POA Teacher:Kokomommy:The same agent who place the maids cannot transfer on the maid's request.
Don't agree with you here.
If the agent can't transfer the maid:
(1) the employer will surely be unable to get a replacement maid from the agent. Worse still, what about the loan?
(2) you will get more of those agents that deal with transfers only.
The same agent cannot transfer based on the maid's request. But can do so on employer's request. Rationale, maid agency will encourage them to stay. Some agents bring them in without screening the needs and wants of the employers and maids, so on the maid's slightest unhappiness request, they are very happy to transfer for the maids and find you a lousy or no replacement. With my suggestion, at least the main agent (one of the whole nation's agents) will stand by employer. Now, nil agent will stand by employers! Then the agencies will come out with rules that their own source of maids will stay at least 2 years! If not, they are blacklisted. The agents are all money faced! And the maid agency seems to be the only ones that our maids fear the most! Maybe of the loves one back homes.
No matter what, now with the MOM's lapse on policies on transfer and pro-maids and anti employers, there are agencies who only do transfer and there are agents who do not replace you free maids even with black and white contract.
Think in business sense, you think the agents will give you a A1 maid for replacements? U get rejected maids with bogus reasons as replacement maids. Or you wait 2-4 weeks or longer again lor...All good maids biodatas are send to new employers lah. So i never get my replacement maid from the same agent understanding their mentality from my view. What i lose is the few hundreds to $1k of new maid agent fee, but i get better quality services from new agents. If you wait for replacment, 80% of us will get shit services or even worst maids from them.
BTW, the agencies are also happy that for replacements, you end up choosing new maids (mostly those C class types for majority, sometimes there are lucky ones for minority) from their countries and you wait 2-4 weeks, becos the chances is 6/10 the new replacement maid will transfer in a few months time and they have new business again while already earn 2-6 months salaries from the new C class replacement maid :evil: