The Maid issue
I am positively and definitely sure that I am not alone….
Maid, it’s a love and hate situation in this country.. basically, you can’t live without them but at the same time, you just can’t live with them..
I never have a maid who managed to stay with me longer than a year.. having said that,
1. I never scold/nag/whine at them.
2. their basic salary has always been the above average as I often feel that they are always underpaid
3. I never mistreated them and food in my home is pleantiful
now, with that, what have I done wrong??? initially, I often get a local Medan Maid and since I have to keep finding a new one every year, I decidied to get a Surabaya with 2 years contract, paying 3JT.. thinking that I am maid hassel free for the next 2 years…
guess what… after 7 months, on my bright sunny morning, she ran in to my room sobbing that her mum has passed away… I felt bad instantly.. and of course she wants to go back home… apparently she lived in Kupang.. after deducting those advance money that she had already taken and the air ticket that she need to buy back herself, she has little left to bring home..
before she left, she insists that she would be back as she liked it here… and put long story short… a typical Indonesian maid… after arriving home, she decided that being poor is ok.. not having to work to support her daughter is ok… what else can I said.. her salary is at Rp 700.000 purly doing simple house work and not even laundry or cooking!!!
My friends and families often advice me against being too nice or I will often be the one to lose out… this has been going on and on ,one after the other and frankly in the past, I did not take those advices seriously as often these maid are the poor people and that for me, I see it as doing some charity work.. thats all…
But now, I am at a point where… I have given up hope and that I am simply seeing my daily life here like in the UK where I have to clean and look after the house myself with no maid… that’s what I have been doing for the past 2 weeks… and surprisingly, I am enjoying it… and feel a lot much better
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medankota on October 27th 2008 in Medan Living, Medan Nightmare, the people
samariesa responded on 31 Oct 2008 at 9:53 pm #
the more you tolerate them, the higher they step up to your head. and more demand from you. there are not much choice of condo here.. I’m also thinking of moving to condo, lesser house work then maybe .. we do not need those maids anymore.. Maybe there should be some company which can provide daily cleaning service to residential home..
MedanKota responded on 02 Nov 2008 at 10:02 am #
I totally agreed with the cleaning service.. in fact the idea of setting up the cleaning company did cross my mind.. then I thought.. I don’t even have the luck to maintain my own maid.. let alone run the company…
BUT the idea will definitely work.. coz it’s a major problem right now with many families..
Imelda responded on 11 Mar 2010 at 12:56 am #
Well, maid in Indonesia isn’t less materialistic though
My mom pay them (2 girls as they need accompany) 300.000 rupiah a month per person, plenty plenty plenty of food,bonus every hari raya, and they are free every sunday! And guess what, it’s their seventh years now working for my family 
they are not only hardworker, but honest and responsible too!
medankota responded on 24 Mar 2010 at 10:37 am #
Hi Imelda..
how did u managed to find Rp 300.000 per month maid?.. the last time I ever paid that amount was some 6/7 years back!!..
Imelda responded on 24 Mar 2010 at 9:08 pm #
Hei there.
LOL.YOU ARE RIGHT!i just realized, it was from 7 years ago. I lived in medan looking for maid, when i asked my mom she said she paid 300 thousand amonth as its the market price that time. probably she pays more right now, but dont know how much.will get back to you after i find it out just for curiousity?
cheers,I