Househelp / Kasambahay Discussion

[pup2]

Err .. bakit kaya nagbago ang thread title? Mods kaya yun?

[A121]

Treating them like family is not foolproof.

There are those who will appreciate it but there are those who will abuse it. As the saying goes --- give them ur hand and they will take ur whole arm.

true. yung isa naming maid left 6K worth of unpaid cellphone calls sa phone namin.

[vhenok]

Dami din kami experiences sa mga maids...

-yung isa distant relative pa namin pero hanep naman pag humirit ng dayoff at uuwi ng probinsya, di sure kung kelan balik kaya naubos tuloy mga leaves ni misis
- meron naman matanda, around 60+ na, malakas pa naman at okey sa asikaso kaya natatakot mga kids ko coz kung anu-ano nakikita daw sa house namin (you know naman mga old folk tales) kaya ayun pinagbakasyun namin.
- meron naman bata around 14, yun tipong pinaluwas lang ng ina para magkapera eh no choice tuloy yung bata kaya forced sya to work kaya walang pakialam if she's doing her job or not.
- meron naman dating saleslady daw sa probinsya so try nya magkatulong dito sa Manila, ayun pinamasahe namin then after 2 days umalis, nalaman na lang namin pumapasok na pala dun sa isang mall na pinasyalan namin hehe
- meron naman mid-20's at may anak so we expect na responsible na sya pagdating sa gawaing bahay, ayun ayaw maglaba kesyo may allergy daw pati paghugas ng pinggan

Hay naku! Mga Katulong talaga oh! Pag nakakita ka nga naman ng worthy ay sobrang swerte mo na. We treat them nice and fairly naman. Our food is their food, minsan pinapauna pa namin sila kumain. Kasama sila sa grocery lists namin, may load pa ako binibigay every sweldo (kasi nga naman para ma-kontak kami kung emergency), if walang cell pinapahiram namin yung spare phone namin. If nasa province kamag-anak, budget namin yung calls nila na at least they get to call long-distance once a week. Meron pa akong incentive sa yaya ng mga anak ko na in a given month pag hindi nagkasakit alaga nila, meron ako extra bonus or cash na binibigay. Plus kasama sila in all outings and mallings namin. Kaya swerte na lang sa inyo mga nakahanap ng katulong for keeps or for life....

[zero]

suwertihan din talaga sa mga maids.

naka-dalawang maid na ako nakapagtapos ng vocational course, isang dressmaking at isang beautician . yun nga lang, syempre they have to move on to the next level. inasahan ko na sila'y magpaalam para umiba ng linya ng trabaho.

ang huling maid namin, nka-20 years na sa amin, umuwi lang ngayon sa samar dahil mag-asawa na siya. papalit lang daw ang kanyang younger sister, sana na lang ay kasing responsable at sipag ng ate nya.

[pup2]

Sigh! I'm starting to get resigned na tuloy na our maid situation is going to become like in the US -- virtually none, save for the per hour housekeepers and those for the uber rich.

Sana man lang we have the same average living standards ano?

Import kaya tayo ng maid from africa?

[mbeige]

ang hirap maghanap ng mapagkakatiwalaan talaga. Yung present help namin kahit may pera sa table or sa drawer iniiwan talaga namin nde nawawala. Nde na yata kme makakahanap ng katulad nya.

Actually makakahanap ka pa naman. Kaso lang, di sila bibitawan ng amo nila. Our boy help told me na he's been with us for 15 years na, I didn't realize it until he told me. He can be trusted with anything. Sobrang honest. Yun nga lang hirap siya when you let him think for himself (lack of education) so we teach him several things so he can learn. Most often we have to instruct him what to do to the letter. So I told my dad dalhin namin siya sa isang tech/vocational school so he'll be better off.

Sana man lang we have the same average living standards ano?

Same average living standards as in the US? Then you'd be paying them the same amount you're being paid for standard labor, which might be too expensive.

Once you learn to do things yourself, I tell you, you won't go back and let others handle it for you. You mentioned you lived in the east coast for several years, with that I'm sure you realize that self service also has its benefits.

The thread title may have been changed by the mods for future reference.

[benin_pinoy]

yup! swertahan lang talaga. kami din tagal an kasama nmin.. at my store si mrs.. naiiwan nya sa kanila basta nigthly may naka save at pag uwi mrs from travel nya.. un naka sve ang sales nila..at take note sa lalim lang ng unan naka lagay sales nila. malaki din amount.. at sila na nag ppaikot ng store.. monitoring na lang mrs.. TRUST lang tlaga.. kasi kinakausap sila ni mrs.. PERA lang yan..mattempt kayo,, bahala kayo. di ko kayo nakikita pero may nakakkita sa nyo!at.. easy money lang yan.., hayun.. effective naman.. may kupit din cguro! hheheehe

[flex]

parang lotto din ang paghahanap ng okay na kasambahay...

buti nalng bumalik un yaya namin na nagalaga sakin nun baby pa ako. She stayed with us for 23 years then nagretire na kc aalagaan nalng daw siya ng brother nya na pinagaral nya. Sadly nagloko un brother ayun, dismayado sya at bumalik na lng samin, tapos un sister nya samin na din nagwork so medyo wala na kaming problems ngayon pag dating sa ganyan.

