Myanmar maids

[Angelight]

Attitude wise may differ from person to person. But generally they can be quite stubborn (hard to teach, don't listen to instructions), BIG ego, cannot lecture too much and steep learning curve in communication.

kwcllf:

My wife is considering looking for a Burmese maid for my mom-in-law after we had many bad experiences with Indon maids in the past.

When my wife interviewed the Burmese maids and asked them whether they would mind having their hair cropped for hygiene reasons, they turned very defiantly and simply said \"No\" although they seemed rather pleasant initially during the interview.

Given such attitudes, we have second thoughts getting a Burmese maid. Getting a maid nowadays is a real headache. Anyone has any feedback on Burmese maid and their attitude?

[kwcllf]

Angelight:

Attitude wise may differ from person to person. But generally they can be quite stubborn (hard to teach, don't listen to instructions), BIG ego, cannot lecture too much and steep learning curve in communication.

Seems like the same for all nationalites of maids nowadays. They are so protected at the great expense of employers. Very skewed policies we are having now and the maids are taking advantage of them.....sigh!

[adaline]

i Would like to provide my point of view - my burmese maid have been working 2 years plus with me. and she is a pleasant girl who does her work well. She is my fourth maid, first 3 were filipo which was a nightmare to me.

Then i engaged her and my nightmare was gone. She helps me a lot and i treat her like my own sister.

[kwcllf]

adaline:

i Would like to provide my point of view - my burmese maid have been working 2 years plus with me. and she is a pleasant girl who does her work well. She is my fourth maid, first 3 were filipo which was a nightmare to me.

Then i engaged her and my nightmare was gone. She helps me a lot and i treat her like my own sister.

Good for you

Nowadays, getting a good maid is like striking lottery.

[mwchua]

adaline:

i Would like to provide my point of view - my burmese maid have been working 2 years plus with me. and she is a pleasant girl who does her work well. She is my fourth maid, first 3 were filipo which was a nightmare to me.

Then i engaged her and my nightmare was gone. She helps me a lot and i treat her like my own sister.

Hi adaline, can kindly share which agency you get your maid from? If not convenient to post here, pls kindly pm me.

Thanks.

Rgds,
Ming

[mwchua]

hi mommies,


For those of you who have experience with Myanmar maids, can kindly help to share some pointers, e.g. market salary, are they sticky with off-day arrangement, which are some good agencies for Myanmar maids?

Many thanks.

Rgds,
Ming

[adaline]

hi the agent i go to dont do burmese maids anymore. Cos they have more bad feedback then good ones.

[notsokiasu mum]

A lot of them have fake ages, but you can’t do anything because the agents will tell you it’s based on their passports. But just that the birthdates in passports are not real. I had one maid whose passport claimed that she was 27 but actually she was 17. She told me most of the maids do the same thing, probably all done at Myanmar side so the agents here also fake ignorance. So might be better to see the maid in person before hiring if you don’t want someone so young. Otherwise I generally find myanmese maids quite mild mannered.

[mwchua]

notsokiasu mum:

A lot of them have fake ages, but you can't do anything because the agents will tell you it's based on their passports. But just that the birthdates in passports are not real. I had one maid whose passport claimed that she was 27 but actually she was 17. She told me most of the maids do the same thing, probably all done at Myanmar side so the agents here also fake ignorance. So might be better to see the maid in person before hiring if you don't want someone so young. Otherwise I generally find myanmese maids quite mild mannered.

Thanks for your advice But unless you take a transfer maid, otherwise will not be able to see the person directly?

[moonee]

notsokiasu mum:

A lot of them have fake ages, but you can't do anything because the agents will tell you it's based on their passports. But just that the birthdates in passports are not real. I had one maid whose passport claimed that she was 27 but actually she was 17. She told me most of the maids do the same thing, probably all done at Myanmar side so the agents here also fake ignorance. So might be better to see the maid in person before hiring if you don't want someone so young. Otherwise I generally find myanmese maids quite mild mannered.

ALL their ages are incorrect and I think they are mild mannered only when they come in but those frm the territories are loud and rude too and do what they like. They are just like the Indons 25 yrs back , all conned to come in, my last 2 ran away frm their parents.