried getting Indo maids/helper without going through the agency? :?

[verykiasu2010]

laughingcat:

Throwing a question....


Anybody ever heard or tried getting Indo maids/helper without going through the agency? :?

yes you can

go MOM online to apply for approval-in-principle, must have the maid passport details, etc and once in SG, must comply with medical etc ...

[KSmom8]

Oh my gosh! Just caught my maid, leaving my home with the main door and gate open. :shock: After standing at the gate for about 1 minute or so, she coolly strolled up the stairs. Didn't seem frightened to see me standing there. In fact, I think I was more shocked than her. When questioned on why she left the home with the doors open, she coolly said that she was only standing at the stairs for a while :x, refused to admit what else she was doing. This comes after she \"under-declared\" her hongbao money... though I subsequently found a used phonecard and $10 cash on her... at least another $30 to $50 still unaccounted.... she still claims that she had lost it and does not know the amount cos she didn't open the hongbaos She also insists that the phonecard was given to her by another maid. Now, her actions make me so suspicious that she has done more than just \"under-declared\" her hongbaos. Very defiant and unrependant, she only apologised after I scolded her and made her admit that she was at fault. Am already wary and have advised all in the family to keep watch over their cash and valuables.


Heard that more expensive (salary and agency fees) to employ maids now. What is the situation now?

Am keeping my options open, just in case, can't trust this maid though she has been a good worker for the past 4 months. She still claims that she wants to continue to work, but am quite convinced that she is a habitual liar... In the meantime, am changing my routine and keeping her in the dark about it.

[MMM]

Hi,


Need some advice/ suggestions.

My maid of 4 years is due for renewal this year. This morning she approached me. She would like to continue to work for us but she hope that she can hold on the hp. Reason is that she does feel lonely and wants to stay connected with her cousins/ stay in contact with family. This I feel is reasonable.

However, my previous maid of 5 yrs change signifcantly after we allowed her to hold the hp. eg. frequent 30 mins toilet break,etc… it came to a point that we were no longer happy with her.

My current maid knew of this from the start and that was the key reason why we do not allow her to hold a hp till now. Her cousin can call her at our house,etc… and she can use those call card to call home. So to allow her to hold the hp, she know what a struggle we have to go through after our bad experience.

I feel that if I were to allow her to hold hp, there are some ground rules that we need to be align to. I am thinking of what ground rules should be appropriate now and need suggestions.

Some areas to consider I thought was :
* Time of usage. eg. no hp after 11pm. She usually go to bed together with the kids by latest 10.30. Some form of performance measurement here would be cannot wake up late and hence kids are late for school.

* No hp usage during daytime.

* She can hold her hp while she is waiting for my kids during their enrichment classes. Eg. nothing to do, she can use that time to catch up. But it should not because of hp, she neglect safety on the road or is late in picking them.

* Any others?

I treat her like an adult and she know I am not the type that like to say her. Both of us won’t enjoy it or be happy with it.