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Author Topic: WHAT MAKES HELPERS LEAVE?  (Read 12239 times)

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WHAT MAKES HELPERS LEAVE?
« on: July 29, 2010, 09:54:20 am »
WHAT MAKES HELPERS LEAVE?

Househelp may be an inconvenient necessity in the Phils., but there... since outsourcing alternatives are not that common and well developed yet,  we gotta buckle down to maintaing house staff.

Not necessarily my experience, but as observed... the reason/s helpers leave or do not stay for at least 1  year are as follows:

                For greener pastures or better pay
                Burn-out/physical exhaustion
                Search for a happier household where there are more helpers (malungkot kasi dito eh, mag isa lang ako.  Yeah right, kahit na 1 din lang amo and kasama pa sya sa pag spa mani pedi ng amo.)
                Verbally-abusive employers
                Perceived undesirable household location (perceived as too far from their own homes; or for example, binabaha and that means extra work for them)

I have even experienced 1 lavandera leaving because she could not stand the "kayabangan" of our cook, "eh parepareho lang naman kaming katulong". 

What have you discerned to be the real reasons for some helpers leaving?
Either leaving your employ, or giving such reasons for moving to your employ?


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Re: WHAT MAKES HELPERS LEAVE?
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2010, 10:55:40 am »
Another reason for helpers especially newly-hired ones to leave is when one helper of a neighbor would convince them to leave your employ for the reason that that helper of the neighbor has heard so many negative stories about the employer  like that employer has had so many maids already each leaving for the reason that that employer is strict, etc. 

Ang real score niyan ay kawawa ang amo kasi when a maid is being reprimanded for a negative behavior she goes and tells her maid friends that her amo is strict, etc.  The amo on her part does not go and tell the friends of the maids what that particular maid did kasi di naman friends ng amo yung mga maids ng kapitbahay. So in other words,  nasisira ang pangalan ng amo kasi she is not given the chance to explain her side and I don't think naman any amo has a practice of telling the maids of the neighbors what her side of the story is.  Ang amo this time ay nahusgahan ng walang kalaban-laban.

Ako personally I have experienced that.  I had a maid who in her first day with us already raided all the food in the fridge.  I told that I do not allow my maids to just eat anything they find inside the refrigerator.  I told her in a very nice manner so the next day since friend na niya agad ang maid ng neighbor told her that I was very strict di ko daw siya pinapakain.  Imagine naiba na ang meaning ng sinabi ko. Ginugutom ko daw siya. To shorten the story, di ko naman ma explain sa maid ng neighbor na isa sa mga house rules ko ay wag i-raid ng basta-basta ang mga pagkain ko sa refrigerator.  So the story goes on and on.  Tuloy na bad publicity ako sa neighbors ko and to my succeeding maids.

I am not the only one who has experienced this even my friends do.  Karamihan talaga sa mga maids ay mga "necessary evil".

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Re: WHAT MAKES HELPERS LEAVE?
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2010, 11:49:10 am »
what makes helper leave? katamaran, kasinungalingan, walang common sense, matigas ang ulo......walang care, jejemon, emo atbp. pag ganyan ang yaya mo di bale na lang.......sacrifice na lang muna hanggat walang matinong makukuha.
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Re: WHAT MAKES HELPERS LEAVE?
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2010, 02:09:17 pm »
i have a helper who left because walang tao dito sa bahay... eh kami ba hindi tao?  there were 4 of them, i have 2 toddlers then me and my husband, yun pala, walang "lalake" na makausap, makabiruan... naku i said hindi trabaho ang hanap mo iha...

another helper left because she missed her parents.. she's the youngest in the family hindi daw sya sanay malayo sa parents nya, hay! she would cry at night... and to think there were 4 of them... sad pa din sya


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Re: WHAT MAKES HELPERS LEAVE?
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2010, 04:02:54 pm »
Here are common excuses/reasons na alam ko (although some here are not based on personal experience):

1. uuwi na lang daw uli sa probinsya

2. napagalitan - ayaw nilang napapagalitan at napapagsabihan

3. iba ang sweldo na sinabi ng referrer

4. nalulungkot - I swear meron akong naging maid na wala pang maghapon sa amin, nagpaalam na. At naiinip at nalulungkot daw. Ang konti daw namin. Saka parang walang masyadong tindahan / tambayan. Sabi ko, dapat sa perya ka magtrabaho. Village kasi kami, baka ang gusto niya, pagsilip niya sa bintana, Nepa-Q Mart na.

5. nakagalit yung isang kasama

6. may nag-pirate na mas malaking sweldo

7. may ginawang kalokohan - long-distance calls, stealing things or money, or even food

8. ayaw na ng anak pagtrabahuin sa iba - gusto nila sila ang pagsisilbihan ng nanay nila or gagawin nilang yaya ng mga anak nila

9. magpapahinga daw muna

10. mag-a-abroad - I had one for a short time kasi nag-i-intay ng pag-alis niya papuntang HK. Ang galing pa naman, parang pang-hotel ang service.

