All About Full-Time Maids

[POA Teacher]

DesertWind:

For reliable agency go to NATIONS.

They are all the same.
All have some crappy maids, some good maids, some so-so maids.
All depends on your luck.

[moonee]

I do notice theres quite a lot of maids now, Indons too and lots of older filipina maids making their way to spore now. There are quite a number of transfer maids to choose frm and employers giving or changing their maids. My guess is the increase in salary and for the indons , no more english test. I doubt te quality of maids nowadays tho there is quantity… I personally changed frm a 49 yr old to a transfered 37 yr old filipina with no experience except in her own country and having problems communicating with her cos she cant understand our english well, Hah, mountain tortise!

[moonee]

I notice the older maids are referred in by other maids who hv worked in spore for a few years and the agent does not do a proper check by rely on the maids recommendation, wonder if this is the right thing to do.

[POA Teacher]

moonee:

I notice the older maids are referred in by other maids who hv worked in spore for a few years and the agent does not do a proper check by rely on the maids recommendation, wonder if this is the right thing to do.

I think that for ALL new maids coming in, the agent here do not do any checking at all. They just rely on the agents on the other side to supply them the bodies.

[Karl12]

Can I know what is the market rate for agency fees now?

My $1,500 agency claim that there is hardly any $388 agency now and even ask me if i heard it very long time ago.
I told them i have, in fact went to $388 agencies before them.
They are very skeptical that such agencies exist! (as if I am lying to them!)
They say now, all major agencies have already increased their fees to 1K or more.
And even send me this link to convince me
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1198034/1/.html

Is that the same for big ones like Nation?
Their agency fees also cost 1.5K with no deductions to the maid's salary? As in, on top of the 1.5K agency fee, the maid will get her full salary on her first month?
If that is so, its really costly to get maids nowadays.

On her first month, i already paid $2321 for her!
Agency fees - 1500
Insurance - 321
Salary - 500

This can easily be anyone's one month take home pay...heartache....

[Saraca Tuition]

Hi Karl12, just go to Bt Timah Shopping Center. That place is a maid heaven. Got my maid last sept. The agency fees was less than $500. Nation is not a good agency. Visit MOM website to find out more.

[moonee]

POA Teacher:

moonee:

I notice the older maids are referred in by other maids who hv worked in spore for a few years and the agent does not do a proper check by rely on the maids recommendation, wonder if this is the right thing to do.

I think that for ALL new maids coming in, the agent here do not do any checking at all. They just rely on the agents on the other side to supply them the bodies.

yup agree fully, just bring in the bodies and hope for the best and that does nt come cheap though. Well I still think its best nt to take maids that are too old and with no overseas experience, really majority are hard to train and rather stubborn, i guess if a maid has been in their country too long like 30 plus years, their old habits are hard to break and mentality too shallow, too provincial. err... swa koo

[DesertWind]

LOLMum:

DesertWind:

For reliable agency go to NATIONS.

Yo madam....you forgot to include 'I am not a staff, not the boss, no shares in this company' ......

I must confess they will give SGD50/= referral fee if you refer a customer to them and they get a maid from them. Please quote my name should you decide to follow my recommendation. :evil:

[DesertWind]

POA Teacher:

DesertWind:

For reliable agency go to NATIONS.

They are all the same.
All have some crappy maids, some good maids, some so-so maids.
All depends on your luck.

I mean they are pro-employers should you encounter any problems with your maid. So far our family has gotten 4 maids through them and the maids are quite good. We have not found the need to change any of these maids yet.

[DesertWind]

Hi Karl2,


Please be aware that wef 1 June 2012, the rules has changed. For Indonesian maids, the fees has been increased by the agency and new fees would be between SGD1200 to SGD2K. Why? Because new ruling that maids no longer need to bear so many months of loans to pay to their Indo. agency. Before, maid pays about 6-8 months of their pay to their Indonesian agency. So SG agency only charge for their services which for Nation is about SGD550 thereabout.

Under the new ruling, since maid will now only bear about 1/2 of the Indo. agency cost, the remaining half is being shoved to the employer. Therefore factor in SGD550 agency fees plus another roughly SGD1 to 1K of Indo. agency fee and you get the total of about SGD1.5K already. Yes, it is now very expensive for employer to get a maid!