All About Full-Time Maids

[POA Teacher]

Karl12:

Thanks everyone for all the great advices...

Really appreciate.

Oh yes, i am wondering, if we manage to get the maid's work permit no.
Can we go to MOM website to check ourselves? Need to pay a fee?

Its like, seems tat they can only tell u selectively what they wan u to hear.
Like those v short terms one they wont say until i ask from that agency for the MOM record, then i can see her real history.
What if the agency dont show the record?

THe one i went is those really small one at far east shopping center, then there is a bunch of maid seating outside.
Then when i told the person i am interested in these 3, they are actually some of those maids hanging outside
then she just called them in one by one.
Is this common to only smaller agency or big agency also have such \"face to face\" interview?

Karl, the maids you see hanging around in the agent's office are transfer maids, waiting to be interviewed.
ALL agencies, big or small, have such maids. NO agency brings in only good maids. They do not recruit the maids themselves. They depend on the local agents in their home countries to get the maids. So they don't know anything abt the maids, even their ages (if you take a look at the girls, you'll notice that most of them are teenagers). Anyway they don't care whether the maids are good or not. Problematic maids that keep getting transferred = more profitable for the agency as they add on additional charges to the maid for each transfer.
Yes, you can go to MOM website yourself and key in the maid's WP number to see her employment records (but not info abt the employers).

[shine_fs]

shine_fs:

shine_fs:

Just to share my story of my new maid.


She came to my house on 13/01/2012. 5 days later, when I reached home after work, she shown me her hands, is look like someone pinched. I asked her how she got the pinched marks, she replied dunno. I told her maybe when she do the housework and knocked and she kept saying no.

I found abit weird, so I asked her what she wants me to do. She said, I just want to \"highlight\" to you cos I might carries virus which I dunno and might pass it to your sons. After hearing, I am very sure and confirmed that she made up the story herself by pinching her hands. Then she can go back to agent don't want to look after my sons. I told her that will inform the agent.

Next day, she told me can't work and want to go back to agent. I called the agent and she got scolded by the agent. Strange, after scolding, she was happier and kept saying sorry to me and promised to work for my family. So, everything’s went smoothly during CNY.

My worries finally arrived last evening, she told me again wanted to go back to the agent.

Employing a maid is really by luck....

I thot everything's went smoothly during CNY....but last evening I heard from my hubby about my maid asking for help when my friend came to my house on 初一 night.....here's the story....

One of my friend brought her new maid to my house and the two maids were chatting in the kitchen. As I know that the maids like to gossip, so I asked my friend's maid to come out and look after my friend's son.

Too my shock, my friend's maid(3 days later) told my friend she can't sleep must tell my friend that my maid asked for help. She told my friend my maid complained that she goes to bed every nights at 1am and wake up 530am....

The worse part was she told my friend that I scolded my maid by pointing middle finger and scold her vulgar language :yikes:

I am very :stompfeet: cos all the above is not true...my maid finished the housework around 9 to 10pm, and went to bed around 11am. Everynights I will ask her to sleep earlier but she replied,\"mdm, I don't sleep so early, normally I sleeps at 12am+\". When I heard that, I told her cannot cos morning she needs to wake up at 530am to 6am. So, she will sleep around 11am.

Now who is lying? What should I do now?

Just want to share my story again :

I fired the maid and got a new maid last mth (waited 2 mths). She is 27 years old and has 3 daughters, age : 6, 3, 2 years old. I tot with 3 kids, she can take care of my 2 sons...but I was wrong.....she can't even take care of them.

When she was with me a week, she cried and told me wanted to go back Philippines cos she misses her kids and will ask her MIL (50 yrs old) to replace her :slapshead: I had a talked with her and she decided to work again and I let her called home.

She told when she was in Philippines, she wanted to \"back out\" during her POEA seminar. But the agency in Singapore told her that she can't \"back out\" must come and will help her when she is in Singapore.... :rant: So I called the agency and scolded them what kind of promised she give to the maid. Now she don't want to work.

Few days later, she asked me whether she can let her call home evernight? After consideration (cos she misses her kids) I agree to let her call back once a week and she agreed.

More problems coming......

1. She asked for off day after her loan finished.
2. She want to watch TV
3. She want to go out with us...hinting...she is lonely when alone in the house.

Last week, she told my mum can't cope if my mum goes back to work. Oh man, she only looking after my 2 kids.....Finally, last Sat she said want to go back agency. I was really pissed off and told her off.

Had a talk with my hubby, no more maid in our house once this maid transfer. :imcool:

:xedfingers: Hopefully, I can cope with work, housework and family...

