Posted by
M
15 yrs ago
After bad experiences with Indonesians and Filipino helpers, I'm considering hiring a Nepali maid. What are they like? I'd really appreciate feedback and your experiences. I've two very young kids so any experience?
Thanks a lot.
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I don't think that you can generalize about Nepali helpers like that. Just as you cannot generalize about Indonesians and Filipinas. In any given group of people, you'll have some good and some bad, some indifferent.
Think about it. We have a stellar Filipina helper. Does this mean that all Filipinas are great helpers? I would like that to be true but it probably isn't. The only conclusion possible from the data is that she is a great helper. Whether she is Filipina or not is incidental.
Difficulties depend on individual helpers and (let's not forget) individual employers.
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Hi,
I don't think you can get any "guarantee" that they are better. It only depends on the person.
My personal advice is to look for someone who has been in HK for 2 years (not for 15 years when they know all the good tricks...), finished her contract and has worked for chinese people (westerners spoilt them too much and then they expect too much and have this bad attitude).
Bye
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We Westerners "spoil them too much" do we? They're not children to be spoiled or not. A person's attitude can be good or bad whatever their work history.
What exactly do you mean by "bad attitude"?
Demand hard work but in return give respect and trust. Do not treat the helper like a child, like a piece of furniture or like a slave. This tends to work whatever the job or nationality.
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Agree with axptguy. I treat my helper like my colleagues or employees in my office. I do not think because she is a helper and come from a poorer country, therfore she is less intelligent. Be demanding but trust her, give her confidence that she will do her job well.
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Hello,
by "bad attitude" I meant sour faces.
by "spoiling"I meant giving them the habit to get a lot of things from us (clothes, tv, mobile phones, money advances, shoes, hand bags, home appliances that we don't use anylonger and just give them away etc). I think that once you start to "treat" them, they just get used to it and always expect more from you and then get frustrated.
I never meant they are less intelligent, on the contrary ! They understand things and people very well and know what they can get from you or from a situation !
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You make it sound as if helpers in general are very mercenary, manipulating their employers into giving them stuff. Why would an employer give them things if said employer was unhappy with performance? These gifts are (or at least should be) bonuses for good performance. If an employee works exceptionally well, bonuses are a good way to reward and encourage such behavior.
A "sour face", meaning, I guess, an unpleasant demeanor, is not acceptable. Doesn't matter who the employee is. A good employee will not behave that way, regardless of whether she receives bonuses (gifts) or not. A good employee will not become more "demanding" because of past bonuses, though she may perhaps expect such from her current employer if she continues to perform exceptionally. Note the difference between demand and expect.
Conversely, if an employee is really unhappy with compensation including bonuses (within reason depending on her position) she should look elsewhere.
By the way, this would all apply whether the employee in question is a helper or not.
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