What if we would like to set up an online business but w/o capital ?

Hi,


How do I delete away my personal homepage or blog ?

kiasimom:

Hi fionong,


You are my idol...can tahan your maid for 1 1/2 years :!:

If me I will :x :x :x and send her packing :dowan:

bo bian leh..... we got no $$ to hire a new maid.

Hi Joy,


My first maid was from lampung. Not sure if all of them (from lampung) are the same but my first maid was a lazy person and live like a QUEEN during her 1 1/2 year with us. Following were her bad-comings.

1) She took nap when no one were at home. We didn't gave her permission to take nap.
2) She quarrelled with my dad very often. Extremely rude to my dad.
3) Everyday watched TV until 12am to 1am. Well...... most of the time she is sitting in the living room or bedroom watching TV.
4) Refuse to follow instruction.
5) When we were holding party at home, she is also having her own party with the other maids (my friends's maid). Well..... She is suppose to help out clearing all the dirty plates and cups or clean up the place but she didn't. In the end, mu husband and I were the ones cleaning up the house and clearing the mess.
6) Can't be bother to clean up the house. Our floor was so damn sticky & stink.
7) We have been very patient with her and even spent time teaching her how to cook chinese cuisine yet she insisted in cooking \"rojak\" for us.
8.) Impatient. When my children refuse to eat (in fact my kid need someone to feed her patiently), this maid simply hack care. Under her care, my girl went from bubbly to skinny.
9) Don't know if she is lazy. She can never remember all the tasks we told her to perform. Everyday we were asking her why this and that not done.
10) Pretend not to hear when we talked to her or simply ignore us.

Our 2nd maid was from Surabaya. Thumb Up for her. All of us (even our friends) feel that she can be a politician if she hold a higher qualification. She is very hardworking, cheerful, smart.....etc. However, she is the same as our 1st maid. Refuse to follow instruction. Ordering us around (maybe she is older than us). Take us for granted. Easily influence by other maid in our neighbourhood.

Above are only for your reference. Decision still lies in you.

Frankly speaking, not all the maids from the same province are the same. Recently, when we were searching for new maid (from filipino) and also our 1st time employing filipino maid. We will been informed by one of the maid agency to choose filipino maid from ILOILO, Philippines as all the maids there are hardworking. Not true loh. This is one of the review for maid from ILOILO -> http://singaporemaidcomments.blogspot.com/2009/02/evangeline-reubal-dillo-filipino.html

I would say right now employing maid are all depending on our luck.

Good luck in your maid searching !

Funz:

Yes, there has been lots of press on the number of preschool teachers required so that is one area that can be considered since there seem to be a shortage there.


The other one is the hotel and service industry. With the opening of the IR, there is again a shortage of such personnels.

Thank you for your advise. I think I know what to do.

jedamum:

insider,
i read that the course is open for mid-professionals and fresh grads; do they typically welcome sahm back to the workforce via this route too?
can you share more about SDECCE too? TIA.

Basically, I did plan to take up courses on Early Childhood and understand \"Learning Capital\" is one of the reputable school for this course. I'm still considering whether to go for \"Learning Capital\" or \"Temasek Polytechnic\" (as it is nearby my place).

3Boys:

Pardon the straight talk and sorry if I once again strike a discordant tune....


fionong,
I think you might want to do a bit of personal reflection to see if indeed the employer had acted unfairly in this situation. If the company had to release staff due to a bad financial situation, are you surprised that they had chosen to release you over the other staff? How was your working relationship with your co-workers, did your frequent urgent leave create a bad situation for them? You mentioned that your colleague refused to give in on the annual leave request, was there some work tension?

In this kinds of situations, I think its not prudent to lay into any person or organisation without hearing both sides of the story. I said the same thing to my DW during a time she was having some issues with her boss, and she was far from happy with me, but one needs to be fair.

Having said that, it is of course your right to try and seek redress if you think that you have been unfairly treated, and MOM is probably your first port of call as is AWARE. Since both have declined to take up your case, it is some indication that perhaps there isn't a very strong one to begin with.

Good luck!

As what others had mentioned in this thread, \"Favourtism\" is hard to prove. No matter how I defend myself, I will still be at the losing end.

Frankly speaking, I took UL only when something happen to my kids (eg. fell down in the toilet, down with fever....etc.) There once I took UL because my maid are down with fever and suspect with H1N1.

My manager know it deep inside her heart that she favour my colleague more than the others, our sales personnel told her before.

As what I had mentioned, MOM stated on the net that we are required to work with the company for 3years and above in order to enjoy the Retrenchment Benefit. Hence, there are no ways which they will help me with the Retrenchment Benefit.

AWARE did not decline to help me but told me to seek legal advise.

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We generally encourage people to make a formal complaint at MOM. WE are currently in the process of re-visiting this issue and raising them to the various MP’s, as we are still seeing unfair dismissal come up quite regularly. We have a legal clinic once a month and you can book into this through our Helpline 1800 774 5935 (3-9.30pm).
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tamarind:

ooptimizer:

These things are very common in working life; it is very hard to prove favouritism, and as long as the manager or company did not commit any criminal act, it is quite impossible to get any redress.

I also had the same experience. I was told to leave the company after I put in so much hard work for 9 years. I was notified about 10 months ahead of time. I managed to find a job and I left without the retrenchment benefit. It took me a long time to get over the feeling of being hurt, I suffered insomnia for many months.

In my case, it is definitely a case of favouritism. Yes it is hard to prove. I told the idiot manager : \"Hardworking people are asked to leave, while stupid and lazy people stay behind.\" Those were the exact words I said to him.

Fionong,
I totally understand how you feel. When I was asked to leave the company 2 years ago, my situation was even worst, because my hubby also did not have a job at that time. But like ooptimizer wrote, you need to be strong and move on.

What is most important now is to look for a new job, not only in your existing field, but in all fields. I changed to a different field and I am much more happier now, even though I had to take a pay cut.

Your manager sounds like a totally horrible person to work with, you should be happy that you are no longer working for her. I know that it is difficult to find a suitable job. 2 years ago I sent out countless letters without any replies. But the economy should be improving now, keep an open mind when you look for jobs. You may be able to find an even better job.

When you look for MP, do ask him to help you look for a new job. I heard that MPs are very helpful (and powerful) in this aspect.

Thanks for your encouragement.
Apparently, I am working hard in job searching.
I managed to find out that \"Meet the People\" session at our District is on Every monday. Hope to see him next monday........

Hi All,


Thank you for your advise.

kiasimom,
All along I thought Tampines got only 1 MP. Our is Mr. Mah

Keroppi30,
According to MOM, we are required to work with the company for 3years and above in order to enjoy the Retrenchment Benefit.

Ooptimizer,
I agreed with you but I feel that 我不想死的不明不白.

Little M,
I am certainly discouraged as there are not a single job posting per day.

Keroppi30:

Hi fionong


Depending on your job nature and basic salary you may be able to seek help from MOM.

I had contacted MOM but I find that they are siding the Employer.

kiasimom:

Wait for the next one

Don't give up.

It is a monthly or yearly session ?