I have not ask her if she wants to continue but I am having doubt to let her renew... I can slowly see bad habits sticking deep into her behavior... she is known for lazy but I am alright with it as long as she take good care of the child... but as the child grow bigger, I think our priority changes as well... I have been encouraging her to read and play more "intellect" stuff with my girl instead of everyday watch TV. But she is not taking my instruction well... I can live with it as it was not expected her to take care of my girl like a teacher... but main reason for her not doing so is 1 word... LAZY.... she rather watch TV... everyday from 1pm to 3pm she will watch TV when my mum is watching... She can even sing the song from the drama! OMG rite...
Then she never use those free time to help out to clean my mum place... maybe because we never enforce the action in the 1st place... last time when the child is younger, she dun really have the time... cos her eyes have to be constantly on the child... but now the child can play on her own... a lot of free time since she dun really play with her "intellectually".... I often see her eyes fixed on the TV while my poor girl keep calling her and have to play on her own... Training my girl to be independent huh.... Yes... under her training my girl can "self help" in playing with her toys and stuff animals.
I guess as my girl grow, our priority also change.. now she is good at attending to my girl basic needs and we are familiar with her, my mum is used to having her around... but I m not sure if its a wise choice to renew her contract.. I feel that it is also partly my fault not to ensure rooters... but I really very tired having to repeat and repeat what need to be done on a regular basis. I am thinking new maid might not confirm 100% can fit my requirements... but at least can try to set the thing right... a lot is habitual....
Also I have phobia that new pattern might start after she come back from home leave... now already super lazy... say 1 thing, do 1 thing ....wat if after the home leave she get worse... haiz....
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change bah...take your time to look for a new one.
since u want ur girl to be intellectually engaged, and spend her time more meaningfully, maybe u shld consider sending her to a childcare? those from 7 to 5pm type?
honestly speaking the maid cannot / will not do much, and they may even do more damage by teaching the wrong things.
i would say get a new maid as ur maid is pretty lazy and i think they get worse as time go by.
we are keeping our maid cos she is really good. no problems, very auto.
since ur maid is already giving u problems, change her!!
I rem u mentioned urs is Burmese maid rite? How are they? I have kinda decided to change... And also thinking and planning a series of back up plan... I am thinking of send charlotte to the day care once the slot is available to cut her contact hr with the maid... Getting the child to the new maid is another challenge I guess....
I m ok if the maid dun teach her but not to the extend of the heart not there... This morning she can forget to make milk for my ger to drink in the car and when qn she say can drink at my mum place plus Charlotte only wants pacifier in the car... I was quite pissed but I kept my cool.
hmmm so far my maid is good, my colleague also changed to a burmese maid after my review, she said her maid is good as well.
but the agency likes to discourage employers for hiring them. our agency even told my mum that they are very difficult to manage after finishing one contract, and discouraged us from continuing our maid's contract.
like all maids, it is really got to do with luck i guess. i am not sure if they can look after kids? cos my colleague's kids are older, about 7 and 5 and the maid doesn't look after then, only do housework.
however there are not many burmese here, so they don't pick up friends easily, and learn all the bad stuff ahahahahahaa
their population increasing...my company hired quite a few in the past 2 yrs..but they are not maids lah.
I tink mayb u can consider puttin Charlotte in childcare since u wan her to improve "intellectually" & be more independant as well. U can hire part time maid to clean up ur house if its of no issue to u on the housework.
From ur comments on current maid, best not to re-contract her.
Ya lor... I just talk to my agent... She is my friend's sis... She saw my maid once earlier this yr at my fred's daughter bday... She also commented that my maid is very "daring" maybe because I too "zhong rong" her... I decided to change already... It will take some time to find also... She made the same remark that their community is smaller here so less chance to pick up nonsense behavior... But language is a big barrier...
Hazel, how u communicate to ur Burmese maid?
Jannie, Charlotte is on the waiting list at the my first skool under my mum void deck for coming 1 years! Once there is slot I intend to put her there... I not so keen to get part time maid as I need the maid to do hse work at my mum place plus as back up in case charlotte fall sick and need to stay at home... My work place is not so flexible to take leave...
hmm...her maid is a U grad leh...can speak gd english.
hahahha... serious ar! hahhaha... no wonder... my agent say she will try to keep a look out for burmese one who can speak english ... she say non english speaking one u can really have big problem with communication.
ya...tats why her pay very high still ask for more..but hazel say she's gd lor no give pattern and very auto.
how much is her pay now? I heard that burmese maid is geting abt close to 400...
my maid is a grad so can speak english pretty well. but we dun understand her accent sometimes..
my colleague's maid is not a grad, but also can speak english.
How much is their pay now?
i am not sure... maybe $380??
its v difficult to hire a maid now and their salary is very high. if you still need to have a maid, you need to source earlier. My maid is ok with my boy n she takes care of my girl full time. if u intend to have #2 then its better to keep a maid, if not send charlotte to childcare and thats it lor.
Oh.. and now indo come in without experience is already minimum $450.. with experience is $450-$600... not sure abt other countries.
OMG! their salary so high now! As much as I would like to change but I think it is cheaper to keep the current one though I have kinda promise her to match her pay to current pay rate... I haven speak to her abt renewal... think will speak to her in June and see what is her response... haiz... not easy to manage...
There are a lot of concern when come to changing of maid... the current one is familiar with our family and how things work... though there are things i dun like about her but to weight out the pro and cons, I think I have to shut 1.5 eyes.... my ger is not easy to deal with and she can manage her well... sometimes i just have to keep reminding myself that her main role is to take care of the kid...
i think they get worse, they don't get better. u sure u want to keep her now that u already have issues with her???
now she doesnt know that I have issue with her, so I am keeping a low profile. I also did not raise the issue of renewal yet. I am getting my agent to seek new maid... but from what I know, the supply is really low. My col who intend to renew her maid got play out by the maid last minute and she tell me its really difficult to find replacement due to the low supply... will see how... I still have like 6 mths to her expiry.
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