Listen listen to me. If your maid is still acceptable, do not, do not get a new one. In brief,
My first maid (Ms. X) works for me for four years. Due to some reasons - not just because of the long services fee, we decided to get a new one.
The new one (Ms. Y) came, she...
- do not know how to cook. You cannot imagine that she want to use a knief to break an egg, did not have sufficient force to open a can with a can opener.
I taught her, she always forgot. Cook the food without wash (e.g. veg).
- she pretended very hardworking, but just in front of us.
- more important is that she cannot take care of my four years old son. We need to do all the work ourselves
- she got a university degree, but her english is very poor. She is not able to listen to the MTR announment. Her common sense is low. One day, when there was something wrong with the MTR, people are running out of the station. She still tried to go into the station - I was with her and asked her if she felt something wrong and what did the announment said. She cannot answer.
- more important is that she does not follow our instruction strictly. Home safety is very poor. Knief and hot iron is easily accessible by my son... Finally, my son got hurt seriously and went into hospital.
- we used up all our vacation for this maid.
- and a lot more.
Finally, we asked our previous maid to come back and work for us...
We have used up our energy, vacation and paid an extra, around HK$20,000 to restore into the original position.
The extra amount paid includes,
- the holiday payment for Ms. X
- airticket for Ms. X to go back $1,050
- some money for Ms. X for her work $2,000
- agency fee for Ms. Y $1,000
- medical fee for Ms. Y Y$ 500
- one month pay to Ms. Y $3,270
- ticket for Ms. Y $1,400 (original ...??? lulu...)
- Direct hire fee ~$2,500
- ticket for Ms. X to come back, $1,000
- other misc expenses increased, $2,000
- my son medical fee, $4,000
- she allow my son to be alone in the room, finally break the home appliance, break the toilet - you cannot image, $3,500
If you do not happy with the maid, just because she always talking on the phone, has a boy friend, not tutoring your kid... but still honest, good to your son... At least, you have someone you can trust. When you are away from home, you feel that your kid is safe. He is being taken care of. With Mrs. Y, I cannot even went out with my second half for a firm or etc.
If you still want to send you maid away, let me know. I let you know how I did before.
Do not buy the fixed date ticket. The maid is required to report to Immigration within 14 days after the termination. She can apply to Immigration for an extension of stay to look for new employer. If you buy the fixed date ticket, you will need to pay for the penalty of changing the date, or the cost of a new ticket if she does not accept your ticket.
Always remember to change the door lock, and inform your building management office, the kid's school if you fire a maid.
I also confront the same scenario that my maid's contract will be finished in end Aug. I was so stupid to tell her that I may extend her contract.
However, I would like to change my mind now as she is always black face to us no matter my daughter asked her for help or I asked her to do anything. She is such a person who doesn't like to be instructed.
Though she can help me a lot to do the household chores and manage the house well without my request, it still made me hard feeling if someone is always black face and was so reluctant to play/tutor my kid and ignore my mother.
If you were me, what will you do? Continue the contract or terminate it? Besides, how will you tell her to cut the salary from $3,670 to $3,270. If so, I think she would find her way to get the $400 back.
1) Honestly tell her that you observed her bad face. You may re-consider renewal of her contract.
2) Imagine that if she gone, and you tried one or two more other maid getting worse. What will you do ?
3) Can she be trust ? Imagine you get a new one but cannot trust. Lazy, steel money and etc. How much will you pay (time, effort, money) to restore the current acceptable position ?
4) If nothing can be worse, then change her.
5) Regarding the $400 dollars. Tell the maid that if we are satified, we will renew it at $3,270 Any problem ? Do you think she will not get $400 if you pay her another $400 ?
我覺得買FIXED DATE TICKET好D喎,因為我如要FIRE佢,當然要她立即走,而且她沒有理由不接受,因為CONTRACT寫明給她機票,冇話要幾時幾日,而且雖然你已FIRE佢,但她一天未走,一天你也要對她的行為負責,就算她要改機票日期,你可以對她說明是不可改,如要改就自己PAY FOR THE PENALTY
You are wrong. You can check with the immigration and the law. Many maid know the law better than you. And the thing is that, if you fire her, the relationship is bad already. How can you expect them to accept a fixed date ticket from you. They know their right - even if my new maid who just came for one month (never in HK before), she does not accept a fixed date ticket when I terminate her.
The two questions that she asked when we said we terminate her... 1) is it a clean dismissal, 2) is it an open ticket ?
HoWangMami 寫道:
我覺得買FIXED DATE TICKET好D喎,因為我如要FIRE佢,當然要她立即走,而且她沒有理由不接受,因為CONTRACT寫明給她機票,冇話要幾時幾日,而且雖然你已FIRE佢,但她一天未走,一天你也要對她的行為負責,就算她要改機票日期,你可以對她說明是不可改,如要改就自己PAY FOR THE PENALTY
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