All About Full-Time Maids
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H anna,
is yours a pinoy maid? 24 years old with 3 years of exp as a maid in philippines? Wondering if you got my ex-maid who one fine day decided that she didn’t want to work for me anymore, because her hands were aching. -
hi hquek, agree that attitude is important. Although I’ve got to do the chores now, I’m actually happier without the ex-maid than I was when she was with us. Because now I can follow my own schedule, and not have to look at other ppl’s black faces and worry about having spit in the food, and definitely no more banging of things!
After the maid left, I realised after a day that we seem to be missing a lot of thick towels. Searched the whole house also couldn’t find. The towels weren’t in her bag when I searched her stuff, so the maid had probably thrown them or given them away. One possibility is that she didn’t want to wash the towels, or she ruined the white towels with stains, and threw them away.
And of course, the dirty pots and utensils started surfacing a day after she left. Sigh… -
omgmum:
yes, pinoy maid, 24 years old but no exp as a maid in Philippines, 1 mth exp in S’pore being transfered to me, but yesterday she claimed that her legs are aching and requested to wear slipper at home.
Just received sms from my housemate saying that my maid is crying as home sick. What can i do? as a mother, i fully understand her, she got 3 children and the youngest is same age as mine. How to console her? -
anna ng, sounds like my ex-maid. Except for the fact that she’s got 3 kids.
Your babysitter is with her now? Get your nanny to talk to her? I think to help with the homesickness, maybe can let her call home? Must be stressful for you! -
She with me for 5 days only, i already told her (the first day she came to my house) i will let her call back home this weekend. What to do? pity of her
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hi anna ng, I think the aches is cos of the fact that the maids are not used to doing chores. At least I think that was the case for my maid. I think she wanted to scare me into not letting her do chores, and when it didn’t work, she eventually wanted a transfer.
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omgmum:
I got asked her. She said that she has this problems since young and her’s mother also. To be honest, all my 3 maids are good and w/o attitude problems, the 1st one - home sick and went back after 11 mths with me, 2nd - don like children but willing to stay with me till i get a new maid, now this is the 3rd one, slow but willing to learn. She is typical "home sick" type but need money for children.
Yesterday we chit chat and she said "when i goes back, my son already 3 years old", i felt so uncomfortable and sad, really not easy to become a mother. I got to think something for her. -
LKVM: this is what the agent told me also, talk more and more home sick. How to find a balance point har? When my 1st maid received letter/photo fr her family, sure the eyes red red and the next day panda eyes coming. This is the reason i don stop them to talk to other maids, i think no matter how they also need friends with same speaking language.
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New maids with young kids tend to be homesick. Give them some time to settle down.
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yes, it is more scary if they not "home sick" and not thinking of their child
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