I was shocked in this morning when I saw my maid's resignation letter on the table. She wrote a resignation letter to me informing me her last date and another letter explaining her reason of resignation and apologies to me. My hubby and I are quite unhappy as she performs pretty well on her duty and my little princess loves her very much.
She has just come to our home for 5 months and we treat her very good as a family member. I even haven't blamed / scolded her within these 5 months. She told me in the letter that she has no courage to pass me her resignation letter in person as she feels very sorry about that and she knows that we treat her so good but for her healthy problem (she has no mensuration since she arrived HK and the situation hasn't improved yet after she consulted the doctor), she wishes to go back to Philippines to get second opinion from the doctor.
But I guess the main reason is that she misses her son too much...
:-( :-( :-(
florence,
At least your maid resigned to you. Mine has been working for me for 3 years since my son was born. We treated her very well, so well I bet we probably were one of the few good employers she could find in town. We treated her as our family. She & I talked like friends. My son loved her very much too. I entertained every request of hers, when she wanted to go home (3 times in 3 years), how long she took her vacation (usually 4 weeks or more). We bought her many gifts and we respected her so well if my son was impolite, I always asked him to apologize. I video taped programs she liked to watch if she had to pamper my son to sleep........ Suddenly she told me in the end of June that her father died of heart attack & she asked to go home for a few days. I let her go without any doubt. But when she was supposed to come home, she didn't show up. Then was the first time my husband & I opened the door of her room .... and found she has packed & gone for good. She didn't even say goodbye..... but I am expecting another baby in just 2 months! If she felt anything unhappy, she could let us know. What on earth have I done that she didn't even give me one month notice to find another helper????? I had spotting during 2 different periods & she knew it.... I was supposed to take much rest but she just dumped us!!!! I cried over her departure so many times. My husband & I don't know how to deal with maids anymore. Shall we treat them like master & servants like most of our friends? No trust, no friendship, even no respect.
By the way, I found out from other maids in my building that her father didn't die, it was her brother who got killed - which I might not let her go home. I wish she could find another employer better than me.
florence,
sorry to hear about that!!
I think there is another story behind. However, the only thing you can do is asking her to stay until your new maid come. (Maybe ++$$)
Don't be sad ! Actually I write many times in BK treat your maid as your staff or one of your colleague that is RESPECT is important but no need more ! Chinese need to learn from expatriate. Remember Philipino maid is not the same as Chinese Traditional Maid (""Ma Tse""). Even you pay more money she will not stay !! Love the baby is their duties. Remember we must take care our kids they only a assistant !!!!!
I always say the agent love the character of the Philipino Maid because keep on changing and gain more agency fee !!!!
I have similar experience also. My maid just renewed contract in feb-04 and in mid-Jul, she gave me an resignation letter saying the she could not communicate with my mom-in-law and need to resign. At that moment, I was shocked and sad as she had talking about resignation before, about her monetary problem. But we could help her and persuade her to stay. I'm now having a second baby and the delivery date will be in Jan-05 (better than Jsmami's situation) and she suddenly resigned again, I was really sad. How come she don't miss my baby (now 2 year and 4 months already). But we finally let her go as I think if I can keep her this time, she will resign again in the future.
She finally left last Friday and these days I always cry when I see my baby miss her very much and always ask me where is "Tse Tse". Why she don't miss me?
Any mom can tell me how long will these situation last? I don't want to cry always as I know it will not be good for my little baby. But I'm really sad about that.
CuteMom
I think your situation won't last too long. Your baby is still small and he will forget your maid within one week. This week, you play more with the baby and bright him going out often. I am sure your baby will stick on you and doesn't need maid anymore. For my experience, my daughter didn't miss my maids when I fire them. For the first week, sometimes my daughter will ask me where the maid is. After one week, she forgot her. After one year, she is totally forgot them even when she saw their photos.
nicolemummy
How is your current maid? Is she is doing well?
My husband and I told the maid not to buy mobile phone. But she bought it and hide it without letting us know. Don't trust them all. A boss-staff relationship is ok. Although she loves my bb very much, I found her telling lies (let bb watch TV but said no to me). Up to this moment, she's still ok but performance is downgraded already. However, I've just renewed her contract as I can still tolerate her. Hope the performance won't drop again.