All About Full-Time Maids

[Karl12]

Anyone of u install cameras at home?

I heard that we need to inform the maid before hand rite?
I guess most of us are like me, no one at home durign the day apart from the maid? My kid is in full day childcare. will only be bac at 5pm. I will be home at 7pm.

So far, amg my frns with maids, seems that 2/3 of them install camera, and they can see what the maid is doing from their PC! One of them even told me from iphone can see!
Amazing.

[shine_fs]

peapot:

I also give my maid kaya, butter, nutella, peanut butter or jam with a loaf of bread every week. This way you will not have to crack your brain what to buy for breakfast everyday. Sometimes I noticed she fried egg and wrap with bread.


I also buy coffee and biscuit for her. This is for her snack time.

I just want to check normally what time does your maid \"knock off\" from work everyday. Mine everyday 8.30pm she will be in her room. And she still complain my Hse too big??!!

Mine knock off at 9pm, she will be in her room reading bible and she also complain can't handle. Previous maid can worked until midnite no complain. Why can't she(the new maid) handle when she is free at 9pm?

[moonee]

shine_fs:

Dnls_mum:

[quote=\"moonee\"]Just wanted to know, do u supply yr maid peanut butter, butter or jam for bread in the morning all the way till her contract ends? or do allow yr maid to share yr jam or peanut butter, milo etc.?

Why need to separate? :? My maid eats what we eat. We do not treat her like a pariah. She is part of the family.

Hi there,

I do supply peanut butter, butter, Kaya and 3-in-1 coffee to my maid too.[/quote]
Pariah? Of course we should not treat them like pariahs! Do u always relate maids to pariahs? They are humans like us!

[autumnbronze]

We have always treated our maids like family.


But we do purchase stuff separately for her like sugar, jam, biscuits because of differing tastes. The other reason is because they/she tend to use quite a lot of sugar and butter, I cannot afford to stock up on Lurpak butter or brown sugar for her. I also cannot afford to let her use the Nespresso cuz she drinks up to 3 cups of coffee sometimes!! So I get her the Nescafe.

As it is, as an example, she consumes the homemade bread most of the time but I am not complaining. Other than that, she eats everything we eat on the dinner table, including cod fish and salmon.

I don't think that buying separately for the maid entails her being regarded as a pariah. One needs to look at the bigger scheme of things.

My 2 cents

[nms1]

autumnbronze:

We have always treated our maids like family.


But we do purchase stuff separately for her like sugar, jam, biscuits because of differing tastes. The other reason is because they/she tend to use quite a lot of sugar and butter, I cannot afford to stock up on Lurpak butter or brown sugar for her. I also cannot afford to let her use the Nespresso cuz she drinks up to 3 cups of coffee sometimes!! So I get her the Nescafe.

As it is, as an example, she consumes the homemade bread most of the time but I am not complaining. Other than that, she eats everything we eat on the dinner table, including cod fish and salmon.

I don't think that buying separately for the maid entails her being regarded as a pariah. One needs to look at the bigger scheme of things.

My 2 cents

We are similar. I buy 3-in-1 coffee for my maid as she is the only one who drinks it. Other than that she will eat whatever we eat unless it is something she doesn't like in which case she usually eats something left over from the previous meal.

She will help herself to a biscuit or something in the afternoon or when she is giving the children a snack. If myself or my mother-in-law buy cakes, buns or that kind of thing we will usually buy for her as well.

[autumnbronze]

nms1:

autumnbronze:

We have always treated our maids like family.


But we do purchase stuff separately for her like sugar, jam, biscuits because of differing tastes. The other reason is because they/she tend to use quite a lot of sugar and butter, I cannot afford to stock up on Lurpak butter or brown sugar for her. I also cannot afford to let her use the Nespresso cuz she drinks up to 3 cups of coffee sometimes!! So I get her the Nescafe.

As it is, as an example, she consumes the homemade bread most of the time but I am not complaining. Other than that, she eats everything we eat on the dinner table, including cod fish and salmon.

I don't think that buying separately for the maid entails her being regarded as a pariah. One needs to look at the bigger scheme of things.

My 2 cents

We are similar. I buy 3-in-1 coffee for my maid as she is the only one who drinks it. Other than that she will eat whatever we eat unless it is something she doesn't like in which case she usually eats something left over from the previous meal.

She will help herself to a biscuit or something in the afternoon or when she is giving the children a snack. If myself or my mother-in-law buy cakes, buns or that kind of thing we will usually buy for her as well.

:hi5:

She is also allowed to choose what she wants to order regardless whether we are at a food court or at a high end restaurant.

[peapot]

I think for food most of the family members will not mind sharing food. I don’t think S’porean employers are "ke pou". My Chinese Han Yu pin ying is terrible. I hope you know what I mean.


I haven’t come across any friends I know of that starve their maid. So sometimes I do doubt what maid say about not having enough to eat.

[autumnbronze]

I have to say though that this is my 2nd maid. I am not counting the earlier ones as they stayed for less than 3 mths. The one before this stayed for 4 years and left to get married. She trained this one before leaving.


However, although she has a calm temperament, doesn't show black face and is obedient, her hygiene needs to be improved and she lacks initiative on most accounts, meaning after 1 mth plus, there are still many things I need to remind her of. She has white lied a few times which I am working upon now. This one, I have to watch her like a hawk, do double and triple checking, either verbally or physically when it comes to her work.

I am not inclined to return her to the agency because she likes my boys and treat them well. As for her white lies and hygiene, I am working on them by trying to understand her psych. I will share my experiences when I have the time. I am looking at the bigger picture, if I get a replacement, she may not take to my boys and may have demands. So far, this one is
quite reticent. But, I will have to wait until after her 3 months loan is up to see if she shows me her true colours.

[autumnbronze]

peapot:

I think for food most of the family members will not mind sharing food. I don't think S'porean employers are \"ke pou\". My Chinese Han Yu pin ying is terrible. I hope you know what I mean.


I haven't come across any friends I know of that starve their maid. So sometimes I do doubt what maid say about not having enough to eat.

Not all.

This is from the horses' mouth.

My MIL's tuition student was so amazed that she (the maid) ate together with us. He commented that in his house, most of the time their maids eat leftovers or maggie.

I am not here on a crusade to defend maids. I have had problems with them too. But rather, I am saying it as I see it.

My 2 cents

[peapot]

Also please note all maids are different. Example like my current indo maid who pray 5 times a day will not eat anything that has no HALah certification. This means all my seasoning are HALah and the chicken must also be HALah if not she won’t eat! Sometimes I forgot and buy the wrong type of chicken. Does this mean I m a employer that starve maid???!! So I really think must understand and hear from employer before listening to the maid.