hihi mrng all... hoooo~
joeey/smurfy, my previous (first) helper is from fili too.. but i sent her hm aft she was with us for abt 10-11mths! cldn't stand her frm her 2-3rd mths onwards...but i did not hv time to retrain another helper, so beared with her till i got my 2nd maid (indo) in.
whn we sent the fili hm..we had to select a replacement maid to fill her position.. and it took us awhile to decide whether to take a fili or indo. aft some interviews..we took another indo... these r smting we learnt:
- fili r very proud person, they look down younger person..n esp on indo
- fili r so proud, they cannot take our critisism n scoldings
- fili tink they r so smart, they make up stories which obviousely do not make any senses but then still try to make more up to cover the earlier stories they made.
- fili's hm country is better off than indo, they do not help much in trying to save food, conserve electricity, water and all.
- fili can't do without handphone
- fili's english are not any better than a sincere indo who is willing to learn.
- etc
with this new regulation, so it means that going forward.. fili maid's salary will be at least $600/mth ah? wah lao aeh... dat's really a kill lor!!!! then i tink in no time, indo's will increase too? this is disaster!!!!! or unless those maids are already out of the country.. like mentioned.. we hfta 'recycle' maids here.. transfer here n there liao lor?
when will our salary increase then??
darn! i tink if can, we better faster faster hv bbs.. by the time they grow older, prolly no need helpers oso le. else.. domestic worker's salary increase.... nanny oso wana increase they charges.... like dat hw to afford to pay their salaries!?!