Myanmar maids
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My maids sat down to iron clothes. I tried doing that, but ended up standing.
After my maid had her first outing, her mobile started to ring non-stop. She also had more requests like advance pay, comparing why she needed to wash car when her friends didn’t have to…they got brainwashed by others.
She also started to show more black face…which I ignored. She dumped cutlery into the sink, causing chips. It seems like employers are cruel not to give maids off…but those maids changed for the worse after going out. Do they sit together to teach one another how to irritate employers??? -
Yes! i wonder how they could iron n cut the vege while sitting.I can’t do it.
I find it difficult to use stength to iron while sitting.
i gave a stool to indo maid to wash car,she said no nid.I asked how she could reach to wash the top of car without stool…She said just throw the rag n drag it down. -
maids wf bad attitude cannot keep.
very soon we’ll see maids in sg on strike for their rights as like in HK -
I have been brought up in a home where the floor is handmopped. I still do it when I do not have a maid, although I get aches after that. I will be quite pissed if I am asked to provide a mop. One of my ex-maids told me she had to clean the floor 2x daily at her Indon employer’s home and each time, 2x - first with water mixed with detergent and follow-up with only water. She had to clean corners with a toothpick.
Their salary increase is set by their agent and therefore, by default with each maid change. But I know people who have not been getting increments and/or bonus for the last 3 years. And as our kids grow older, the job scope gets smaller and the quality deteriorates with each change. -
Be careful not to offend maids, I ever witnessed a maid threw dirty water onto the car next to it…Then my neighbour told me,reason was her maid didn’t return $$ that she borrowed fr. her(the maid who threw dirty water). So end up her employer car kena splashed.
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whoa! hearing all your stories made me feel I am lucky..I have yet to experience much horrible experiences to lose trust in maids totally!
my first maid..used me as a stepping stone..to come into SG and after 3 months said she wanted to transfer caused she wanted to have all Sundays off. I let her go since no point keeping someone who does not want to work for her...her dream was to work for ang mohs..typical phinoys' thinking.
2nd phinoy maid almost going to finsh her contract but because of some stupid things that she committed and don't want to admit and she felt bad and guilty, said wanted to transfer. While working with me, the only few things that I complained was her yaking and yaking (again another typical phinoy) and pridefulness. When told her dishes not clean..she can challenge me to wash all the plates in front of me. Cooking wise, she can cook and take care of my younger boy well..
3rd maid which is my current Burmese maid is the best of all! I am lucky to have chanced to her while I was desperately looking when my 2nd maid went off after getting her ang moh employer. She can cook, clean the house much cleaner than my previous maids, never yak on the phone even though I gave her a phone once she started to work for me. Throughout the 18 months she works for me, I only saw her on the phone once during her rest time at night. Never come back late on her days off.. Only thing can be stubborn at times but I can accept it cause she is never defiant.
I understand from my friends not all Burmese maids are good...if get..better get those miniority Christians. Mine is a Christian and is a Chin... But in the end it really still boils down to employers' expectations and the personality of the maid. hehe...maybe..my expectations are not too high
as long as they do their job well, safety with my kids are met, cooking, cleaning okay and honest..i am okay. My husband will always point the questions back to me...if I am the maid..how will I feel.. I believe if you are a good employer they will know, that was why after my 2nd phinoy went off to work for ang moh, kept on smsing me saying miss us..want to see my boys etc... -
Burmese maid are not very common. If they do not go out, chances of them being brainwashed is low. When brother’s maid sits in a car, she will feel nauseous. So she is trying to stay at home most of the time.
My prev Filipino maid was hoping to use me as a stepping stone to find expat family…pref angmoh. She heard how much freedom she has working for angmoh families…cooking so easy, can use microwave (no need to mop), no need to clean floor often. Can go supermarket to run errands etc etc. -
happy to be mum:
This type of maid cannot keep.whoa! hearing all your stories made me feel I am lucky..I have yet to experience much horrible experiences to lose trust in maids totally!
my first maid..used me as a stepping stone..to come into SG and after 3 months said she wanted to transfer caused she wanted to have all Sundays off. I let her go since no point keeping someone who does not want to work for her...her dream was to work for ang mohs..typical phinoys' thinking.
2nd phinoy maid almost going to finsh her contract but because of some stupid things that she committed and don't want to admit and she felt bad and guilty, said wanted to transfer. While working with me, the only few things that I complained was her yaking and yaking (again another typical phinoy) and pridefulness. When told her dishes not clean..she can challenge me to wash all the plates in front of me. Cooking wise, she can cook and take care of my younger boy well..
3rd maid which is my current Burmese maid is the best of all! I am lucky to have chanced to her while I was desperately looking when my 2nd maid went off after getting her ang moh employer. She can cook, clean the house much cleaner than my previous maids, never yak on the phone even though I gave her a phone once she started to work for me. Throughout the 18 months she works for me, I only saw her on the phone once during her rest time at night. Never come back late on her days off.. Only thing can be stubborn at times but I can accept it cause she is never defiant.
I understand from my friends not all Burmese maids are good...if get..better get those miniority Christians. Mine is a Christian and is a Chin... But in the end it really still boils down to employers' expectations and the personality of the maid. hehe...maybe..my expectations are not too high as long as they do their job well, safety with my kids are met, cooking, cleaning okay and honest..i am okay. My husband will always point the questions back to me...if I am the maid..how will I feel.. I believe if you are a good employer they will know, that was why after my 2nd phinoy went off to work for ang moh, kept on smsing me saying miss us..want to see my boys etc...
Some maids also capable to \"add fume onto fire\"My ex Phil maid cried n put on innocent face,when she saw my DH.Then my DH always reprimanded me of being harsh to her. -
My idiotic hubby told me to be nice to maids...or else get charged in court...asked him if he is nuts to think his wife bashes maids :spank: . As a SAHM, my focus is on kids...I set a timetable for every maid who comes along...wake up at 6am for 2 weeks, teach and explain what they have to do and that's it...auto pilot. Then from time to time spot check. With maids, I close 1 eye bcos they cost a lot to maintain...why should I get upset and then have to send them off...who suffers, not him but ME.
I don't have a good feel for Filipino maids. Most of them think they are more upmarket and choose expat/angmoh families. When I had indon maids, I enjoyed Indonesian dishes at home...down side is they don't eat pork and that can be inconvenient. -
I have yet to try Indon maid...hope I don't need to as keeping my finger cross that my current Burmese maid will work for me long time
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