All About Full-Time Maids

[kahlan1003]

[quote]Hi Kahlan1003,


My maid's contract is also ending in March. She is from Indo too. Currently we are paying her $350 w/o 0ff day. She had 1 yr of experience b4 we employed her.

Don't quite know what is the market rate but DH mentioned that if she renews with the same conditions, he will consider increasing the salary by $20 because yes, she's been a good maid as well ....[/quote]Hi Autumbronze, yes i am thinking of giving her a $20-30 increase. She gets 2 days off a month.

[autumnbronze]

kahlan1003:

[quote]Hi Kahlan1003,


My maid's contract is also ending in March. She is from Indo too. Currently we are paying her $350 w/o 0ff day. She had 1 yr of experience b4 we employed her.

Don't quite know what is the market rate but DH mentioned that if she renews with the same conditions, he will consider increasing the salary by $20 because yes, she's been a good maid as well ....

Hi Autumbronze, yes i am thinking of giving her a $20-30 increase. She gets 2 days off a month.[/quote]Hi Kahlan1003,

That seems resonable ...

Perhaps anyone out there with experience with maid renewal can advise???

[Andaiz]

pineapple tarts:

madinked:

Hi hi,


Look what I have found. I don't know if this will be useful for other employers.

https://www.ecensus.com.ph/Secure/frmIndex.asp

US$20 to obtain a death certificate.

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I actually told maid this morning that the female boss of teh agency is my good friend. And she sms-ed me last night (I checked with her if the male agent told her about the death certificate) saying that there are many cheaters now, claiming deaths of mothers and fathers, so they now want the death certificate as proof. I asked maid to get the sister to send her a copy. On top of that, I told her that should she be unable to get it, I have a Filipino friend (this is true) whose relative is working for National Statistics Office in the Philippines so she will be able to help me obtain too.

The moment I mentioned death certificate (she gave me the crying look) and the moment I mention cheaters, she looked away for a while. Body language that she's lying.

Now I shall wait to see the death certificate. If she can really produce a genuine one, then I will prove her innocent.

Guilty unless proven.

Sometimes I prefer not to know the truth.

what'd you do madinked - whichever way it goes? In case they say it's too expensive to get (or send or some other excuse)would you still trust her? She even used her own flesh and blood to ,,, :shock:

[kahlan1003]

autumnbronze:

kahlan1003:

[quote]Hi Kahlan1003,


My maid's contract is also ending in March. She is from Indo too. Currently we are paying her $350 w/o 0ff day. She had 1 yr of experience b4 we employed her.

Don't quite know what is the market rate but DH mentioned that if she renews with the same conditions, he will consider increasing the salary by $20 because yes, she's been a good maid as well ....

Hi Autumbronze, yes i am thinking of giving her a $20-30 increase. She gets 2 days off a month.

Hi Kahlan1003,

That seems resonable ...

Perhaps anyone out there with experience with maid renewal can advise??? :D[/quote]Yup will wait for some response as to what's the current salary rate. In any case if not i will start calling up agencies in January to have an idea what's the current market rate for new and experience maid. Do a survey ha ha.

[peapot]

Wow! maids are getting smarter these days. Feign deaths and what else Sigh! My lecturer’s maid know how to surf net and email. I don’t think there’s any privacy if she can access all our documents in the computer.


Hi Autumbronze,
Was recently looking for maids and so discovered that currently indo maids with experience in Malaysia is asking for $350 with no off day. New maids $330. Hope you will find this information useful.

Actually pretty maids are dangerous. I have to agree after some of the mummies highlighted in this forum. I must have been "blind". It also never cross my mind, don’t know why? When you have a pretty maid, you will encounter the following.

1) She will spend a longer time in bathroom.

2) Her hair is so long, she needs a longer time to dry it and that means she wants to use your hairdryer!!

3) Because she knows she is pretty, she takes extra care of her own face. She applys sunscreen before leaving the house. At night, she applys all sort of cream on her face.

4) Because she likes to look pretty, she tries to follow the fashion trend and do rebonding. We all know rebonding cannot tie hair right? It will leave a mark on the straight hair. So she won’t tie her hair while doing housework.

5) She puts on her makeup and nail polish on her off days. Ok, this part we have no control because its her off day BUT hubby is in the house!! I saw her and said "WOW" silently, what will the husband say?? Although my hubby says never mind, its only normal for young girl wanting to look pretty as long as she don’t do anything funny in the house, leave her alone. But after seeing what the rest of the mummies commented, I m getting a little concerned!

This is speaking from real experience! But luckily she’s quite fearful of me because I don’t speak to her unless its necessarily.

[kiasimom]

kahlan1003:

wah this is really a useful thread. By the way, do anyone know what is the current market rate for Indonesia maid experience. I'm currently paying my maid S$330. Her contract is ending in March and she wants to go extend but wants to be pay current experience salary which she indicate is S$380 to $400.


I have my maid for 4 years already and do not really want to go through the hassle of training her again. She is looking after my mum (alone) and although she is not perfect, she is honest and knows how to take care of my dementia and disabled mum.

Hi your maid is right.
Current market rate is about $380 to $400 ( experienced )

If I am you,I will give her an increase since she has been with me for a long time.
Saves the hassle of re-training and she knows everyone well.
Just my thoughts:-)

[kiasimom]

Hi peapot,


I don’t allow my maid to apply nail polish, no off days and no long hair.
This saves me a lot of trouble

[peapot]

Hi Kiasimom,


Do you put this rule in writing? Because it never occur to me that she will ignore my rule of no long hair even after I told her. I let her be because I changing a new maid soon. But she taught me a lesson. In future how can I make sure my new maid will adhere to this no long hair rule?

[kiasimom]

You bet I do!

everything is written down and I get her to sign on the paper

[peapot]

Hi Kiasimom,


Is it possible or do you mind to share with me your rules? I thought of incorporating it with mine. Also, do you go through the rules yearly? I mean in the office, they always go through the IT policy with us yearly. So maybe we should practise that at home too.