All About Full-Time Maids

[glenax]

mumy84:

Hi...i'm very new in all this maid thing.I'm actually looking for a maid now to look after my 2 kids while i'm out working.Can experienced mummies out there tell me what to look for when choosing a maid?(exp: the years of experienced? )


employing a new maid or transfer maid? :?

Hi personally I am never for new maids, I know some say transfer maids will have learn tricks to skive or learn bad things but I think new maids can only be hired if you are prepared to train them for a good 6mths to a year before they are effective, also they need close monitoring so best to have an elderly or someone at home.

I think new maids are not suitable for working couples because alot of these come from less developed countries so they not even know how to take bus/escalators, switch on stove,operate microwave/electrical appliances, let alone be trusted to look after babies by themselves. So there has to be someone at home to keep an eye on them. Not so much that they will run out or do anything funny but sometimes they forget things or just dont have someone to ask.

I think if you have kids at home, best to look for those with experience with kids, because they can say they love kids and even have kids themselves but alot of maids leave their children behind after giving birth so they never go thru the day to day of looking after kids.

Also best to get those that have experience in Singapore, different countries have different cultures so if they worked in other countries before coming here, they need another 2-3 months to orientate themselves.

Of course there will be a salary difference between new and transfer but the difference is minimal so better to go for the experienced ones.

[shine_fs]

Beanicemum:

Dear all.

Really need opinions from you. I have a maid who is degree holder. We hire her because we hope she can help me take care one of my child ( have two boys, 4.5 and 2.5yrs) when I bring another one go out ( school or enrichment class).

But after she came here, we found she is very quite and no feedback if we ask her do something, example like she just put down the bowl and walk away if she finish feeding the younger one, never say finish not finish . Or just put change on table if I ask her buy something..no tell whether the thing bought or not, how much left , where is the money... Ask her wash vegs, stand there and never say finish or not
finish...

I tell her I need your feedback if I ask you do anything, I can check but something I am very busy with the two boys, so I say you tell me after
you done anything,, but no improvement at all, she came here 5 mths already ...

And she got some hearing problem, cannot hear clearly, so she will guess and most of the time is not correct if she cannot hear clearly(I cannot remember how many times already to remind her to ask me if did not hear clearly, I will repeat, it is ok) example, we come back from outside and turn on the tv already. She is at kitchen and doesn't know., I ask her you did not hear, she said' ya, I did not hear'. Or i ask her take towel and she will take a mop... Many many things like this ..Feel very uncomfortable leave the small children to her, but I have no choice as we have no parents to help and husband need travel.. But she is nice lady and will follow instruction to do things...

Really do not know whether I should change her or not...

If you really feel not safe to leave the small kid with her, return her to the agent. Let them settle.

What if anything happen to your kids, she will said, \"Ya, I did not hear\".....

To be safe then sorry.... :xedfingers:

[Beanicemum]

Thank you for the advises. I think it is better to change another one, there is nothing to lose…hope I have a good luck to get a better one…


Base on my experience of hiring the maid, singapore working experience is really the most important factor…I have a one who got 6 years singapore working experience and have samll children when I hired her before, really really very good, she stay with me for 4 yrs, and brought up my two children, unfortunately she need go back as she miss her children… So I quit my job and hire the cuurent one who have other countries experience to take care children, but the way they handle them and the way doing things is really different from Singapore… Long story Liao…Anyway, singapore working experience is more important .

[mumy84]

Thank you mummies for the advise... Im still looking for maid though n now the indonesia goverment havent finalised the new rulling for their maids . Its kinda difficult to get one . Any recommendation for good reliable maid agency? I went to this Maid2Match agency at bukit timah shopping centre but they have only 2 biodata of indon maid.:(

[ASLMUM]

Need some advice…if you realised that your maid has taken money from the money you left with her for emergency at home…will you still let her transfer or send her home? I’m at a loss as i don’t want another employer to have to deal with her, but she has 3 kids back in PHilippines and i feel bad about it…sigh!

[ruohoo97]

ASLMUM:

Need some advice....if you realised that your maid has taken money from the money you left with her for emergency at home...will you still let her transfer or send her home? I'm at a loss as i don't want another employer to have to deal with her, but she has 3 kids back in PHilippines and i feel bad about it....sigh!

If this is the first instance, I would advise that you confront her, if she shows genuine repentance and remorse, try to forgive her. But must let her know that you knew what she had done and warn her not to do again.

[jtoh]

ASLMUM:

Need some advice....if you realised that your maid has taken money from the money you left with her for emergency at home...will you still let her transfer or send her home? I'm at a loss as i don't want another employer to have to deal with her, but she has 3 kids back in PHilippines and i feel bad about it....sigh!

Send her home. It's not fair to the new employers to be saddled with a sticky-finger maid. Let her know that she's lucky you didn't make a police report which would effectively restrict her from being employed in Singapore in the future.

[ASLMUM]

i’ve already confronted her and she told me she is not "stealing", when she get her salary she will put it back…I told her "taking without asking is stealing". Then i asked her what she did with the $30, she gave all sorts of excuses like buy ezlink card and sanitary pad. I asked her to show me the pads, she went to her room and tried to dig around then told me she finished using…when earlier she told me she only took the money yesterday as she needed the money.


Sigh! why are they so like that?

[jtoh]

ASLMUM:

i've already confronted her and she told me she is not \"stealing\", when she get her salary she will put it back....I told her \"taking without asking is stealing\". Then i asked her what she did with the $30, she gave all sorts of excuses like buy ezlink card and sanitary pad. I asked her to show me the pads, she went to her room and tried to dig around then told me she finished using...when earlier she told me she only took the money yesterday as she needed the money.


Sigh! why are they so like that?

Wait til she 'borrows' your jewellery and credit cards. :yikes:

[verykiasu2010]

jtoh:

ASLMUM:

i've already confronted her and she told me she is not \"stealing\", when she get her salary she will put it back....I told her \"taking without asking is stealing\". Then i asked her what she did with the $30, she gave all sorts of excuses like buy ezlink card and sanitary pad. I asked her to show me the pads, she went to her room and tried to dig around then told me she finished using...when earlier she told me she only took the money yesterday as she needed the money.


Sigh! why are they so like that?

Wait til she 'borrows' your jewellery and credit cards. :yikes:

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