I would like to share my experience with you. My current maid has worked for me nearly 2 months. She has been working in HK for 6 years before, serving 2 employers. One has a child of 4 years old (worked for 2 years) and the other has a child of 10 years old (worked for 4 years). She was referred by my colleague's relative. Before hiring her, my colleague reminded me that as my baby is only 1 year old, this maid may not have enough experience to take care of such little baby and she may not have the sensitivity. But my husband and me think that as my mother-in-law will continue to take care of my baby and the maid is just act as an assistant. And the maid also said she is willing to learn. Then we decided to hire her to relieve the cooking and housework for us. Now after nearly 2 months, we are so disappointed because we realize that she doesn't like my baby at all. She is very cool to my baby, not smile to him, careless, not sensitive to dangerous things, and most importantly, she is very cold-blooded - recently my baby always sick (running nose & cough) and have seen the doctor for 3 - 4 times. She didn't even ask how my baby sick and is he feeling well. She didn't remember the time when the baby need to take medicine and we need to ask her to prepare it every time. She is just like a robot, no feeling at all. She just want to finish all the cooking and cleaning job every day and then go to take shower and sleeping. She doesn't play with my baby at all unless I order her to do so. Until now my baby still doesn't like her and recently he even cry every time when she approach him and want to play with him (My husband and me wonder if she has done something bad to my baby so he is getting more and more hate her!). Now we are totally disappointed and we decide to terminate her when I identify another maid. This give me a lesson that when I hire the next maid, she must have a loving heart and likes to take care of baby. This is the first priority. Therefore, I suggest you to not to take her.
I feel surprise why you are so careless !!
If you find the maid in HK Must let her try to meet your baby first and observe how she hold and play with the baby !!!!
You can tell lies to her that your mother in law will take care the baby and you can give her notice and find a new maid.
Should I give her 1 mth notice or give her payment in lieu? If I give her 1 mth notice, I'm afraid she will do something bad to us during that mth! But if I give her 1 mth salary, I feel very "Yuk Tung"!
Of course "肉痛" 啦 That's why I told you tell LIES !!!
You can give her one month notice BUT MOST IMPORTANT 你要跟你奶奶講好SAME""①供""
你話" Your mother in law can take care AND you will stay at home not working and take care the baby yourself""""