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st2:

I suppose maids from hell are agent's darlings!!!!!If not, agents will turn them into a transfer happy maid to milked them and then ask them to wise up and work for the 4 or 5th employer or just send them packing back to kampong then..........


Good maids stay for 2 years contract to 1st employer and then renew contract. The agent never gets to earn another $ from her ever...EVER!!!!

!?!?!?!?!?!!?

Hi,

Depending on the business model of the agency, some prefer those as you mentioned \"maids from hell\", some prefer to have good maids.

Like what you said, for the first type which is to keep transferring them as the maximum amount an agency can get from a new maid and transfer maid is the same. Hence, they often open their shops in places like Katong Shopping Centre, Bukit Timah Shopping Centre or Hougang Green, (basically places full of agencies) to increase their visibility by lining up the maids within their premises or asking them to pretentiously clean the place or even get a fake baby to do role playing, sometimes you see the maids sit on the wheelchair to be pushed by another maid to simulate elderly care. As many employers like to window shop for maids around these places, hence a face to face interview will most definitely help the maid to get a new employer fairly quickly.

There is also the second type, that you mentioned maids who fully complete their contract and renew contract again and again. Indeed, the agency involved is not able to get money from the maid but on hindsight, will this maid not be living advertisement for the agency?

Friends, family and acquaintances, will be enquiring. Is it pure luck or is it the effort by the agency?

There are always both sides to a coin. There are bad and good agencies around, just need some time to differentiate them.

Thank you

Mr Soon

bluebellas:

Hi, wonder if anyone can help me. Due to personal reasons, I'm thinking to transfer my maid out. I want to help her save on the agent fees, so thinking to do direct transfer. I have a prospective employer on hand. Can anyone tell me what are the steps involved? Is it new employer just have to buy insurance and apply for work permit at MOM website?

Hi,

Agency is not allowed to take from maid if it is direct hire case.

The new employer would need your full name to do the application, upon approval then get insurance.

Thank you

Mr Soon

niuma:

Hi, need advice for my myanmar maid. My maid is early 20, has many friends, don't save money, looks like she is here to enjoy life.


She agreed to not have hp when I hired her, but just one week after she came, start asking for hp and kept raising it. I said if your work is good I will agree, let's see for 3 mth. So on the 4th mth, she has a nokia phone (not smart phone). But since she got the phone, things all changed. She is addicted to it, carry it all the day even when she is working. Even make calls when she is on the way to pick up my DS from school, so dangerous! That day I scold her, she show me black face, said she wanted to go back to agency. But very soon she changed mind, said sorry and wanted to continue.

Now tonight, 1 mth after she got her phone, she told me she wanted to buy another samsung smart phone. I don't know how to take it...definitely I won't give her internet access, but my neighbour in the same block never set their wi-fi password, so if my maid gets a smart phone, she will have 'free' access to wi-fi. How do I handle this? Thanks a lot.

Hi,

For Myanmar helpers, very often, they use internet mainly for Viber (Internet Application like WhatsApp or Skype) to call back to their country if not to keep in touch with their friends in Myanmar.

Internet is a double edge sword. It can help and harm.

I believe it is important to spend time understanding them rather than restricting.

Thank you

Mr Soon

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trimummy:

Faithmaidagency:

im indonesian chinese... who already convert to singapore citizen 6 years ago...

im a new maid agency in singapore.....
im interest join this member as i see so many post about maids...
im specialist in indonesian maid currently as is easy for me to handle as i speak the maids languange.
brief info about me is MY MAIN BUSINESS IS MOBILE PHONE SHOP AT CITY PLAZA (already 12 years)
(for info city plaza is the old building opposite paya lebar MRT which most indonesian maid will go there on their off day)
i have been seen maid character thousands time through this 12 years.
i have been offered by view singapore family member to do this MAID AGENCY BUSINESS but like most parents here i used to scared when think about maid.
and also i didt want to do the business cos i was thinking i dont want to do human trade.

but i decide to went to the business is when have one of the maid having a chit chat when she waiting the phone being service = \"she said mem why dont u be agent so u can find us good employer\"

from there suddenly my mind is being tick..... and i do some survey to my singaporean shops customer....
about how if i being an agent will u trust me to take a maid from my company... most of the customer say of course cos u can speak the languange and u been seen maid for so long in singapore in ur phone shop .

my company is an INDONESIAN EMBASSY ACCREDITED.

MY POINT to join here is to answer most parents question about some rules & regulation abouts maids and agent....i dont try to sell to all the mummies here...

