Maids factor!

I never knew it will be  interesting to observe work culture in maids segment in India, until I experienced the way of life in some other countries!

Life is somehow easy in India for working females as they can have so many helping hands around them to manage their homes with office.Its quite interesting to see how easily you can have different maids for different work , like one for cooking, one for cleaning,other for looking after kids and home. This can give you relaxation of mind which can help you to devote more time to your work. This scene is not same in other countries. Its not affordable to have maids as they are employed through maid agencies on contract for two years.Some work part time also,  who charge you exorbitantly at the rate of per hour. This is the scene in eastern countries. In western countries this system of hiring maids is not available and if is present then unthinkable by the common man.

To have maid or not, its your personal choice.But I must tell you its quite interesting to see the difference in attitude everywhere. In Singapore  part time  maids  are very professional. They will do their work diligently and they will be always punctual. Full time maids are trained for their work and they know very well how to carry out their work properly. Nobody can guess by their dressing sense that they are working as maids as they carry their working dress separately which they bring to their employer’s house along with them. One of the very entertaining facts about maids which I observed during my stay in Singapore was that some homemakers, in families which had maids of Malaysian and Indonesian origin, were having strange problem of confused identity by the surrounding neighbourhood as by looks maids appeared to be the boss and vice versa. Therefore they never preferred going out with their maids.

In India its not tough to hire a maid. There are several options available around you to click for a maid.though its not tough to get maid as you can get through word of mouth.You can just inform the guard of the society or your neighbour, you will easily receive number of maids knocking your door for the job.But the guarranty is not that you will be happy with her performance. She might have her own demands from you before accepting your work conditions. Some may ask for monthly breaks, some maybe techno savvy and may ask to use yr PC once a while for chatting purpose with her son. Some will like to take their work orders through SMSs.

There is lots of Union baji in maids group of any society.They decide their own rates, if anyhow you had some differences with one maid then it will be tough to get some other maid in that society. Everybody will be against you and then you have to compromise on thir demands.

Whatever be the experience! May be today’s generation of maids are also changing their workculture as the other segments of the society. Otherwise once upon a time maid of any family was just like the other member of the family who was given due respect and she herself was very loyal by nature. Happy Maid hunting!