Myanmar maids

[fifiyeo]

Coolkidsrock2:

Is your maid fresh or experienced? Fresh maids normally work without day off and so should not have handphone?


If she needs to meet her Aunty, is it possible for you to bring her there and sit with her during the meeting? I will not be \"paiseh\" with my maid so they normally do not ask funny things from me.

Once I too had a maid who claimed to be meeting a relative who is also working in Singapore. When I volunteered to drive her there and drop her off, she had a change of mind. Couldn't even come up with an address!

[Smoochie]

Not fresh maid exactly. Transfer maid due to some law case for prev emp(work in shop).


SHe came with a phone, claimed that it was from her prev emp. They treated her nicely, gave her coke and clothes.

I asked agent about her request and agent said if wanna meet, meet at our place. I told her, she started tearing like as if I locked her up. Today asked her if she knows she doesn’t have day off, said yes. Asked if she was forced to no day off, she said no, she doesn’t want day off. Really can die. Then tell me her cousin (it is not her aunty now) knew our decision of not letting her go out and she is not coming to meet her at our place also.

This morning black face till 1pm, I cannot tahan then asked her if she has anything to tell me. She said nothing and said don’t know how to express. Later on, pretend like nothing happened. I am very sore over this as my hub was not understanding my concern and said something like I should give her freedom.

I wanna knock my head on the wall. Because of this request, now I fall out with my hub!

[POA Teacher]

My friend’s maid, 8 years here in SG, rarely has a day off. Instead, her friends come to her employer’s house on their off days.

[Coolkidsrock2]

My ex-maid 4 years with me, 2 years with my extended family - no off days. Only asked once if her sister can come and visit her. Sister came and borrowed money from her, thereafter she did not want meet her sister anymore.


None of my subsequent maids wanted to go out either. They did not want to call home too. When they left with their SGD 5-figure savings equivalent, they thanked us profusely for not allowing them to go out.

Those whose objective here is to better their life are happy not to go out. Know some maids who had no land, house or business even though they had been here for many years.

[POA Teacher]

Coolkidsrock2:

My ex-maid 4 years with me, 2 years with my extended family - no off days. Only asked once if her sister can come and visit her. Sister came and borrowed money from her, thereafter she did not want meet her sister anymore.


None of my subsequent maids wanted to go out either. They did not want to call home too. When they left with their SGD 5-figure savings equivalent, they thanked us profusely for not allowing them to go out.

Those whose objective here is to better their life are happy not to go out. Know some maids who had no land, house or business even though they had been here for many years.

Those who work for many years but end up with no assets are often those who are too weak to say \"No\" to the blood-sucking relatives.

[Coolkidsrock2]

Or iphone 5, telephone bills, purchases to make themselves pretty. My neighbour’s maid had braces done to her teeth. Some of the maids at my place even travel in taxis on their off days.

[bbsin]

Personally, I think really up to luck when hiring maids no matter from which country.


My bro recently got a burmese maid, over the week I see she is quiet ok, doing housework, just very slow, however, if you correct her, she will listen and do.

no problem, just standard of english is not there.

Yes, hygiene wise, need to teach.

But overall, she's ok and willing to work.


Cross my finger, hope she is the right one.

I have gotten filippo and Indo maid before think not very good with luck, stealing, dishonest.

So I guess when they come and work with us then we can really see. plus now salary so so exp for both (F and I) maid.. some really not up to the standard to come, just come to play..

so sien of found one over and over.. Govt should provide us (employer) .. with all the news ruling... salary increase etc... :stompfeet:

anyway, good luck to all whose looking for maids..

[matrix0405]

Have B maids got on to the new package, where employers pay upfront like for Indon maids?

[Coolkidsrock2]

Hi matrix 0405, you are right. Need pay about $3k upfront for them, to be deducted over the months. Am not sure if this is standard but this had been the requirement for the 2 agencies which I selected my maid from recently. Full refund of all fee for one cos maid still cannot get passport after 3 months.

[matrix0405]

Coolkidsrock2:

Hi matrix 0405, you are right. Need pay about $3k upfront for them, to be deducted over the months. Am not sure if this is standard but this had been the requirement for the 2 agencies which I selected my maid from recently. Full refund of all fee for one cos maid still cannot get passport after 3 months.

This is still the 'old' scheme. The maid still pay her own loan.