actually my ex-maid is working in hk now and i still keep v close contact with her. according to her, the working conditions in singapore are generally better than in hongkong. she had to literally shift her employer's belongings on a trolley when they moved house, which was not very near by.
do u think there could be a system where the employer's monthly income is proportionate to the amount that the maids get? if such is the case, maids can have the liberty beforehand to decide if they are willing to get that much. but the off-day thing- yeah, they should get more rights.
U all are lucky! All the maids i've had so far were horrible, my family changed maids 5 times before finally deciding not to hire a maid since 10 years ago. They either stole stuff, went crazy in the middle of the night or tried to run away.
Those maids in my condo are also quite irresponsible, there's one in charge of this retarded kid and she brings him to the gym, leaves him there and goes out with the other maids. In the end i've to end up looking out for him and if he gets injured i dunno how the maid's going to answer for it. Not that i want to be prejudiced but some of them are really irresponsible when their employers aren't around and god knows what they do at home sometimes. If u read the papers these few days there was this maid who went online and used her employer's profile to get to noe guys. WTF.
My aunt has quite a nice maid who's been with her family for close to 7 years though. I think good maids like these are far and few between.
I think good maids like these are far and few between.
Um, I don't think so. As you said, there will always be people who are irresponsible and even dishonest, but there are many hardworking individuals out there and they deserve credit. It's a tough job.
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do u think there could be a system where the employer's monthly income is proportionate to the amount that the maids get? if such is the case, maids can have the liberty beforehand to decide if they are willing to get that much. but the off-day thing- yeah, they should get more rights.
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Those maids in my condo are also quite irresponsible, there's one in charge of this retarded kid and she brings him to the gym, leaves him there and goes out with the other maids. In the end i've to end up looking out for him and if he gets injured i dunno how the maid's going to answer for it. Not that i want to be prejudiced but some of them are really irresponsible when their employers aren't around and god knows what they do at home sometimes. If u read the papers these few days there was this maid who went online and used her employer's profile to get to noe guys. WTF.
My aunt has quite a nice maid who's been with her family for close to 7 years though. I think good maids like these are far and few between.
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Um, I don't think so. As you said, there will always be people who are irresponsible and even dishonest, but there are many hardworking individuals out there and they deserve credit. It's a tough job.
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