All About Full-Time Maids

[HAPPYH]

24hr-mum:

mayb she thinks u wont really send her off tats y like tat. my ex maid used to threaten bef my kids tat wait for the day tat she wil go back n evn ask my boy to count her days. aft i told her i m lettg her go she nvr say go hm anymore

Thank you 24 hr mum. It is a real head ache. May be I should be firm with her.

[hquek]

hi happyH,


not sure where yours is from. if you have to send her to another airport, you always have option to buy a ticket that involves transfer. Works well with indo maids.

Mine starting going off mode once we confirm letting her go. I told her quietly that I can either buy her a direct ticket, or let her transit in JKT airport for 1 night. After that, her attitude was markedly better.

[peapot]

Sometimes maid thinks that we will die without them. Always remind them that you have other options if you don’t have a maid, even if it’s a lie.

[hquek]

peapot:

Sometimes maid thinks that we will die without them. Always remind them that you have other options if you don't have a maid, even if it's a lie.

very true. if forced to do so, I will and have done so in the past. If they feel all impt, be prepared to accede to their demands/live with their black face.

[peapot]

My ex-myanmar maid from he’ll has taught me well. I learnt each time from every maid that I have.

[24hr-mum]

i also cant u understand y

my ex maid can b so yaya. esp when i m not ftwm n can replc her anytime. she jus think we wont fire her cos i alwaz tahan her

[minnie]

My current maid also very yaya now, keep telling my children she is not very well and want to go back soon. I was angry with her the other day over other stuffs and i warned her if she keep telling my kids that i will not hesitate to buy her a ticket. I told her the studentcare and childcare just opps my block, i will not have problem without her around (of course i bluff her lah cos my work required me to travel). Anyway, she is now kwai kwai and did not mention anymore. However, i still decided to send her home due to her attitude changed. Taking a fresh maid with working experience in hometown.

[HAPPYH]

I think only a very few employers are lucky enough to have very good FDW.


And the majority are not lucky enough. Sigh

[omgmum]

minnie:

Taking a fresh maid with working experience in hometown.

Hi minnie, sorry to hear about your maid. BTW, do be mindful that working experience in hometown is very hard to verify.

I took in maids with supposedly at least 2 to 3 years experience in their countries. Turns out that they lied. I only discovered that when they started working for me, because there is no way they could have had the working experience they had and not be able to cope with a small house, without even having to look after children. And of course, when I asked them in greater detail about their so-called working experience, they started to fumble, even though they were v confident when I interviewed them.

So you really, really have to keep both eyes open. Because the maids will lie to get a job here, and many agents won't bother as long as they get the maids hired.

[dokomo]

hquek:

hi happyH,


not sure where yours is from. if you have to send her to another airport, you always have option to buy a ticket that involves transfer. Works well with indo maids.

Mine starting going off mode once we confirm letting her go. I told her quietly that I can either buy her a direct ticket, or let her transit in JKT airport for 1 night. After that, her attitude was markedly better.

Hi hquek,
pardon me for asking a (sorry if silly! :oops:) question, why are they afraid of having to do transit?