All About Full-Time Maids

[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:

:rotflmao: :rotflmao:

[ASLMUM]

ya…reading the other thread on "life without maids" is making me drool…hope to find the courage one day.


will post likely send her home.

[glenax]

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!

Did you confront her why she took the money? Maybe you can tell her if she need money she should ask first? If it is not a lot of cash suggest you transfer her out.

[ASLMUM]

Ya i did…she said she needed money for top up. She’s always over spending and has been advancing on her pay. I’ve been very lenient with her and loaned her money before her payday until i put my foot down earlier this month. I believe that is the reason she took the money. Still, it is a breach of trust.

[glenax]

ASLMUM:

Ya i did...she said she needed money for top up. She's always over spending and has been advancing on her pay. I've been very lenient with her and loaned her money before her payday until i put my foot down earlier this month. I believe that is the reason she took the money. Still, it is a breach of trust.

Then dont keep her anymore.

[peapot]

I just told my maid to leave earlier in Sept rather than in Nov when the contract finish. She gives me a black face!! I explain to her it’s very hard to wait till Nov because I may not be able to find a suitable maid. Now that I found a new suitable maid then of course I must grab the chance. Wa!! Her face black like charcoal! Her work permit expire only in Dec, she says it’s my fault that I ask her leave early!!