[Hard Truth]

plc:

Had an agent,..who was not honest,..until i checked the WP online,..then found out that i was employer no 8 or 9,..mostly short stints, instead of employer no.3 as informed! Decided to check wponline, as i thought i always had extra $$, but can't think what i had spent it on. Also, the maid was getting happier & happier,..ie helping herself to my wallet,..$10 or $50 or more whenever there is extra. Didn't bother to ask the maid about the short stints. Won't be surprised that she helped herself to my children's savings!! For the time frame of 1.5years,..probably took about $5,000!

Had a transfer maid who had worked with me, on & off 3 times,..total about 8 years or more!

You need abit of luck. All the best in maid-looking!

\" i thought i always had extra $$, but can't think what i had spent it on. Also, the maid was getting happier & happier,..ie helping herself to my wallet,..$10 or $50 or more whenever there is extra.\"

I too can be happy working for you if you can keep on forgetting what you have in your wallet! She managed to fool you for 1.5yrs getting away with 5K?? :rotflmao:

\"Had a transfer maid who had worked with me, on & off 3 times,..total about 8 years or more!\"

You are probably happy with this maid. I am curious because how do you pull the \"on and off\" method to get this person to work for you for 8 years? :?

[Hard Truth]

LOLMum:

Recently went to a friend's house, new maid again.


My friend is the super fussy sort.

By her own admission, the maid is okay, but she thinks there is another better one out there. So when her maid has almost paid off the loan, she would be out looking foe new maid. Been like that for the past few years. So all her maids' record is - didn't finish contract.

Your friend did not mind having to incur extra costs in changing maid?

Just as she thinks that there is a better one out there, she could be getting one that is worse than the previous one! She must be pretty lucky so far, as she has managed to survive them during the \"loan\" period without the nerve recking incidents that we read about here.

[LOLMum]

2 or 3 were free replacements.


Lucky or not,I don’t know.

[nms1]

Hard Truth:

LOLMum:

Recently went to a friend's house, new maid again.


My friend is the super fussy sort.

By her own admission, the maid is okay, but she thinks there is another better one out there. So when her maid has almost paid off the loan, she would be out looking foe new maid. Been like that for the past few years. So all her maids' record is - didn't finish contract.

Your friend did not mind having to incur extra costs in changing maid?

Just as she thinks that there is a better one out there, she could be getting one that is worse than the previous one! She must be pretty lucky so far, as she has managed to survive them during the \"loan\" period without the nerve recking incidents that we read about here.

Personally I think that is very unfair to the maid especially if she ends up having to go home, not being able to find a transfer. They incur a big expense to come here and most of them are serious about earning money for their families; they are not toys.

[LOLMum]

Definitely unfair.


When potential employers see ‘contract not completed’, they would skip her.

[MyFriend]

DesertWind:

Dear Karl12,


Please be careful which maid agency you are using too! If the maid agency is a \"one man show\" ie. small outfit, it is likely they will make you take multiple-transfer maid. Passing the problem maid round and round to unsuspecting employer, then blame the employer for being unlucky!

I use Nations for all my maids. This agency at least is already large and established and they won't anyhow introduce transfer maids to other employers. Also will help the employer. Fees not cheap for sure but at least from my experience, the maids we got were OK!

Larger maid agencies can have better resources as well for selection of maids.

Although there is definitely no guarantee at the end of the day but at least we hope potential problems will be minimized.

All the best!

My neighbour used Nation too.

The last maid (Indo) not only stole from them but brought in a man into their home! This was the last straw and they made a police report and send the maid home.

The previous one (also Indo) was from Nation too Had to be sent home as she was creating a lot of internal problems for the family. My neighbour found a ring in her possession and she claimed that she found it on the road. My neighbour told the maid that she must be very lucky as he has been staying there for more than 20 years and have never yet to find a 10 cent coin!

My neighbour has now decided to change agency. The big ones who charge more are not necessary doing a better job in screening better maids. They are there to make your money. If they charge more they make more money.

I thought that Nation was one of those agencies who were fined for price fixing with some others!!

So paying more does not equate to getting better maids :moneyflies:

[DesertWind]

MyFriend:

My neighbour used Nation too....


My neighbour has now decided to change agency. The big ones who charge more are not necessary doing a better job in screening better maids. They are there to make your money. If they charge more they make more money.

I thought that Nation was one of those agencies who were fined for price fixing with some others!!

So paying more does not equate to getting better maids :moneyflies:

I am sure you are right, MyFriend!
I guess I am just too chicken to try any other agency....

[moonee]

Just wanted to know, do u supply yr maid peanut butter, butter or jam for bread in the morning all the way till her contract ends? or do allow yr maid to share yr jam or peanut butter, milo etc.?