Myanmar maids

[moonee]

Fattymum… I dont think ur maid will compromise when it comes to the h/p. Even if u take it back, she will probably find ways of getting another and hiding frm u. Why dont u test her and tell her that u may nt be able to keep her if she cant limit her usage besides shes here to work and nt waste money calling home every day… Im sure its nt home shes calling or perhaps she has a boyfriend in mynmar she cant let go. Why dont u get the agent to talk to her instead.

Actually we cant be too nice to the maids when they first come in cos if we start treating them too well frm the start and accede to their every request, its hard to turn back and refuse them later.

[Fatty Mum]

Hi Moonee, yes I spoke to her agent who also supplied 2 helpers to my sis. Agent told me that there was no way a hp was promised to her. I confirmed with my sister too. I will get agent to speak to her monday once I can confirm a indo helper.


Today I am off to see some indo helpers at Bukit Timah shopping centre. I saw a couple of biodata from budget maids. Now they hv a few indo helpers under old contracts. But I will hv to contend with the language as I don’t speak Malay. But all will only come in end august.

[Shiroi Ryuu]

Did u guys thought about engaging Filipino maids?

[Fatty Mum]

Shiroi Ryuu:

Did u guys thought about engaging Filipino maids?

They r the more intelligent ones. They can keep the house, look after the kids and basically be the housekeeper rather a maid. But I will have to be 2 steps ahead of her. They are always racking the brains how to borrow money to fund their Hp addiction, trying to get out of the house to meet up with their fellow maids. In short their parents and grandparents can also die a few times in one lifetime.

I just interviewed one maid just now.. I think her Hp is more impt than earning a living and sending money home. I am seriously thinking of doing wo a maid. But my dh won't hear of it. He thinks I will go mad with the housework and looking after the kids.

[st2]

Hi Fatty Mum


What’s the situation/package/salary with Indo maids now? Can share share?

[moonee]

fattymum, Times have changed, hard to find a maid that does nt want a h/p. My last 2 mynmar came in withhout a h/p but told me that they intend to buy one after they hv cleared their loan, both dont need to call home but just want a h/p cos its the in thing for them.

I do hope u can get the right maid this round. This time u got to be very firm on the h/p and state yr terms to the maid, they all say yes when they want the job but theres a lot of bad influence out there. Think u must make them sign on what ever is agreed upon so that the maid cant go back on her word.

[Fatty Mum]

st2:

Hi Fatty Mum


What's the situation/package/salary with Indo maids now? Can share share?

Agencies still hv plenty of indo maids but the agent fees for increased to $1088! I was not interested in paying so much fees for those under new contract. So I hv chosen 2 under old contract. Loan is abt $3150 to $3500, salary ranges betw $410 to $430 for no experience maids.

But most indo maids are coming under new contract. Experienced ones want Hp more than a job so those I can't be bothered. They also want at least 1 off day esp. transfer maids. Those i am also not keen. New ones no off day and Hp. But I think it is a matter of time they will ask for one.

[Fatty Mum]

moonee:

fattymum,,, Times have changed, hard to find a maid that does nt want a h/p. My last 2 mynmar came in withhout a h/p but told me that they intend to buy one after they hv cleared their loan, both dont need to call home but just want a h/p cos its the in thing for them.

I do hope u can get the right maid this round. This time u got to be very firm on the h/p and state yr terms to the maid, they all say yes when they want the job but theres a lot of bad influence out there. Think u must make them sign on what ever is agreed upon so that the maid cant go back on her word.

I know... It is very frustrating to be in this situation. It is like they are employed to yak on the phone rather do the housework. So my helper is quite okay w doing the work in front of me. But I don't know what happens behind my back or when I am not around. As I hv a 2 year old at home and she can be quite active, I don't really wish for a maid to hv the hp during the week. Weekends I am fine as we are around to watch the kids. U know when I interviewed an indo maid yesterday, the agent asked if she can give me any promise that she won't use her Hp during the week, she said she cannot do so.

I think the agent has come to realise that this one probably can't find a job with the locals. Every maid is waiting for an expat family to take them. But these days the expat madam is also very smart. My Kiwi neighbour probably changed a few maids over 5 years. Even she commented that the maids quality had dropped drastically since 10 years ago. Even my dh is no longer keen for the maids to hold the hp after a few fantastic experiences.

[st2]

Hi Fatty Mum


Thanks for sharing.

My Myanmar maid that I just sent back a few weeks ago, she finished paying her loan, ask for hand phone and want to send 1st month full salary home. She can say/express clearly-
she has to get phone because her sister will be coming here to look for a job and other relatives are also here and coming soon.
She knows peninsula is the place to go to send money home, she will send it to her uncle which is agent in myanmar.

I told agent to talk to her, remind her that her contract, no handphone. A few days later, she say, not happy, she wants to go back Myanmar. I promptly bought a jetstar ticket and sent her back 3 weeks later.

I took her as transfer maid, 2 months with 1st employer, then me for 7 months. When she enter my house, I checked her things, her note already has dozens of email, sg phone numbers and addressess. Amazing net work.

All this time, her work was so poor. Dirty, oily, dusty even after cleaning. Spend 2 hours washing up pots and plates after dinner. Touch raw meat and transfer bacteria everywhere without washing hands first. No matter how many times I teach, also forget about food hygeine principle.

When I question her chores done or not, she’ll roll her eyes, blink eyes, purse her lips, show attitude and shake her legs…When I show her her chore/stuff still dusty/oily, she look so surprise and keep saying she has clean already. She has no sense of what clean is, as long as she has run the duster or cleaning cloth over something, it’s considered chore done. This is someone that told me first few days when she started work that she wants to earn money to go back to University to study chemistry. She feels insulted when I asked her if her family are farmers. She said they live in the city. Her mother does all the cooking and cleaning, she and her siblings just need to study hard in school.

Her siblings, cousins all use internet cafe to make calls to my hp. the connection is very bad most of the time, I hear them, but they can’t hear me; they call at least 20 times before they give up.

She tried to use my laptop got caught. Been using my husband laptop 2nd week working. Tell all sorts of elaborate lies and eyes won’t even blink. Caught red handed, still can continue lying.

[moonee]

Ugh… nowadays maids are getting bolder, I dont think its worth paying and teaching someone who eventually will turn against u or transfer out. I think mynmar maids were quite good some 5 years back cos there was no high demand and those that came in were serious on making a living. Agents in Mynmar work the same way as the Indons bringing in underage children, they go round scouting for young girls and con them to come to spore painting a beautiful picture of spore. They normally tell the girls that its easy to do housework and most of the time I think they tell the girls that all they need to do is to look after elderly… I notice most of the mynmar biodatas are similar, majority of the applications state that they want to look after the old cos the agent probably told them its an easy job.

When the girl arrives in spore the job duties are different and thats when the problem start. Ah! the mynmar agent will say anything to convince the girl just to get more $$