Househelp / Kasambahay Discussion

[pup2]

How does one RECRUIT good, loyal maids nowadays?

It seems to me like the quality of new maids are going lower and lower. Also, the duration of their stay is getting shorter and shorter! I don't really care why since that would be a very long, complex discussion. But how do we recruit new maids now who would be good and loyal?

[kimpOy]

based on my personal experience...

i hire household help thru referrals usually from helpers within my area,
one thing they seek is comfort zone, atleast they know someone already (lalo if you're hiring from far provinces) but this is not a foolproof plan, its a trial and error thing also...

[boybi]

mahirap talagang maka tiempo ng maid na magtatagal. swertehan lang kumbaga. ok din yung mga referrals, pero hindi rin naman lahat magiging maayos magtrabaho or magtatagal sayo.

[Airwalk]

thru referrals din kami of relatives or friends...

usually, good and loyal maids are already working for someone else. tiyagaan lang talaga at pakikisama siguro and eventually, yung maid mo magiging good and loyal din sa iyo

[mbeige]

Hanap ka ng walang boypren

[JiggeR671]

* mbeige...hehehe dats soo true

[basti08]

basta kame di na kame nagmaid ngayun mga 2mos na.

tumipid kame sa lahat ng bagay. pagkain, tubig, kuryente at sa iba pang gamit sa bahay.

[wildthing]

on top of the above recommendations.

hanap ka or kumuha ka ng dalawa - ideally magkamag-anak o magkaibigan...that way they don't easily get homesick.

kuha ka from malalayo at depressed areas - so they don't easily think about going back (kasi mas mahirap ang buhay nila dun sa pinanggalingan nila).

or kuha ka sa boys/girls town ng mga "graduates" nila - pass 18 years old and willing na to work...ideal the ones na medyo bata pa nandun na so walang family/friends and semi-trained na

lastly, give good salary, good benefits and work environment...most good maids would rather work abroad because of higher salary (kahit benefits and working environment ay unsure).

[yebo]

grabe talaga yan, kami ginawa kami FREE travel agent/loan agency ng mga lintek na maids last year. three times nagpakuha kami sa agent sa probinsya, sagot namin pasahe sa barko tapos pag dating babale agad ng 1 month na sweldo. tapos ayun nung nakarating na sa manila ang ginagawa e tatawag sa mga kamaganak nila o kilala maghahanap agad ng ibang papasukan. yung una 2 maids lumipat agad after 2 months lang. e binigay naman namin yung hiling nya na kung magustuhan namin ang work nila e dagdag agad ng P500 sa sahod nila. sumunod ganun din, 3 months lang lipat agad sila. buti nga sa kanila yung nalipatan nila na bahay e masungit mga amo, kuripot sa food, bawal sila lumabas, wala day off hahahahaha! tapos sila pa bumibili ng rice nila samantala sa amin jasmin ang kinakain nila! sumunod naman sagot din namin pasahe, tapos bale din agad 1 month. ganun din ginawa, after 2 months bigla nagpaalam. di na namin pinasweldo at may bale naman sila na 1 month. kaso nga since sagot namin pasahe sa barko e ano pa nga, lugi na naman. di naman namin gusto ipapulis.

medyo ok naman nakuha naming 2 maid last december since kilala ng family ni misis. kahit sinasabihan namin na mag-day off ayaw nila at nakaka-pasyal naman daw sila pag sinasama namin sa mall, libre pa kain nila sa resto. complain lang ni misis e pinapakialaman ang food ng mga bata, kahit yung pasalubong kong belgian chocolates sa mga anak ko e mas marami pa yata nakakain nila kesa sa mga anak ko hehehehe! hinayaan na lang namin, sulit naman sa sipag nila saka sa alaga sa 3 naming kulits.

so maybe yun ang sagot sa tanong mo, kung meron ka kamaganak sa probinsya e dun ka magpakuha ng maid, yung kilala nila para hindi ka madenggoy.

[Syuryuken]

Kamag-anak o kakilala ng kamag-anak kinukuha namin. Yung dalawang naunang katulong namin dito wala pang 3 months umuwi na nahomesick yung isa magaling pang mangupit . Tong pangatlo ang ok na ok masipag talaga at hindi marunong mangupit matakaw nga lang sa pagkain palibhasa bata pa hehehe.

