Have you came across trying to hire a maid to look after your
child and house but half of the maid population only choose to work
for expat families! This is very frustrating.
These expats are competing with Singaporeans for maids by
offering them same oreven higher pays , easy and cosy job
simply because most of these expenses are borne by their company
and not out of their own pocket! So much been said about
differenting treatment of singaporeans v foreigners and encouraging
us to have more kids and stay with your old
folks.
Should there by some govt policies to make it easier or
preferential for non expat families who really need a maid to hire
one. Or to bar maids from opting only for expat
jobs!
First and foremost, Singaporeans have had bad historical records
of complaint against their DHs. And not just constructive
complaints, most were humiliation motivated.
So I believed based on DHs shared experiences all over the
island, where such bad experiences and issues they encountered from
their local bosses were exchanged via word of mouth amongst
themselves, they prefer foreigners than locals.
Not forgetting those locals who deliberately issuing pay cuts
unnecessarily to their DHs due to some sort of misunderstanding. Or
even some who missed on paying their allowances frequently. Or
those using money and other emotionally striked methods to control
their DHs. Sometimes DHs were treated like slaves based on modern
day settings - terrible.
The instances mentioned above were those I discovered during
casual discussion at a formal function where one of my acquantaince
happened to run DH agency in Singapore.
In addition, those prudent agencies of course would prefer the
clients who complaint less or create issues lesser. Thus, making
their DHs happier and everybody wins.
