invigo79
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I dont allow my maid to carry HPDo you all give your helper handphone?
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I dont allow my maid to carry HPDo you all give your helper handphone?
Is ur maid v young?
I recently hired one to take care of baby.
She’s a transf maid, transferred twice within a short period. Was skeptical initially but decided to try
Indon and speak zero English. I have to speak Bahasa to her
Pros:
- willing to take care of baby at night
- cooks well
- obedient, not rude and generally smiley
- easy going. Don’t demand to eat good food or need to have handphone etc
Cons:
- stupid (not trying to be mean but even she herself keep saying and know she is)
- slow (learn things slow, do things also slow)
- can be stubborn at times
There are a few times I’m pissed and almost wanted to send her back. But I’m thinking good maids hard to find also.. sighs
For me, I’m easy going and not fierce at all. Lol. I don’t like to scold people, so usually my mom do the scolding.
I treat her w respect and always Ensure that her basic needs are met. I frequently buy her things (food or essentials like tooth brush, clothes, undergarments etc).
She is appreciative and said she’s very happy working w me. Prob also cos her ex employers treated her quite badly and both transf her within a few months.
Just for sharing since my family changed maids quite often:
maid X - gave wifi password. Has 4-5 hps because we restrict her hp usage to lunch and dinner only. Keep buying new phones to hide from us and use during the day. End up keep talking on the phone during chores.
maid Y - gave phone + wifi pw. Addicted to phone. Keep video-calling her family after we gave her the wifi password. Constantly glued to the phone and seldom take initiative to do chores. Mom also caught her trying out our clothes and taking selfies with them...
maid Z - no free phone no free wifi password. Best result - maid using the phone now and then and only using when she can (during her free time).
How do U treat your maid? Fierce? Friendly? Firm and strict?
Do you draw a line between employer and maid?
Do you all give your helper handphone?
I treat her in a friendly manner but of coz there is a boundary. I let her know my expectations on her first day of work and she has been following it since.
How do U treat your maid? Fierce? Friendly? Firm and strict?
Do you draw a line between employer and maid?
What is one of the few agency to go to?
to all experts and owners,
is there such a rule where if the maid less drawn from her ex-employer is $600, i need to follow suit? i recently change a new maid and was surprised there is such ruling. She is an Indo btw.
You can't afford $600 ?
Be kind.. not everyone is as rich as u..
Do you all give your helper handphone?
Really need to do a reality check.
Can't even afford $600, what will happened to the maid ?
When my helper first came 9 years ago, I gave her a handphone to carry whenever she goes out with my kids or go to out to run errands but I didn't let her keep the phone for personal use. She could use my home phone to call home with her own top up card.
Of course when she first arrived in my home, I let her call her family (i paid for the phone charges) to inform them that she has arrived safely.
When she had enough money, she bought her own handphone but I told her no chatting on the phone during working hours.
On and off I top up her SIM card.
She has been with me for 9 years.