11. may siyota or mag-aasawa or nabuntis

12. buwisit ang asawa at pinapauwi siya

13. ayaw ng stay-at-home na amo - hindi kasi makadiskarte ng gimik o kalokohan

14. may kasamang malikot ang kamay or worse, yung amo ang "malikot "

isip pa nga ako :p marami pa
« Last Edit: July 29, 2010, 04:06:38 pm by billy »
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Re: WHAT MAKES HELPERS LEAVE?
« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2010, 06:14:04 pm »
May pumasok sa amin dumating hapon tapos kinabukasan nagpa-alam na eto ang reason niya:
1. Dapat daw 8 hours ang tulog niya parati
2. Don daw sa dating amo niya pag gising niya luto na ang breakfast

HAHAHA ... hindi ko talaga makalimutan itong tao na ito. :)

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Re: WHAT MAKES HELPERS LEAVE?
« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2010, 09:27:41 am »
yung mga naging helper namin iisa lang ang reason bakit kami nilalayasan:

yung lola ng asawa ko ---magnanakaw na, ubod pa ng sungit at binabantayan lahat ng kilos ng kasambahay namin. wala ng magaling kung hindi siya, uulitin pa yung ginawa nung helper kahit tama naman at nasa ayos. isa pa, na tuturn off kaka kupit niya ng gamit at pera pag sumahod na ang helper.

wala naman sana problema sa sweldo or sa klase ng trabaho, at kung kami lang ng asawa ko at byenan ko ang amo. yung matanda lang talaga ang malaking problema sa sobrang sama ng ugali niya sumusuko talaga at walang tumatagal.
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Re: WHAT MAKES HELPERS LEAVE?
« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2010, 10:01:08 am »
Ours naman, nabobored kasi halos walang ginagawa. Yun binilhan ko ng radyo, medyo umokey. Minsan miss niya daw barkada niya sa province. Hay naku.
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Re: WHAT MAKES HELPERS LEAVE?
« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2010, 10:37:07 am »
In our experience, my mom kase mejo masakit magsalita so pag mejo maramdamin ang maid, hinde nagtatagal.

May nahahanap na bf at gusto magpakasal/tanan etc

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Re: WHAT MAKES HELPERS LEAVE?
« Reply #9 on: July 30, 2010, 11:09:46 am »
May pumasok sa amin dumating hapon tapos kinabukasan nagpa-alam na eto ang reason niya:
1. Dapat daw 8 hours ang tulog niya parati
2. Don daw sa dating amo niya pag gising niya luto na ang breakfast
<br LOL ... hindi ko talaga makalimutan itong tao na ito. :)

grabe, kapalmukz!   yung no.1 madali   pero yung no.2  sarap nya ha... pag ganyan ask ko kung... sa inyo, pag gising mo, may pagkain na or walang maluto?   

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Re: WHAT MAKES HELPERS LEAVE?
« Reply #10 on: July 30, 2010, 11:15:09 am »
Hay naku, BILLY   yang no.7 mo...

   There was a time, the phone bill came up to P20thou!
   Pag tingin ng statement eh puro cell phone calls
   [textspeak!] gumamit?  Walang aamiin?  O sige, divide the bill by all of you...
   Eh di may pumiyak kung sino telebabad
   1 helper (may bagong ka text ng "BF" daw nya)  akala daw nya libre daw ang pagtawag sa cellphone ..  grabe, as in pag alis pa lang namin for the office... around 930 eh salpak na sya...
   Sabi ko bayaran mo yan ha sa trabaho .. kasi pag hindi mo ginawa yon ano pa isiping ka abuso ng iba di ba?
   I brought her to the office, don sya nag service and ayon, walang nap naps sa office.. 

Since then, wala nang NDD feature our home phone.

BILLY... ang galing ng list mo, comprehensive.

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« Reply #11 on: July 30, 2010, 11:29:28 am »
^That happened to me, 8k worth of long distance and cellphone calls. Kakaloka.

Nakaalis na siya sa amin when we found out. Kaya hinunting namin kung saan siya nagwowork. Pinagtiyagaan naming singilin siya, kahit hinulug-hulugan niya ng 500 to 1000 per payday. Aba, hindi kami mayaman para bayaran ang PLDT ng ganun-ganun lang. In the end, parang half lang ang nasingil namin kasi umalis na din siya dun sa amo niya, hindi na namin alam kung nasaan siya.