AND I SEE MANY OF THE POSTED HERE IS AROUND DIRECT HIRED which is not using an agent.... i have the latest article from INDONESIAN EMBASSY that is not allow maid & employer to use direct hired without application through agent.

please check my company name
SIMPANG TIGA MOBILE PTE LTD (in acra 6 years as old company taken by ex hus SIMPANG TIGA MOBILE)

FAITH MAID AGENCY PTE LTD

phone 68414178
faith.netmaid.com.sg

Hi,

If direct hire is not allowed then why a few of my ex-maids boast to me that they can come to singapore without agent and without paying agent fees? Said they have lobang for that kind of jobs?

Then shouldn't the Indon govt be more strict in controlling the exit of such maids? I think the Indon gift should be more strict so that these maids will not suka suka tell lies to break contract and go home then within 1 or 2 weeks come back to Singapore to work for another employer.

Anyway, my no.1 question would be why are the new maids so problematic? Sorry ah, I'm dying to know... :idea:

Hi,

Direct hire is indeed not allowed. Legally, if the ex-singapore maids were to come to Singapore, they will need to go through a training centre and this results in another round of bank finance scheme. Hence, to escape this, more often than so, the ex-singapore maid will attempt to enter Singapore on their own if not assisted. Indonesia government's aim is to keep tabs on their people just in case accident happens and their immediate family member is to be contacted.

If you were to ask about problematic, I guess it all boils down to their expectations (what they were told before they came and the actual reality), also another main point is external influence (of course it would be the negative ones either by fellow helpers if not their boyfriends).

There will always be some agency who in midst of their busy schedule, did not spend time synchronizing expectation. My FC maid agency spend more time on the expectation part as we believe that there is no one expectation that can fit all families. Each household is unique by its own and to cherish what they are given rather than only focusing on the negativity.

Hope this shed some light in your doubts, this of course is my little view on this industry.

Yours Sincerely,
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Hi


Ex sin Myanmar maid with 2 years experiences is asking like monthly salary $500 with 2 off days.That is $540 every month.

Is this considered ex?

With the current market, there are some who are asking $550 with 2 days off or even $600 with weekly off even.

huaywenandkenneth:

Does anyone have a English-Burmese instructions for new maids from Myanmar to share? Worried about the incoming new maid English level - I had looked around the internet/forums and all are for English-Indonesian.


Thanks in advance.

You can prepare a set of instructions. Let the maid agency help you convey to them, as they usually have ways to communicate with them.
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We are a maid agency.

http://www.FCmaids.com

miu0075:

Hi, my indo maid ask for transfer as she is always giddy if travel far. I am Malaysian and needs to always travel to Malaysia, so now looking for new maid.


My agent highly recommend Myammar maid because ;

1. free replacement, if take indo, needs pay another $600++
2. Can work without off day, indo maid now majority want at least a day off

My 2 kids are all in secondary school and my mum staying with me. My mum is fit and will do the cooking. Maid will just need to handle housekeeping.

All the while take indo maid as my mum can speak Malay. But since my previous maid left after with us 5 years, the last 2 maids both with attitude problem.

first maid ask for transfer because wanted to work at private house, i m living in HDB.
second maid which current maid, complaint travelling make her giddy and always talk back to my mum and ignore my mum even see her climbing high to take items.

Agent said Myammar maid only language problem but with good attitude, so i m keen but now my worries are the Myammar maid and my mum, will chicken and duck talk, then during the normal days, only the 2 at home, how to communicate ?

I have spent close to 1k for last replacement, if get indo maid again, another 1k and no guarantee will get good one, so is it a good idea to try out Myammar since is free replacement ?

Need advise, thanks..

If you get Myanmar maid, you will need to apply Visa for her to enter Malaysia.

Wellif you get Myanmar maid, just need to make sure if she has a english to myanmar dictionary. At least writing, for you, will be the initial form of communication.

Free is not usually that free, though no admin fee but it usually involves certain costs like insurance, SIP and application and issuance fee.

(I am from a maid agency which specialize in Myanmar maids)

http://www.FCmaid.com.sg/

Sailove:

Please let me know of a good reasonable agency. Someone mentioned about an agency charging $600. May I know the agency name. Thanks.

Which country's maid are you looking at?

For Myanmar maids, you can go to

http://www.FCmaid.com.sg

straffan23:

avo7007:

[quote=\"Hiaweh\"]The option to compensate them for their off days is whether the employer need them or not on their off days. If not I don't see y employers should compensate even if employer willing to give off days.

I am confuse about situation whereby my help want to stay home and work, and I want her to go out and play. What is the guideline?

This is my situation - my maid has one official off-day per month. When the new ruling was announced, she told me she will take the money (not the leave). To which I told her, I don't need her on weekends. She is free to take the leave... in the end she decided to stay home and keep to her once-a-month off-days... (no compensation).[/quote]Contract done before the new ruling will remain in force until it finishes.