After working for us for 2 weeks, my temp Indon maid’s performance is still good. My maid agent met up with me yesterday and I have confirmed with him that I will be absorbing this maid as my permanent maid. In total, we will have to pay a whopping RM9k, which comprises of agency fee (RM3,600), 6 months’ advance salary for the maid @ RM500 per month, levy, medical and RM800 per month for 2.5 months for hiring a temp maid! My hubby’s jaw almost dropped when I told him he still has to pay an outstanding amount of close to RM6k to the agent.
I was informed by my maid agent that the agency fee will further increase soon. Hopefully my maid will continue to be good and will agree to extend her service with us for another 2 years so that we can save on the agency fee in future. I am planning to do away with a live-in maid when my 3rd child turns 4 yo. Hiring a maid is incredibly costly now and most of the time, the quality of the maids supplied to us is really below expectations and acceptable standards. Most of the capable and good maids are already creamed off by employers in other countries like Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan. These maids are also paid handsomely in these countries.
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Good to know you have decided on what works best for you.
Whoa! My jaw also dropped.
wow,really expensive…i heard my friend said it’s about rm2k if hire a maid in Sabah, how come KL so much difference.
good to hear that. luckily u decided to try out with this new maid….now i m really stuck here with no suitable maid.
9k???? that’s too much. i’m paying around 6.5k only and month RM450…our temporary here is only RM15 a day. KL rate is really so expensive but ok lar…u KL people earn so much more than us in Malacca. 😛
wah good news to u but bad news to the pocket :(…yah it’s totally crazy we paying so much and yet the quality is crappy sigh…
me also thinking of doing away with maid once my kids are older
That’s a big sum of money. But look on the bright side. U get to try out b4 employing one. So at least u know she’s suitable for the job.
my goodness!!! that’s a lot of money *shake head* anyway, i’m glad to hear that you finally get a permanent maid 😀
Nowadays hiring a maid in KL is really expensive. Hope your maid will continue to be good, at least it is worth paying for exp agent fee.
thats a lot!! who is ur maid agency?
9k is quite a lump sum….but at least you get a good one here….
Ouch..!! that was painful..!! very xiong ah..!