Myanmar maids

[titank]

How is Burmese Maid? Understand that they are really very raw type which must take a lot of patience to teach them!

[moonee]

titank:

How is Burmese Maid? Understand that they are really very raw type which must take a lot of patience to teach them!

Ya, they can be extremely stubborn. can be very dirty and untidy too. i guess insufficient training b4 coming to sg cos their agents there focus more on learning english in order to work here.

[Angelight]

Burmese maids also tend to have bigger ego (or is it pride?), cannot scold or correct them too much. Must talk nicely to them and have lots of patience and tolerance with them.

[moonee]

Angelight:

Burmese maids also tend to have bigger ego (or is it pride?), cannot scold or correct them too much. Must talk nicely to them and have lots of patience and tolerance with them.

Very true! I notice that not only with mine but with 3 other relative with burmese maids. Im still in the midst of changing mine and will have to put up with another burmese.

[Angelight]

Hi moonee,


is she your 1st burmese maid? I remember we got our burmese maids around the same time.

moonee:

Angelight:

Burmese maids also tend to have bigger ego (or is it pride?), cannot scold or correct them too much. Must talk nicely to them and have lots of patience and tolerance with them.

Very true! I notice that not only with mine but with 3 other relative with burmese maids. Im still in the midst of changing mine and will have to put up with another burmese.

[peapot]

Actually, I have hired Philipino, Burmese and Indonesian maid.


And this is how I feel about them.

Out of the 3, I find Indonesian maid most suited to stay at home doing housework and taking care of kids.

Philipino is smart but character wise, they are more outgoing type compared to Indonesian. They are also more "western" because their country was ruled by the spanish in the past. Spanish words, food and thinking has deseminated into the philipino culture.

Burmese maid are quite strong headed and unless you take those really from Kampong sort, they are not that easily to train because most of the youngsters in Myanmar works outside. The jobs they do are usually sales promoter or nursing jobs. Since they don’t stay at home much, they can’t cook nor can they do housekeeping because most of it would be done by their mother! And because they are used to going out to work everyday, they would also prefer to have off day when they are in Singapore. IF you want to get the kampong girls, you will worry they can’t pass the English test here, so most recruiters prefer to get the city girls.

Most of the Indonesian woman especially those married will turn housewife. Because of their culture, the woman also tend to be more able to cook and do take care of children. They like to help one another in cooking when there’s a wedding taking place.

So, in general I find personally Indonesian more likely to accept staying at home and doing housekeeping as their lifestyle. If you do not allow off days, they are more likely to accept as well because its quite similar to their lifestyle back home.

Just my thinking based on the experience I have.

[moonee]

Angelight:

Hi moonee,


is she your 1st burmese maid? I remember we got our burmese maids around the same time.

Oh no, shes my 2nd burmese, a transfer maid of 3 half months. Its about 8 months now. Any improvement with yrs?

[moonee]

hi peapot, Yes i agree with u, I think Indons are the most flexible amongst the other two nationalities. Much better in cooking and cleaning.

Filipinas have more common sense and are much cleaner, better for keeping house. :lol:

[merkon]

I have a maid from myammar for almost 2 years. I have been thru filipino, indonesian and then this myammar maid. The good thing about the myammar maid is that she is obedient and honest. But i think myammar maids don’t have the initiative like the filipinos nor do they have the cooking skills like the indonesians. when the myammar maid first came, she can’t cook, sweep, mop at all. Totally no idea how to use a needle and thread as well. Must really be told and taught how to do things step by step. Can really be exasperating… not recommended to look after babies or young children.

[peapot]

Hi Merkon,


Agree with you, I used to have have Myanmar maids as well. She also came without any knowledge of housework at all!! This, I really don’t understand because in Singapore I know at least how to sweep the floor and mop the floor. I also know how to cook rice. So, I really wonder why in general Myanmar maids don’t know anything.