DesertWind:

Yesterday my mother's maid called me to say she wanted to go home. Reason being her father in hospital and want to see her. She said she wants to go home on Tuesday ie. tomorrow.

Since she only with us for 9 months and have not finished her contract, didn't know exactly what should be done so told her I will call the agent and check.
Today I told her to call the agent directly to tell them she wants to go home.
She just now told me her agent said no money and have not finished her contract cannot go home. So now she said she will continue to work for us.
She told me no need to call the agent anymore. She think her father should be fine now and will send back money if need be.
???

haha sounds like the girl try pull a fast one lor.

missbluey:

Littlefly:

Just coz some employers don't give maids off-days do not make us lousy employers. i think it is very much on a individual needs basis between employer/employee and not broad based stereotyping.

super LIKE this!

hard decisions; give off day so she can go out n let off steam , find somone to talk to.
mine always comment money so fast finish. buy whitening body lotion, hair dye ( i act stupid the morning i saw her coloured hair - ask if she had been eating properly as her hair colour appear to be due to malnutrition), perfume, hair iron - the type salon use when they do long straight hair, change handphone (2 in six mths) n must have spend quite a bit on hp topup. i noticed new colourful bras, wallet and shoulder bag. six mths of savings totalled $240(wages $2280) - n still try to take back saying family needs money urgently. but i refuse to give her. a friend advise me to hold some of her savings in case she really become 'uncontrollable' n has to be send back - money to pay for airticket. haiz, this girl no brain - spend all she holds

if i can have another go, my rules will be : NO HP, one off day only, will help her open bank acc to save all her wages - $100 allowance every 3 mths.

Did you pay for your maid’s course or she pay herself ? does she get a day off every week in her contract already ? if not, then she really not appreciate. Maybe better to let her go if she wants to… rather risking pests breeding in your house! :!:[/quote]

course is free, held at hyatt hotel function room every sunday afternoon.

Littlefly:

I heard from my mum that her friend's new Indo maid who just arrived for 1 week is only paid $380 with no off-days.


We pay ours at $440 and that is after negotiation with my agent who asked for $480 for a start. I thought with higher pay, my maid will shorten her loan period but no leh, it is still 8mths.

My friends Phil maids are only getting the range of $350-370 with no off days too and theirs are hired a few month ahead of us. So i guess its really up to the agency we go to.

we should pay the range we are comfortable. until the maid has proven herself, then consider increment.
mine start 380 with 2 sundays off from oct 2010. since jan, attend sunday class (indo system- high school), now off every sunday 11.00-6.00pm.
but felt maid not appreciative of this freedom. now day in day out thinkg of her study. and she had unlearnt my 6 mths training. :rant:
so busy/lazy that she throw her sweets, biscuits wrappers in the drawer in her own room, spread 2 packets of mothballs under the mattress, in the drawers (tellme smell nice) :stupid: warn her that if i can still find wrappers thrown in the drawers, i will take back the room and she can sleep in the living room. i had spend $100 for pest control to chase the cocroach before this findings.
(my family of 5, youngest 8yrs old)
this am, saw her reading her old contract, haiz, learning her rights, want to give up and be maidless.
:x i work long hours to pay for housing n i dont get to enjoy the house. and have a maid to drive me up the wall :rant:

sleepy:

My wmf pot has brownish stain at the bottom (inside) of the pot.


I bought it recently. Only used it to cook plain porridge twice.

The 1st time was ok. I noticed the brown stain the 2nd time round.

Any idea what causes it? Is it a defect? How to remove?

I use KLEEN KING CLEANER to polish. stainless steel pot shines.
cost below s$5 from ntuc

Littlefly:

madinked:

Actually the reason I let them have handphones is simple. They almost don't have a life here so it'll be nice to have a phone and they can at least communicate with friends. In the end she used the phone all the time. I had to step in a few times and stopped her. There were many times I stepped out of my room to see her in her room. When she saw me she would pretend to rearrange things. Despite warnings of keeping her phone, I'm reluctant to do I since it's her phone and she's 34 or so. I would think she has more self control than that.


As for off days I gave my maid cos she said she has relatives here. So I thought again it would be nice to be able to meet some people whom she can communicate easily and without restrictions. But in the end I think she went out to meet guys more than relatives.

Maybe you can tell her to use her phone at night -like after she finishes her work. Its the same when we work - our bosses also don't like if we have personal chats on the phone frequently on office hours. 34yrs should be mature and sensible enough :roll:

generally these girls are not taught to budget. my maid felt rich when she collect her pay of $380. remit for younger sister highschool edu $100 + 26charges (western union) phone card unlimited - top up all the time. buy buy buy fancy cheap useless stuff...... in 6mths, only save 280 with me, on my insistence, (50 a mth),
everymonth hometown sure got poor story n ask for more money. and maid said money so fast finish. for sure lah! as she felt so powerful dispensing her pay.
nag her every payday not to send more money home. she said her previous employer tell her that expensive things then good, so she buy from 7-11 toothpaste, tidbits, can drinks. ahhhhh