Pero nun umalis un yaya ko last year, grabe ang dami din na nde tumagal. Kahit na anong bait ng trato mo eh d nila naaappreciate un.

Un iba nagdadahilan na nde daw marunong maglaba, d daw sila pumasok para maglaba o magplantsa at akala nila tagaluto lng...basta ang daming dahilan. Nagtrabaho p sila...

[orly_andico]

Wala talaga. My wife and I had a maid for a month (!) a couple months ago. We thought we were relatively safe because she was related to my aunt's kasambahay who is very trustworthy. Oops.

I guess because matanda na (kasing-edad namin, 31) pero zzzzt! syempre mahina kokote. Didn't help though, tigas ulo pa rin. And ang bilis makipag-kaibigan sa mga help ng neighbors namin. We told her many, many times not to let anyone in the house, but I always distrusted her...

Kinda pointless having a maid you distrust right?

So I rigged a webcam to my computer in our room, drilled a hole in the wall and passed the USB cable through it. Installed some motion-sensing software. Tinago yung webcam sa likod ng mga plastic decor. Unfortunately it was a very cheap webcam with a low framerate, wala akong matinong ma-record.

Things just came to a head because I decided to go home early one day. And lo and behold, yung mga friends niya from the neighbors naka-hilatag sa leather sofa namin, pinag-e-enjoy ang TV namin.

And nakapag-advance na si bruha at that point. Pinalayas namin that same day. The next day, the talk-of-the-maids was "pinalayas si XXX ni amo nya."

And to think, hindi naman kami mapang-api. Di nga namin siya pinapagalitan or anything (kaya siguro di marunong sumunod ng utos). We even supplied her with consumables, a clothes cabinet, and cellphone load.

Oh well.. I keep telling my wife, the kind of people who get drawn into the (housemaid/jeepney driver/truck driver) professions really are, in general, yung mga wala talagang mapasukan na iba. So we can't expect a glittering resume or anything.

So we're back to doing everything ourselves. It's not such a huge chore, pero it robs us of time on weekends that we could use to drive around, have picnics, etc.

[pup2]

"Same average living standards as in the US? Then you'd be paying them the same amount you're being paid for standard labor, which might be too expensive. Once you learn to do things yourself, I tell you, you won't go back and let others handle it for you. You mentioned you lived in the east coast for several years, with that I'm sure you realize that self service also has its benefits.The thread title may have been changed by the mods for future reference."-- Yes but kumpleto self-service facilities there like 24/7 food deliveries and groceries, dishwashers, even robotic vacuums. Plus, people tend to live in smaller spaces. In sum, kung andyan pa ako, I wouldn't mind not having a maid pero dito puwede lang siya if I were living in a city condo.

[kenzie]

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

hehehe kung Haciendero ka siguro pede yan set up

NOw speaking of kasambahay ... i could really use one right now, baka meron kayo dyan alam eh pasahan nyo ko . anyone there who can be of help lemme know .thanks

[innoBOB[09JmtG]]

hay ako din need namin maghaap ng maid, lalo nat parating na ang first baby namin ni misis.. hirap ng walang helper. para sa lalaki, pag preggy si misis, ikaw lahat... as in lahat.. hehe bawal na magpahinga.. hehe

[ratboy]

Question lang, meron pa ba kayo mga kasambahay sa inyo? mga magkano pasweldo niyo at uwian ba o diyan na din nakatira sa inyo?

dito kasi samin almost 2 years na kami wala katulong. nakakakuha kami dati pero hindi talaga nagtatagal mga 2 months lang tapos layas bigla, ewan ko kung bakit eh matino naman family namin at maayos pasweldo. light lang din ang trabaho. then ngayon nagshutdown na lang bigla systema ko at nakaramdam ako na sobrang nakakatamad at pagod na sa gawaing bahay. Laki din ng oras at energy na nauubos dahil sa ganito, pinaka irita ako sa paglilinis ng ebak at ihi ng aso pati paghuhugas ng pinggan at utensils. Kung magluto kasi yung father ko grabe gumamit ng tools gabundok talaga hugasin like mga kawali, sandok, chopping board todo todo sa paggamit as in lahat ng tool na makita gagamitin kahit pwede naman hindi. Yung isa ko naman older sister eh wala pakundangan kahit siya lang kumakain walang kusa, ni hindi maghugas ng sarili niya pinagkainan at pinaglutoan basta tinatambak lang sa lababo, kaasar nga kasi iniipis na yun minsan at dinidilaan ng mga pusa dahil iniiwan lang.

