we don't go out with our yayas anymore now due to the fact that my son is 14 years old and does not need a yaya. what we have now is a stay out maid that serves as a nanny for my beloved dog (my youngest kid), does the laundry and ironing and cleans the house.

but before when my kid was still young, we used to employ a yaya.... one stayed with us even before my kid was born and left when my kid was 7.... we encouraged her to put up her own because we feel that she can't be a yaya forever.... she is now one of the sales managers of avida homes and nakapagpundar na sya ng sarili nyang bahay..... ginagawa na din nyang pasyalan ang hongkong and singapore ngayon...... she still texts us and as of her text last week to my wifey, she and her son are migrating na to the US. we have tried to treat her and her son as a family. in fact, in one of our rare vacations, we took them out also on a trip to subic and booked their own rooms.

another yaya that we got from the time my kid was 7 and left us when my kid was 10 is now a supervisor of toy kingdom, sm molino. again, we tried treating her as one of our family and did took her on a trip to baguio one time.... she enjoyed the trip, had her own room and kasama pa namin sa pictures.....

the stay-in maid that we had before the current one was also treated as one of the family. in fact, we have given her a significant amount para makabangon ang family nya when they were hit by yolanda (she comes from palo, leyte). ngayon, she is now a cashier of one of the food joints sa Bicutan. she occassionally visits us and occassionally sleeps pa din sa house, pag overnight vacations kami (kilala din kasi sya nung youngest ko.....)

yung current stay out namin is kasama sa grocery budget.... we just give her 1k worth of groceries every week para may ipakain sya sa family nila..... this is aside from the salary that she is getting.

our family's mantra.... treat them as people with dignity and they will learn to appreciate the job they have..... and they also do an excellent job at home..... di porke yaya o maid sila isolated sila.