All About Full-Time Maids
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oh, I thought you had her for a while already. Impt is that your kids like her and can bond. I think it’s positive that she had experience in foreign country.
My usual agent always tell me to look for one with overseas experience (experienced culture shock before) and good educational qualification (show brain not too bad).
Think positive and hope for best.
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LOLMum:
Agree, I also don't like all the food mixed up together like maybe can find veg in the fish dish.maybe it depend on whose leftover food was kept.
i wouldnt like to eat leftover food knowing that everyone digs his spoon or chopsticks into the dishes. it is like eating someone else saliva.
even with serving spoon used, some people also dont like. -
We use serving spoons lah, but she will quietly avoid those dishes that were kept in the fridge overnight.
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vivienpg:
Her main job is to do household, but come next year when my son goes kindy, he will be in house for whole pm and I have plans for her to read to him and go through simple dot exercises with him..sigh, guess I am too demanding....
Hi vivienpg,
What nationality is your maid? Are you a SAHM or FTWM?
If you expect your maid to look after 2 kids (one pre-schooler and one infant), then got to prioritize and put housework second priority. Or you got to get outside help to do the housework. The maid won't be able to cope with so much. As for car-wash it is true. It is very tiring and hard work. Why get the maid to do it when it can be done for SGD6-9 outside? Although I also wish my maid could read more to my kids but I got to temper my expectation. My Indo. maid's English is just not quite there. I am planning to hire a tuition teacher home if I need to next year when my older boy go K1...
For me I am a FTWM and my maid looks after 2 kids. I now order ting kat dinner so that she does not need to cook dinner, only lunch for my boy and herself. I also get part-time help with the housework so that she does not need to wash the toilets, vacuum, mop and iron the clothes anymore. She certainly does not wash the car. Also because my husband scared she scratch it so he washes it himself. After a couple of times he gave up and send for car-wash outside. She also does not look after the kids at night, I need her to sleep well at night so that she is on full alert during the daytime when I go to work.
As to whether to change your maid. My concern is her lack of strength and the pale episode. If she is prone to fainting and not sensible enough to eat well so that she can look after your kids well, then I will say change her. Must first be very clear what you want in a maid then go looking. Generally if you expect the maid to read to your kids and help them do simple homework, get from Philippines and must be a college graduate. -
That’s a good start, Peace Charlie. From your post, I learn abit more about maids in HK and Taiwan. This really raise a question in my head. Why would these maids then flock there and one even in the limelight for fighting to be a PR? The Singapore media played it up?? Was the hype then a deception?
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my view.
maids prefer to work in hk and taiwan because of higher pay. maid issues are not mentioned too often in the papers in taiwan unless it is very serious abuse.
maids like hk because the few organisations helping them (especially for the philippines maids) are very very vocal and powerful. they can apply to go on protests on the streets of hk and permits are usually granted. not only that political parties also like to get involved in all these disputes to put themselves in good light. like our situation here, if a maid makes a complaint against employer, chances of employer losing is pretty high. most employers prefer to pay $$$ to get the ordeal over and done with asap cos’ case could drag on and on. also day off on sunday and holidays is a must.
hk has a lot of english influence so there are many people (especially young people) who believe that maids should not be discriminated against getting pr status.
and no, spore media didnt play it up. but this pr case is a major concern for all pp there. -
silverhorse:
Thanks silverhorse..which agencies were your helpers from? The agencies any good? Notice that certain ones really paint a great picture in the biodata, while some seem more 'realistic' .. Maybe dependent on agency's staff creative writing skills.. Sorry.. I'm the cautious typemoom:
Has anyone selected their maids from the online maid libraries? Quite a few around.. Are the descriptions mostly hogwash? Can be trusted? Descriptions a bit too good to be true leh..
Hi Moom,
I got my previous and current helper online ( netmaid library).
Descriptions are pretty accurate. The maids are represented by different agencies so you can check the database n agencies. Good Luck.
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hi desertwind, I’m a FTWM. son is currently in full day CC and baby girl is taken care by MIL. So she just has to do basic housework most of the time. We did tell her that washing car is the least priority and she can do it just once a week, which we find it ok, as she is free most of the time in the early afternoon. My 6 mth old still wakes up at night but is attended fully by me, she does not have to wake up to attend to her, so I expect her to pay more attention to my son.
She is from Philippines and a college graduate but think she prefers to think more of herself. She just questioned me today under the new EMployment Agencies act ‘Fees charged to workers should not be more than one month’s worth of salary per year for the duration of the approved work pass or employment contract, whichever is shorter. This is subject to a maximum of two months’ worth of salary.’ So why her loan is a few months, she questioned. Headache, got to ask agency tomorrow…sigh… -
Hi peapot
Guess the benefits r mostly towards the fili whereas indo thinks they could earn more but that was always not the case. Tis new indo guess was quite smart she knows her rights and her language was slightly much better. she can speak n express herself. Hope it goes well this time… changing of maid is really a big headache. n Exams r round the corner need to focus on the kids…thanks every1 4 their advise… -
vivienpg:
woah lau...shouldn't she have asked the agency BEFORE she signed on the dotted line? Faced with such question, I would pick up the phone and get her to talk to the agent if she not happy. Piangz...not as if you are making money out of it.
She is from Philippines and a college graduate but think she prefers to think more of herself. She just questioned me today under the new EMployment Agencies act 'Fees charged to workers should not be more than one month’s worth of salary per year for the duration of the approved work pass or employment contract, whichever is shorter. This is subject to a maximum of two months’ worth of salary.' So why her loan is a few months, she questioned. Headache, got to ask agency tomorrow..sigh..
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