[oldblue]

kumuha ka ng isang pamilya. that usually works. nanay head maid. anak yaya. tatay driver/hardinero. tapos yun anak pag-aralin ...

or wag swelduhan ng 1k-2k a month. at least 4k and uniform with servant's quarter + 14" inch TV (no cable!), antenna lang.
paminsan-minsan bigyan mo ng complimentary movie tickets sa robinson

medyo "electronic-age" na din mga maids galing province ngaun eh, mahilig sa text at load hehehe that gives 'em some sort of pride I think kaya laki-ulo

[low_profile2]

sa amin bro yung kasama namin sa bahay sa pinas matagal na cguro more than 7 yrs na..masipag at maaasahan...lalo na when it comes to money matters .hangang ngayon sya na nag manage budget nang kids na nag aral sa pinas.. swerte lang cguro bale ni refer lang sya nang dati namin maid

[BoEinG_747]

^^^^ correct si L2,swertehan din talaga minsan

kahit naman kamag anak mo na nag loloko pa din ..
mas malakas pa nga loob ng iba kasi katwiran nila kamag anak sila

[peklat]

...yap talagang suwertihan siguro.... type ko rin kumuha.... para sa mga in-laws ko.... kaya lang natatakot na silang kumuha..... baka iyun pa daw ang papatay sa kanila..... matatanda na kasi..... marami akong napupulot sa inyong mga tips .... salamat mga tol..

[Jun aka Pekto]

My Mom probably followed many of the advice given here. I remember our helper coming from Pampanga. She stayed with us from the moment we moved to our house and was still there when I left.

My Mom treated her well. I'm not sure how much she got paid. But, she did have her own room and bathroom. She ate at the same time as us, ate the same food as us, ate with us at the family room (where the biggest tv is). She got Sunday off and was allowed to go home monthly, although she rarely used that last privilege. She got a lot of my sister's hand-me-down clothes and was allowed to have her sister and mom visit regularly.


She was never burdened with heavy tasks. If she had to go to the "palengke" and buy a lot of stuff, I had to come along and help her. I had to follow her orders. Sometimes we'd get puzzling looks from the vendors when they found out she's the maid and I'm the son of the homeowner.

Add: One time, a vendor asked if I had problems following our maid's orders. I just shrugged and said no.

[Sarsi]

true, swertihan talaga.

yung sa amin, actually not a maid but more of labandera/plantsadora ng family namin. Almost 25 years na sa amin,sobrang bait at mapagkakatiwalaan. pag umaalis kami sa bahay, siya lang ang naiiwan sa bahay para magbantay. She has access sa lahat ng parte ng bahay at hindi kami natatakot na may gawin na hindi maganda. maraming pagkakataon na nakakaiwan ako ng pera sa pants ko pero sigurado na mababalik yun sa akin.

mas may tiwala pa ko sa kanya kaysa ibang relatives namin

[av8or5]

yeah..its really hard finding a trusted maid. i had my share. but i usually got it thru referrals from neighbors maid.

i am still amaze at my yaya. she was the yaya of my mom, titos, titas. she never asked for salary.i guess she thought we were family to her, because we never treated her differently..until now..we hire a maid to take care of her because she is old.. it turns out..because she is loyal and loved by all..now she is treated like family..we make sure to take care of her.

[pup2]

Haay. It's good to know a lot of you guys have the same problem as me. I thought it was just us. We had super duper maids a long time ago also. The kinds who stay 20 years and up. The problem is that these people have since retired under our care or have been promoted out of being maids. They've also been with us so long they can't recommend anymore people from where they're from.

Out of their batch of replacements, the only ones who seem to want to stay long are those who hardly do any work! And they're willing to stay kahit maliit ang suweldo! Kaso wala namang silbi -- gastos lang.

Also, 6 months seems to be a long time for them! A fact which I couldn't relate to specially with our large batch of old maids nga who have lasted 20+ years.

Actually, we've tried almost all the suggestions here except for the one about trying to compete with overseas employers. No fair naman siguro since they're protected by contracts and their government aside from other factors.

Oh well, if you have better ideas or just gripes, just keep posting them here! I won't stop trying but I'm going to get ready for a life without maids -- especially if recruited by techniques which have failed before.

[shadow]

magkano ang pa sweldo niyo sa mga maids niyo?

[swimstroke]

1. May mananagot dapat na kaibigan/kakilala para bago palang umalis mabilinan ng huwag gagawa ng kalokohan.

2. Bagong salta dapat sa Manila at walang relatives dito.

3. Siya mismo ang may gusto sa trabaho at hindi itinulak ng mga kapamilya para may makuhang sustento.

4. Ok lang na close sa kasama sa bahay, pero hindi dapat sobrang close na nababawasan/nawawala yung boundary ng pagiging boss mo. Dito kasi kalimitan nagsisimula ang mga kalokohan.

5. Kung isa lang siya, huwag naman alilain. Hindi naman porke kasama sa bahay forever ng utusan. Yung iba kasi kahit simpleng gawain lang iuutos pa. Tao rin iyan, marunong mapagod, mainis, etc.

6. Kung 2 or more, make sure na rotation ang basis ng trabaho. Hindi yung isa puro laba lang, tapos yung isa puro linis/plantsa. Mas fair kung umiikot sa kanilang lahat ang bawat trabaho sa bahay.

:D