Myanmar maids

[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.

[1amber]

I have used I, P and M maids and I am totally traumatized by those from M and will never employ them again.

[suparcat]

[quote="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.


Agreed that they can be quite stubborn and don’t listen to instructions. My Myanmar maid of 9 months still lacked initiative and common sense…sigh…my first and maybe last Myanmar maid.

[isetan]

Only good points are that B maids take pork. I maids don’t becos of religion. so not so headache when yoy bring them out for foods.

[moonee]

isetan:

Only good points are that B maids take pork. I maids don't becos of religion. so not so headache when yoy bring them out for foods.

No issue when it comes to pork for indon maids / I have more to eat, as long as they handle pork its not a problem if they dont eat. theres always veg and fish.

[1amber]

isetan:

Only good points are that B maids take pork. I maids don't becos of religion. so not so headache when yoy bring them out for foods.

Mine refused to eat porridge and we always have minced pork porridge. :?

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I would like to share my experience. I have tried P and B maids.


P maids have more initiative, are smarter and faster learners but the flip side is I feel they talk too much, think they are very smart and love to talk back but usually keep quiet when they make a mistake.

B maids communication skills are definitely poorer but given time, they will pick up the skills. Initiative is less but they have a much better demeanour. I feel my house is so much quieter and more peaceful with B maids.

[concern_mum]

hi


My 1st Myanmar maid work for me 2 months, cannot take hardship and our weather here. She has rashes at night and cannot be cured even i sent her to the doctor. She is only 16 and i send her back.

My 2nd Myanmar maid is a run away from home type. She has some problem with her mother. Very bad attitude. She must sleep before 9pm even if we have visitor during CNY and scolded my children if they refused to go to bed because she cannot sleep too. I reprimanded her once for shouting at my children when they still wants to play and refused to go to bed. She was very angry and immediately wants to go back to Myanmar. I sent her back to agent instead as she only work with me for 1 month.

My suggestion is don’t take Myanmar/Burmese maid, alot of problem. My friend who tried it faced the same problem too.

Indonesian or Philipino are still better

[huanghou]

I think there are more problematic M maids than good ones after reading feedback from this forum.

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I think for burmese maids you need to choose wisely. Burma is a big country and it is formed by 7 states of very different culture and religion.


I had bad experience with Yangon maids and have since stop choosing those from Yangon. Go for some of the states further from Yangon. So far I had luck with Chin State and my current one is from Sinbo. The maids from these states have a lot better attitude and conscience. But being more remote will mean they have a lot less exposure, be prepared for steeper learning curve.

Choosing maids had a lot to do with luck too and the agency training play a big role. Some agents don’t do a good job to prepare the maids for Singapore.

I had good and bad experience with P maids. I had good ones and terrible ones. I put it down to luck again. But overall, I feel evry confortable with B maids now and will not likely consider P maids again.