All About Full-Time Maids

[Breadandmuffins]

Dh also said to bear with it. My maid does not dare to talk terms and condition. Last yr, we nearly let her go after I got upset with her over hp issue, but now seemed to be ok, or should I say I closed one eye. Dont think I will change maid, but I will rather be maid less if I let her go.

[DesertWind]

Breadandmuffins:

Dh also said to bear with it. My maid does not dare to talk terms and condition. Last yr, we nearly let her go after I got upset with her over hp issue, but now seemed to be ok, or should I say I closed one eye. Dont think I will change maid, but I will rather be maid less if I let her go.

Hi Breadandmuffins,
What is it that your maid nags about? :?
Just want to know about \"old maids\" because mine is 4 years with me already and going on another 2.
Since old maid, thought should be so comfortable with each other already.
Did your maid just recently started nagging?

[beanstalk]

If she doesn’t open her mouth to tell you she wants to leave, then bear with her. Maybe with time she will work out her own unhappiness. ‘Older generation’ maids have less attitude and have stronger work ethics so keep her as long as you can.


But be mentally prepared to cope on your own. If the children are older, it’s time to seriously consider doing without outside help and teaching them housework.

[happy to be mum]

now also thinking to go maid less & quit my job. if i think for my kids i will quit my job, but if i think for my family as a whole, afraid to quit cause had been a full time mum before & was not a good experience with DH.


my sis said i \"spoilt\" my current maid. My DH and myself always tried to think for their shoes. if i follow contract she is getting $50 less, only 1 day off instead of every sundays, x'mas let her go out on x'mas eve and come back on x'mas day. talking on the phone is also okay for us cause if we dun allow them to talk, scared they go \"kuku\" anyway going to agencies now, take it as another adventure.

Jav, i think u can carry forward the loan to another maid, checked with your agency.

btw, for those who have Phinoy helpers, do u feel they always want to work for angmohs? sometimes i think they really think sg got so many ang mohs who need maid?

[Jav]

Very sian & so stress with maid issue. My new maid attitude is ok but she does not have enough exposure, don’t know how to cook & handle my kids. She needs a lot of guidance despite the fact that she had been working in SG for 4 yrs. A lot of common sense is just not exist in her. My previous maid of 4 yrs was v independent, good cook, trustworthy & children liked her. I dunno when I could find another maid like her. Haiz!

[peapot]

Wow! And I always thought that ex-sin maid should have be more independent. Guess not all of them are like that.

[jtoh]

Jav:

Very sian & so stress with maid issue. My new maid attitude is ok but she does not have enough exposure, don't know how to cook & handle my kids. She needs a lot of guidance despite the fact that she had been working in SG for 4 yrs. A lot of common sense is just not exist in her. My previous maid of 4 yrs was v independent, good cook, trustworthy & children liked her. I dunno when I could find another maid like her. Haiz!

How can you work in Singapore for 4 years and not know how to cook nor look after kids? Is her employment history patchy?

[Jav]

It’s unbelievable right. she is the obedient type & good for house maid only. She can assist u in cooking but if u ask her to indePendently plan & whip up some dishes, it’s pretty hopeless. My veges & stuffs i bought went rotten because she does not prioritise in the choice if cooking. She gave my kids mouldy bread to eat. Yesterday she cooked porridge with fish & some ingredients like potato & carrot but the porridge has many small fish bones. When asked how she cooked, she said she boiled the fish bone & use the soup to cook the porridge, removed the big bones but don’t know what to do with loose ones so just cook it together lor.

[Jav]

I met her directly during interview & find her really pleasant. I verified her emp history on MOM website, did reference check with her previous employer. Asked my old maid to train her for almost 2 months & the result is like that. It’s only a span of 3 months she worked with me, but I find her knowledge is not commensurate with 4yrs experience. Her previous employer said that she can go to market & buy stuffs but she doesnt even know that can buy hp top up card from 7-eleven. And therefore she asked e gardener to buy for her without my knowledge. My kids saw that & told mil & the whole Hu ha escalate. She even let a man from NEA to come inside the house without checking with me first.

[Jav]

There are dozen of things she did which I can go on & On. It really amazed me. She behaved like new comer. It has become clear to me hiring maid is just by luck. Sianz!!