Hello,


We are looking for a myanmar maid (with experience) by June’13.

Does any of you has good and reliable maid agency to recommand ?

Nowadays due to the restriction of incoming maids, many maid agencies in Singapore are using the same origin agent therefore maid biodatas are share among them.

Tamama:

Hi all, I am new to here. Want to ask for all your opinion about my maid's salary.

My maid is finishing her very first contract with us this December. This is her first job experience in singapore. I have asked her if she would like to continue to work. She said she doesn't want to stay with us but go to get a new employer. She is expecting she can earn $800 a month.
I know that it's very reasonable to have a increase salary if we renew her contract so I have prepared to give her a rise from her recent salary ($400) to $480. She is having 4 days off a month and would be no change if she renews with us.
But when she told me she is asking $800 it really make my chin dropped :yikes: and I have to swallowed my words that I planned to say.
May I know if $800 reasonable price for a two yr experience helper? :?
What should I do? :?

Your helper must be daydreaming. :stupid:
May I know which nationality is she ?

Any kind soul out there who has the latest (Year 2012) Hong Kong Map to giveaway ?

briskcross:

Can I find out what the procedure is like for application....after the agency applies on our behalf, how long do we normally wait before approval is given. And thereafter what other steps are there? I'm applying for transfer maid. Thanks.

I took less than a week.

simplejan:

Hi all, I am having maid-blues now.


My current maid wants to return to indo suddenly (like she just told me on sunday!) and would not tell us why. she just came for like 3 weeks. i called the agency and the person in charge is not in sg till wed! OMG!

anyone got experience what to do in this case? also any more reliable maid agencies to recommend? very frustrating!!!

Hi simplejan,

I used to be in the same situation as you. On the first day when our previous maid step into our house she started to have homesick, she cried to us (including my daughter) everyday. Until the 3rd day, I'm damn flared up and sent her back to the agency. At that moment, the maid agency doesn't have any replacement maid and we were so lost. Both my husband and I are working, we need a maid to take care of our kids. We went around sourcing for a maid for almost a month and thank god we found our current maid (who was a transfer maid from another agency). That 1 month was like hell to us.

From my point of view, what you can do now is BUY TIME. Persuade her to stay with you for the time being until you found a new maid. Once the PIC from the agency is back, refer your situation to him/her. Demand for a replacement maid if you are entitled to. I believe the agency won't allow the maid to return home until she has settle her loan (do not reveal to the maid in case she create havoc at your place). Unless you don't mind to forgo your monies (eg. Agency Fee, Maid Loan.....etc.), you may wish to go around other agencies to source for other transfer maid in case your agency doesn't have any.

There are no so-called reliable maid agency in Singapore. It all depend on your luck. I personally prefer Transfer Maid due to I can interview her face to face and ensure she can fulfil all my requirements before I pick her.

Good Luck ~

minnie2004:

Hi hquek,


I know it's v dangerous that she's disclosing so much info about us to strangers. I told my MIL and she thinks we shud fire her ASAP. But she also has her own thoughts that I can handle everything w/o a maid. But the truth is, we do need a maid else I wont have enough time for my kids. We tried using a part time Filipino maid before and she turned out stealing from us. On the other hand, i really don't feel comfortable keeping her if she keeps posting comments abt us and disclosing our private info online.

Is she just being innocent? Shud we warn her and give her another chance before firing her? She does need us to be her steppingstone to go to Europe to work as she has friends there who can find jobs for her. Our agreement was she worked for us for 2 years and we'll let her go (she's been w us about 1.5 year already). If we send her back now, it'll be hard for her to come out again, work for another half year for free to pay off her loans again, before she can go out and make big $$$.

If you are thinking of giving her a second chance, I would suggest you to speak to her. Tell her your thoughts and if she continue to FB then its time for you to make decision. We too rely a lot on our maid but you mustn't let her know that she is indispensable to prevent her taking you for granted.

I heard of lotsa maids dreaming to work in Europe and they had even wasted so much money just to work there. Seriously, my helper is one of them. During her 1st year with us, I even found lotsa of newspaper cut out in her cabinet. Afterwhich, she decided to drop her dream and renew her contract with us due to :-

Case 1 - 3 years ago our helper heard from our friend's maid applying to work in Europe, due to the maid had been applying and paying the local agency but still no news therefore the maid had decided to renew her contract with our friends. She was been sent home a few months ago due to misconduct.

Case 2 - Our neighbour's helper (on her 1st day of work with her employer) immediately start to source around for agency which can help her apply job in Europe. After sourcing for 1 1/2 year still cannot manage to find an agency which can get her a job in Europe. In the end, she give up and plan to renew her contract with the employer. Unfortunately, she cannot get along well with the Ah Ma therefore the employer find an excuse to transfer her to another employer.

Case 3 - Personnal Experience by our neighbourhood maid. Due to her daughter is working in Canada therefore she spent around SGD3000.00 (remit directly to an agency in Canada) just to go over there to be with her daughter. She waited and waited but to no avail. Hence, she gave up and now working as a caregiver.

Since you had mentioned that the maid is treating you as a stepping stone then why should you be bother whether can she find a job if she was been sent home ? Even though you want to renew her, do you think she will put effort in her job ? Nowadays Maid are smart due to too much exposure therefore please do not let her take you for granted.

I feel that the problem lies in \"Lack of Communication\".


According to our friends who seldom cook at home, almost everyday they will (maid included) settle their lunch and dinner in restaurants. Basically the maid only has to assist the ma'am to take care of 2 kids and tidying up the house (mansionette). When the Maid's Birthday, they will bring her to a restaurant for celebration and even bought her gift (eg. $200 Guess Watch :yikes: ). What more can the maid ask for right ? Since she is leading a \"good life\" with her employer.

Well........ We are WRONG ! :whut:

When we visited our friend's place with our helper, our friend's maid complained a lot to our helper. Saying her employer (our friends) went out for sumptous meal without her, her ma'am is picky / fussy and stingy, always reprimand her......etc. We were puzzled. What went wrong ? Our conclusion is \"Lack of Communication\".

Our helper is all alone in an unfamiliar country. We are like her family member, she is relying on us. When she is depress, who can she turn to ? Her friends ? Most of the family I heard/saw does not allow their helper to chat with their \"friends\". Do you think the helper will pour their woes to us ? Definitely yes. But only until you had gained their trust. Some families with maid are always struggling in between RESTRICTION or FREEDOM. However, I always emphasize \"DISCIPLINE\" to my helper. Occasionally I will remind her of \"Self-Discipline\". Fortunately, we are still in a good relationship :xedfingers:

I believe once a while we have to sit down and chit chat with our helper to listen to their needs. It doesn't has to be long, at least 15mins out of your busy schedule is enough. Just to show them at least we care for them. :hugs:

If Indo government continue their nonsense, I’m afraid those Indonesian Maids have to stay at home and shake leg.


In another way also good for them because those Indonesian Maids I met come to Singapore only to enjoy life.

Totally disgusted !! :mad: :mad: :mad:


http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Crime/Story/A1Story20110713-288953/3.html