[shadow]

Question lang, meron pa ba kayo mga kasambahay sa inyo? mga magkano pasweldo niyo at uwian ba o diyan na din nakatira sa inyo?

dito kasi samin almost 2 years na kami wala katulong. nakakakuha kami dati pero hindi talaga nagtatagal mga 2 months lang tapos layas bigla, ewan ko kung bakit eh matino naman family namin at maayos pasweldo. light lang din ang trabaho. then ngayon nagshutdown na lang bigla systema ko at nakaramdam ako na sobrang nakakatamad at pagod na sa gawaing bahay. Laki din ng oras at energy na nauubos dahil sa ganito, pinaka irita ako sa paglilinis ng ebak at ihi ng aso pati paghuhugas ng pinggan at utensils. Kung magluto kasi yung father ko grabe gumamit ng tools gabundok talaga hugasin like mga kawali, sandok, chopping board todo todo sa paggamit as in lahat ng tool na makita gagamitin kahit pwede naman hindi. Yung isa ko naman older sister eh wala pakundangan kahit siya lang kumakain walang kusa, ni hindi maghugas ng sarili niya pinagkainan at pinaglutoan basta tinatambak lang sa lababo, kaasar nga kasi iniipis na yun minsan at dinidilaan ng mga pusa dahil iniiwan lang.

Time for you to move out.


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[forceG]

Question lang, meron pa ba kayo mga kasambahay sa inyo? mga magkano pasweldo niyo at uwian ba o diyan na din nakatira sa inyo?

dito kasi samin almost 2 years na kami wala katulong. nakakakuha kami dati pero hindi talaga nagtatagal mga 2 months lang tapos layas bigla, ewan ko kung bakit eh matino naman family namin at maayos pasweldo. light lang din ang trabaho. then ngayon nagshutdown na lang bigla systema ko at nakaramdam ako na sobrang nakakatamad at pagod na sa gawaing bahay. Laki din ng oras at energy na nauubos dahil sa ganito, pinaka irita ako sa paglilinis ng ebak at ihi ng aso pati paghuhugas ng pinggan at utensils. Kung magluto kasi yung father ko grabe gumamit ng tools gabundok talaga hugasin like mga kawali, sandok, chopping board todo todo sa paggamit as in lahat ng tool na makita gagamitin kahit pwede naman hindi. Yung isa ko naman older sister eh wala pakundangan kahit siya lang kumakain walang kusa, ni hindi maghugas ng sarili niya pinagkainan at pinaglutoan basta tinatambak lang sa lababo, kaasar nga kasi iniipis na yun minsan at dinidilaan ng mga pusa dahil iniiwan lang.

Yup, 5k starting 5yrs ago, now shes 8.5k with full kasambahay benefits plus free travel together with us.


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[ratboy]

Yup, 5k starting 5yrs ago, now shes 8.5k with full kasambahay benefits plus free travel together with us.


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Sa metro manila area iyan? laki na pala ng rate ngayon 8.5k. Even sa provincial rate nabasa ko 5k na daw average. Yung samin naman dati dami din benefits may pa eskinol and avon pa kami and free toiletries parang member na nga din ng family namin pero di talaga makatagal.

[_Cathy_]

Yup, 5k starting 5yrs ago, now shes 8.5k with full kasambahay benefits plus free travel together with us.


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Pero hindi naman ata average ang 8.5k. Malaki siya for MM

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[forceG]

Pero hindi naman ata average ang 8.5k. Malaki siya for MM

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Province kami, one thing we like is her honesty. Our first two got married so they have to go. The first stayed for 3yrs the next stayed for six, and now 5yrs already.


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[MR_BIG18]

Maid and driver both stay out...husband and wife.., they live a few minutes away sa likod ng commercial property namin for free with their 2 young children...they have their own little house...she just comes here 2x a week only...hinahayaan ko na mag service sya sa ibang house hold..driver is full time sakin..

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[brushless]

I grew up with no maids at all and I don't think I see the need. Pretty much I do everything - from cleaning the bathroom, the kitchen, mopping the floor, vacuuming the carpets, dusting, do the laundry, the dishes, ironing, cooking my own meal, fixing the house, etc.

Nothing too complex and nothing to sweat.

I think in the Philippines, it's one of the things that really baffles me. But, it's all cool. At least people get employed. lol

But, I hired one only because I need someone to feed my dogs and clean their sh1t when I'm traveling. Otherwise, I'll just have a friend look after them and compensate them with whatever they wish. lmao

And, no shoes or slippers in the house. I'll cut off your legs. lol