I agree with Stellar27, meron nga palang mga kasama pa sa bahay (e.g. relatives) na mahirap pakisamahan. Hindi na nga sila ang nagpapasweldo, sila pa ang nagpapahirap sa kasambahay.
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Re: WHAT MAKES HELPERS LEAVE?
« Reply #12 on: July 30, 2010, 10:21:50 pm »
they leave daw kasi may multo sa bahay    hahaha
yan ang tsismiss doon sa kapitbahay na townhouse nang sister ko
once, pati helpers nya gusto umalis kasi namamasyal dawa the multo
lol

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« Reply #13 on: July 31, 2010, 11:34:06 am »
^ papaalisin ko na yung sosyal na maid/yaya ng anak ko. i will post her pic para wala ng among makakuha sakanya. sa una, pakitang gilas. at buong akala ko mabait sa anak ko yun pala tinatakot ng kung ano ano, imagine scaring a year and a half baby. malikot ang kamay, sinusuot ang mga clothes ko kapag mag dday off, kinuha yung shades ko na nabawi ko pa dahil nakuha ko sa bag niya, tapos yung eternity ko na perfume, at MNG na damit. marunong pumili ang loka. ilang buwan ko din pinag tiyagaan to, the yaya is calling me, "HOY BABAE", at sabi sakin one time, "BUKSAN MO NGA YUNG ILAW". hindi nalang ako kumibo dahil ayaw kong sa anak ko ibuhos sama ng loob niya.

masyadong makati ang dila, at malandi sa mga lalaki. kung hindi lang mahirap kumuha ng yaya matagal ko ng pinaalis to. pero ngayon, natauhan na ako, papaalisin ko na pag uwi ko. nag dadabog daw sa house ngayon sabi ng husband ko, may bisita pa man din siya ngayon. napuna na nga ng bisita na nag dadabog daw. magtutuos kami pag uwi ko.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/52533490@N05/4845528958/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/52533490@N05/4845528954/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/52533490@N05/4844903835/
« Last Edit: July 31, 2010, 11:54:54 am by ceejhei »

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« Reply #14 on: July 31, 2010, 11:56:43 am »
They usually say may namatay na kung sino man...I hate it when they do that kasi pwede naman sabihin real reason wag na magimbento ng papatayin.. haha.

But for my maids, more often than not, nabubunits! Kaya I always warn my new maids na mga maids ko buntisin :)

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Re: WHAT MAKES HELPERS LEAVE?
« Reply #15 on: July 31, 2010, 12:06:02 pm »
May pumasok sa amin dumating hapon tapos kinabukasan nagpa-alam na eto ang reason niya:
1. Dapat daw 8 hours ang tulog niya parati
2. Don daw sa dating amo niya pag gising niya luto na ang breakfast

LOL ... hindi ko talaga makalimutan itong tao na ito. :)

pramis tumamblig ako dito sis, tsk!

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Re: WHAT MAKES HELPERS LEAVE?
« Reply #16 on: July 31, 2010, 08:01:32 pm »
^ papaalisin ko na yung sosyal na maid/yaya ng anak ko. i will post her pic para wala ng among makakuha sakanya. sa una, pakitang gilas. at buong akala ko mabait sa anak ko yun pala tinatakot ng kung ano ano, imagine scaring a year and a half baby. malikot ang kamay, sinusuot ang mga clothes ko kapag mag dday off, kinuha yung shades ko na nabawi ko pa dahil nakuha ko sa bag niya, tapos yung eternity ko na perfume, at MNG na damit. marunong pumili ang loka. ilang buwan ko din pinag tiyagaan to, the yaya is calling me, "HOY BABAE", at sabi sakin one time, "BUKSAN MO NGA YUNG ILAW". hindi nalang ako kumibo dahil ayaw kong sa anak ko ibuhos sama ng loob niya.

masyadong makati ang dila, at malandi sa mga lalaki. kung hindi lang mahirap kumuha ng yaya matagal ko ng pinaalis to. pero ngayon, natauhan na ako, papaalisin ko na pag uwi ko. nag dadabog daw sa house ngayon sabi ng husband ko, may bisita pa man din siya ngayon. napuna na nga ng bisita na nag dadabog daw. magtutuos kami pag uwi ko.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/52533490@N05/4845528958/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/52533490@N05/4845528954/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/52533490@N05/4844903835/

Careful, hwag mong sampalin... although she deserves such at tadyak din.   beyond kapamulkz itong bastos na ito.


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Re: WHAT MAKES HELPERS LEAVE?
« Reply #17 on: July 31, 2010, 08:03:51 pm »
CEEJHEI -- that last photo of her..haha, mali pasok nya eh.. hindi  yaya, GRO ata or pokpok ambisyon nang lukaret.   ;D

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Re: WHAT MAKES HELPERS LEAVE?
« Reply #18 on: July 31, 2010, 08:22:42 pm »
@ceejhei
If you anticipate that she'll be a problem when she leaves, dalhin mo muna siya sa barangay para ireport kung bakit sila pinaaalis.

Dapat ni-crop mo na lang yung pictures para di nasama ang mukha ng anak mo.  I assume that's your child in the picture.

Also a common reason why helpers leave their employers -- they never intended to work as household help in the first place, gusto lang malibre ang pamasahe.  Uso to sa mga maids galing sa probinsya.
« Last Edit: July 31, 2010, 08:40:25 pm by moonie »

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Re: WHAT MAKES HELPERS LEAVE?
« Reply #19 on: August 01, 2010, 12:57:04 am »
@ceejhei - buti napalayas mo. grabe naman na yaya yan... ambisyosa

 

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