at one stage (for two years), I had 3 filipina maids, and they are all related, one about 23, the other is 21 (her younger sister) and the 3rd is 25 (the aunt of the 1st one).
you know, there are smart people and those not so smart. my smarter maid(s) would do the cooking and would like to try new dishes. for the not-so-smart one, I tasked her to wash the car, clean the floor, etc.
as they are related, they would not complain against one another.
now i have 2 maids (I keep the 2nd and the 3rd ones becos the 1st one is seriously indebted and always wears long face)
注意:
if they break something, they may not tell you and if you find it out, 她們或許會你眼望我眼, no one would apologize. that piss me off.
i think you need to brief them that the two of them would both need to do the works. you know if one of them take the holiday, the other cannot say 'I don't know how to cook' / 'it's not my duty'
good luck!
原帖由 babie2 於 09-12-28 05:12 PM 發表
can anyone share their strategy with 2 maids? We are trying to hire a 2nd one in the next few months.
1 Indo + 1 Filipino is better??
1 for cooking + house chaos, and 1 for children?
原帖由 mrshoho 於 09-12-28 11:43 PM 發表
why need to have two maids? can already imagine how stressful it could be!!!
I wish you good luck, hope you can keep all their work tasks very fair!!
在這 world 怎會有公平?
though you can try to treat them fairly
how many children have you got? I have 2 young ones so I have 2 maids. One reason is because both children are very demanding and the other reason is I had experience of a maid who ran away before, with 2 young children it's very risky for me to rely on just one maid....
Maid 1 task:
take care of baby (now 8 months).
cook for baby and play with baby.
look after the baby at night.
Maid 2 task:
take my daughter to school and pick her up at 12.
cooking for the whole family including the other maid.
cleaning and housework.
They take turns to take Saturday and Sunday off so I always have 1 maid to help me.
I don't let my daughter watch TV so both maids have to take turns to play with my daughter to keep her busy.
Maid 1 sleeps with my son and maid 2 has her own room.
This arrangement worked very well for a while but until recently I found it to be unfair to maid 2 because my son now can sleep for 8 hours at night and maid 1 can get more sleep than before. However, maid 1 is still used to not doing any housework....
原帖由 prettywife 於 09-12-29 00:15 發表
at one stage (for two years), I had 3 filipina maids, and they are all related, one about 23, the other is 21 (her younger sister) and the 3rd is 25 (the aunt of the 1st one).
By Aug 2010, then my children will be:
1. almost 6 years old
2. 4 years old
3. new born....
:) Are you planning your 3rd now?
Babie2
Babie2
My children are 2 yrs 10 months and 8 months old. Both my husband and I want another child but neither of our parents agree since we have 1 girl and 1 boy already. It's a tough decision for us but we'll probably try for another one in 1 year's time.
TallBBMa
I already changed from working full time to freelance so I have quite a lot of time with my kids. I don't think I can stay at home all the time so I won't want to be a full time mum....
To have a maid who would play with BB really depends on the maid's personality. I had a very playful maid so she would play with my kids even if I ask her not to (she doesn't like doing housework so she'll just finish housework quickly and play with children).