All About Full-Time Maids

[mintcc]

[quote] I have given her timetable and all the things to do too, just that she doesn't follow. We (My mum and I) still can't make out, whether it's really that she doesn't understand (our language? instructions?) or she's trying to do buy her way out so that she has lesser things to do [/quote]
Hianz, yeah, they are like that....Try bringing her back to her agent and let the agent explain to her in her language to make sure she understands. then she no excuse liao.

Yup I stay near Tiong bahru. my boy is in full day CC at Sparkletots Alexandra at the community center at stirling road. They not bad for toddler when my son go in but not too sure about the new teachers for the toddler class now, may be go there and have a look?. They are pretty organised though.

I visited Milk and Honey when I am looking for my boi's cc . Don't like it either. How is the situation there like now?There's a thread for cc around the area is you need to look for CC
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=107&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

I think from the thread moral also not bad, but I heard from one of the mums in my current cc that most of the teachers are older and speaks mostly Chinese.

[winth]

Hi mincy,


Thanks! Didn't know there is sparkletots at queenstown cc... I'm not too ambitious with childcare centres, so PCF is definitely a good choice for me.

Called up moral childcare and they have no transport at all... Thot there was no hope liao...

Actually met my husband up for lunch just now and he feels that I've been very moody too. So we've come to a conclusion. Select the childcare, settle the logistics part and send the maid home... yippee!!! :lol:

[ChiefKiasu]

lifestylelink:

...I have a myanmar maid, I like to add comment tha they have poor manners. Not sure if it relates to their poor communication.


My existing maid is leaving soon and likely to get another one from Myanmar. One potential candidate available and she can speak Chinese.

We've had a myanmar maid before too, I thought she was ok in terms of manners. Our greatest problem was communication - she could hardly understand our English despite being a \"university graduate\". We have to let her go although she was really hardworking. Guess you are lucky to find one that can communicate in Chinese.

[tamarind]

matrix0405:

This is a very good post. 3 mth baby also can slap; obviously something wrong in her mind. Glad to see you caught and got rid of her before more trouble. Can you let us know what is the model of the camera you used to catch that footage?

I am not the employer of the maid. My blog contains a list of maids and their employer's comments. Any employer can email me their stories at [email protected].

You can post a comment at the page to ask about the model.

http://singaporemaidcomments.blogspot.com/

[lifestylelink]

ChiefKiasu:

lifestylelink:

...I have a myanmar maid, I like to add comment tha they have poor manners. Not sure if it relates to their poor communication.


My existing maid is leaving soon and likely to get another one from Myanmar. One potential candidate available and she can speak Chinese.

We've had a myanmar maid before too, I thought she was ok in terms of manners. Our greatest problem was communication - she could hardly understand our English despite being a \"university graduate\". We have to let her go although she was really hardworking. Guess you are lucky to find one that can communicate in Chinese.

I think you are right. Because their English is poor, thats why their communication skill is poor. But I don't blame them because although they learn English in school, there is little exposure and no chance to practice. They hated the americans.

Anyway, I've interviewed my new maid yesterday, her Chinese quite good, think she just lacked confidence, very nervous when I asked her to speak in English. But she did well, when answering question. And best of all, she told me she likes children.

[winth]

Hi,


May I ask how I send my maid off successfully without any ill-feelings?

I have already paid maid agency the first 3 months up-front, but according to the contract, I will need to give the maid 14 days notice.

We plan to tell her that we want to terminate the contract on the 2.5 month. And that we won’t need her to work for the remaining 14 days although we have already paid the agency. And we need her to just pack her bag and leave on the same day.

Is this possible? Will the agency come back and say that we still need to pay or let her work for 14 days?

[lifestylelink]

winth:

Hi,


May I ask how I send my maid off successfully without any ill-feelings?

I have already paid maid agency the first 3 months up-front, but according to the contract, I will need to give the maid 14 days notice.

We plan to tell her that we want to terminate the contract on the 2.5 month. And that we won't need her to work for the remaining 14 days although we have already paid the agency. And we need her to just pack her bag and leave on the same day.

Is this possible? Will the agency come back and say that we still need to pay or let her work for 14 days?

I assume it is poor performance that you want her to go off. You can tell white lies if you don't want to hurt her feelings. Just say you have a change in mind and decided you will send the child to child care or something. The first 6-8 months, maid has to repay their debt, no salary because thats what they owe to the agency. I think you can ask the maid to leave immediately but you need to pay for her lodging, think it is $10 per day for at least one month till she finds a new employer. Also, if I am not mistaken, you do not get the money back, you simply lose out. The best is check with your agency, diff agency practice a little different.

[winth]

Hi lifestylelink,


Thanks for replying.
I don’t mind losing that 14 days which I have already paid for as long as she doesn’t hurt my boys when she knows about my plan to send her away. But agency won’t ask me to pay right?

So for maids on transfer, the usual practice is employer need to pay $10 per day for lodging?

[matrix0405]

You just need to pay for the govt levy, no need to pay for lodging.

[matrix0405]

Seems like you can do w/o a maid. Just get a partime cleaner and you can save some money and headache.