Beware of Spring Helper Consultancy in the East, at Roxy Plaza. This maid agent is extremely cunning & money minded, who is only keen to transfer helpers for extra profit at the expense of the employer who had suffered so much monetary loss in engaging their poor quality of helpers. This agent failed to practise what’s stated in the employment contract, the clause where a helper needs to give 30 days’ notice in lieu of payment if she decides to terminate the contract early. As I failed to remember this clause during my negotiation with the agent, (since I signed the contract way back in April), they took advantage of my carelessness by cunningly remaining silent about it until I naively authorised the transfer of the helper to a new employer. It was only after the transfer was done, I remembered about this clause, but the agent refuses to refund me the notice sum. If this is a responsible agent, they would have notified me about this clause during our negotiation, since the agreement was drafted by the agent themselves, (for the employment contract between helper & me). By right, the agent is representing both the employer & the helper, so they must be non-bias towards any party, yet this agent is very pro helper. Because with every successful transfer, there is more profits to reap. The whole negotiation session really opens my eyes to see how this agent bend themselves backwards in giving in to the helper just for the extra profit, without considering the plight of the employer’s loss of a large sum of money in hiring a helper from them who only worked 4 days with me! Avoid this scheming agent at all cost!! Just to add on, their POEA processing fee is way higher than average quoted by many other agencies. I made the mistake of not doing research for comparison before engaging this agent. So be careful there might be hidden costs in their fees schedule. On the surface, their service fee seems reasonable, but in reality, extra costs may be hidden in other charges. The painful lesson I learnt here is before transferring a helper, make sure u scrutinise every clause of the contract, else cunning agent like this one takes advantage of unsuspecting customers.

ksks:

Just opened mailbox. 2 rejections from NJC and DHS but luckily 1CO from TJC!

So DHS letter (possibly rejection one) is in!

Ksks, May I know which domain your child is with TJC? Thanks

Shuongbaoma, ur DC is amazing! Many thanks for ur humble sharing. Dunno what the school’s looking for, some say need an all rounder, while some got CO with no awards/comp certs/leadership /CCA. Sigh, all I know is it’s been a stressful journey for both child n me as this our first time but nonetheless, a good character building experience for us. All d best to ur DC, hugs xx

Any parent receive TJC offer yet? School said they hv sent out snail mail

Any parents receive CO from TJC? Pls update us if u had. Am still waiting anxiously. Last yr’s forum i understand their CO were given out via snail mail only on Aug 28 & 29.

laughingcat:

Harrychew:

[quote=\"May MLWong\"]Some schools require higher than 200 for cop, ours require 220. Best is still check w the school

Not possible that school can override MOE policy. DSA cut off is set at HQ level to prevent schools from gaming the system. Likely the teacher is trying to \"scare\" the kid to study hard for psle and not slack off after getting CO.

My thoughts as well. Maybe mis-interprete as 220 is the school COP at PSLE level not by DSA level.[/quote]No didn’t misinterprete. Is an IP school n I got the info from an admin staff, not w admissions ppl though.. so I just take it as what was conveyed

Some schools require higher than 200 for cop, ours require 220. Best is still check w the school

Parent C, no harm asking the school what’s their min COP. I asked our school on the day my kid went for interview so we can make informed choice. Schools differ on their min cop so it’s best to check w d school. All d best!

Lukeymummy Congrats & thanks for sharing, Appreciate it! Hope other parents here can share their schools’ results in the next week or so, don’t hv to go in detail if u aren’t comfortable. No offence as we are here for peer support :snuggles: sharing on successful CO but not sharing which school keeps many in suspense & worry. Like lukeymummy, pls just share which school’s results are out will suffice, that wll help many of us here to either wait or to move on. Cheers :hugs:

Lukeymummy Congrats & thanks for sharing, Appreciate it! Hope other parents here can share their schools’ results in the next week or so, don’t hv to go in detail if u aren’t comfortable. No offence as we are here for peer support :snuggles: sharing on successful CO but not sharing which school keeps many in suspense & worry. Like lukeymummy, pls just share which school’s results are out will suffice, that wll help many of us here to either wait or to move on. Cheers :hugs: