Posted by
peanuts
14 yrs ago
Long story for short:
My helper left because of her faimily situation, at least it is what she said. I even gave her extra cash to comfort her before she left. However, yesterday I was told she left because she has big amount of loan. Then I checked my mail box, and indeed found a big amount bill. What kind of troubles I will have with this. How come I did not see the bills before? I guess probably she took it everytime because she has the mailbox key.
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you might have some debt collectors come ringing. i suggest you ensure that immigrations knows she has left, then also inform the debt company that she has left. in that way, yuo can at least minimize the risk that they come rining
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Definately inform immigration, with all her details, I seem to remember she is the one who is supposed to have a sick or blind child? homesick etc, and you have been very kind and understanding to her., I am really sorry she has left you with this worry.She may be working elsewhere in Hk to avoid debt collectors, maybe Imm can track her. I think if you have a copy of the dismissal letter, then do a photcopy and send to the debt agencies, hopefully they will not bother you then.Good luck.
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Thanks cookie09 and Susie1. Susie1, you really have a good memory. Yes, she has bilind kid and that is why I hired her over the other woman because I wanted to help her. She is really emtional, sometimes careless, and making phone calls all the time even when I am at home. I just tried to understand her because of her kid. Actually she was pretty happy after her kid had surgery in this May. She started to get really emtional and wanted to leave in June. Then I just bought her tickets and signed another contract with other helper. I asked her to leave me a home phone number and email so that I can call her and send my kids' photos to her. I thought she loves my kids because she cried before she left. However, yesterday I was told she did not treat my 2 years old boy well in clubhouse. Now I feel very sad about that. Do you think it is possible that she did not use the tickets at all?
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Hi Peanuts, Again I am really sorry about what happened to you, but your previous helper seems to have played on your generousity BIG TIME, as she got a 'nice' release,(I have read the old post now) she could easily have told IMM that her son is now better, if indeed he was ill in the first place? and be already being processed for the next person.
Have you noticed if anything has gone missing at home yet, I would do a check, but for any future employers sake let IMM know what has happened with the debt thing.
When you get a new employee, just be firm but fair, hopefully she will be not so much a Drama Queen and Fraudster as the last one, and beware if they are making phonecalls all the time like your last one did, they are there to look after your children. Also don't give the mailbox key, this is where she will have got any details the loan people needed to give her the loan. MY DH used to have our mailbox key, and after finding that certain mail to us didn't arrive, we took the key back, very peculiar after that, the mailbox lock suddenly became very weak, and kept springing open, I think it had a little help!
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If and when you get those calls from the collector, simply tell them she has been fired, and ask for their fax number where you could send them a copy of the termination letter.
That's what we did with the previous helper who was fired by our boss. Turned out she owes money from at least 6 different finance company.
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I actually have the same experience. And even though I told the debt collector that she has left they wouldn't believe me. So they just keep on calling. Eventually I have to call the police. But before I did I found out first the company behind this debt collector, so a caller display really helped. So when I reported them to the police I have a name.
But in my case I did not give them a copy of her resignation letter. So maybe giving them a copy would help.
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Part of my negotiations with my helper was that the only thing that she is not allowed to do is to borrow money locally. She was informed that if she did and is caught, that she will be terminated. We have heard horror stories where there is constant calls and visits from collectors and this cannot be tolerated.
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We experienced this after our helper finished her 4 years contract with us. She told us she wanted to work for some friends of her ex boss, which was fine with us as we didn't have to pay her the long term service.
Then as soon as she left our house, we started to get letters from her bank, then it was phone calls and we have been harrassed for many months by very aggressive loan sharks. We ended up filing a complain at the police station and we also informed immigration about it. It was really a difficult period for us as they kept on calling and insulting us and threatening us whatever we told them !
A really stressing experience...
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yes .. same experience. No. 1 , change or cancell your home tel. number. Also I hope you live with good security gates to prevent strangers coming up. Then at least you can ignore them. The problem is that many debt collectors simply do not beleive the helper has left. Its a long depressing and tiresome task when this happens. Move apartment and change ur phone.
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Thank you all for kind sharing your own experience. I did received calls and visit. They asked me to fax the immigrant letter to them, and I did it. Hopefully they would stop from now on.
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Sorry for my whine again. I just found out that she stole our camera recoder, which includes some very important video we took before and did not uploaded on computer. I am so disappointed on her. Is there anyway I could persuade her to send me the video back by email?
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Report the theft of the camera to the police, and maybe Imm with your ex- employees details, she may already be trying to process a new employer to con! or she may try doing it from her home if she indeed went there.
Hopefully by just reporting it you will stop her being employed elsewhere, and put an end to her dishonest ways.
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