We are a couple with an elderly Thai father needing a young Burmese live in maid to help out with housework and cooking.

Food and accommodation provided.

Prefer someone with no connections locally.

Any info would be greatly appreciated.

We are based in Chiangmai

Thanks

Why specifically Burmese? 

If the elderly father is Thai would it not be better for him to have a native Thai speaker and help out a Thai rather than an immigrant?

Also why no connections locally?  I would have thought that some local knowledge would be a high priority!

4 minutes ago, fangless said:

Why specifically Burmese? 

If the elderly father is Thai would it not be better for him to have a native Thai speaker and help out a Thai rather than an immigrant?

Also why no connections locally?  I would have thought that some local knowledge would be a high priority!

Poor isolated live in workers in a foreign country are easier to abuse.  I'm not saying the OP is planning on doing this, but whenever I hear of abuse stories of live in maids, there always seems to be a pattern.

20 minutes ago, fangless said:

Why specifically Burmese? 

If the elderly father is Thai would it not be better for him to have a native Thai speaker and help out a Thai rather than an immigrant?

Also why no connections locally?  I would have thought that some local knowledge would be a high priority!

Why so many questions?

 

FWIW we used to have Burmese, Cambodian and Thai live in maids a few years back with young kids. The wife always picked the ones with less connections as they were more devoted and getting an immigrant was cheaper. Thai laws meant they had to be provided with correct paperwork and insurance to be legal. Haven't used them as kids grew up. All of them were excellent.

48 minutes ago, Mohanan said:

Prefer someone with no connections locally.

Not sure who would know someone w/no connections locally? Knowing them would already be some sort of connection... Not too many are here alone, I wouldn't think as most have family connections of some sort, and I don't think you want a street person... 

 

Where in CM are you? 

2 minutes ago, 1FinickyOne said:

Not sure who would know someone w/no connections locally? Knowing them would already be some sort of connection... Not too many are here alone, I wouldn't think as most have family connections of some sort, and I don't think you want a street person... 

 

Where in CM are you? 

Woman I knew used to drive from CM to the refugee camp at Mae Sot and get one.

You could also ask at a local building site, or the work camp near the site they all live in.

Edited December 12, 20214 yr by BritManToo

9 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Woman I knew used to drive from CM to the refugee camp at Mae Sot and get one.

My first thought when they said Chiang Mai.

The trouble with those type of foreign workers that they are unreliable and can disappear on you at the drop of the hat no warning no explanations and sometimes taking some of your belonging with them and gone across the border.. not a good idea, get a local girl safer and better communications..

Edited December 12, 20214 yr by ezzra

12 minutes ago, ezzra said:

The trouble with those type of foreign workers that they are unreliable and can disappear on you at the drop of the hat no warning no explanations and sometimes taking some of your belonging with them and gone across the border.. not a good idea, get a local girl safer and better communications..

I've found the Burmese maids far more reliable than Thai ladies.

And they only want half the wage.

4 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I've found the Burmese maids far more reliable than Thai ladies.

And they only want half the wage.

Ultimately... this, in my experience the Burmese maids are simply better at doing the job. 

 

The Thai maids want more money which I’m ok with, but they don’t do a better job which I’m not ok with. 

 

 

We’ve gone through a lot of maids, had live-ins and live outs...  they generally work for a year and then disappear.

 

Our last maid went back to Burma, never returned, she sent her niece who worked for about a year, then just stopped coming and didn’t answer the phone.

So, we now have another maid (Thai) who’s pretty rubbish, just cleans a little bit (around things not under them etc)... she won’t do laundry or ironing !! 

We’ve contacted agencies who don’t reply, or they say they don’t have anyone available in my area !!!... 

 

To be honest, its bit of a PITA to get a reliable maid who’s trustworthy, reliable and good at their job and its not because we pay too little...  The last maid we paid 1000 Baht per visit (i.e. about 8am to 2pm) twice per week. 

 

 

 

The only thing which seems to work...   getting maids from recommendations of ‘other people or other maids who are reliable’... i.e. word of mouth. 

 

 

 

 

 

in another word the want to pay cheap

10 minutes ago, vinci said:

in another word the want to pay cheap

To the uninitiated wishing to make a negative judgement this may appear to be the case.

 

However, many who have employed maids over the years have found that domestic service workers from Myanmar simply do a far better job regardless of the wage.  The only issue is that the do tend to ’disappear’ !!... i.e. they take a month off and go back to Myanmar for Songkran and just don’t return....

 

 

 

2 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

To the uninitiated wishing to make a negative judgement this may appear to be the case.

 

However, many who have employed maids over the years have found that domestic service workers from Myanmar simply do a far better job regardless of the wage.  The only issue is that the do tend to ’disappear’ !!... i.e. they take a month off and go back to Myanmar for Songkran and just don’t return....

 

 

 

I have had a couple and the ones I have had are very good workers indeed... they both had Thai husbands and families here, so they are not disappearing... 

12 hours ago, WorriedNoodle said:

Why so many questions?

More importantly is why are there no answers or at least acknowledgements from the newbie (Troll?) OP?

13 hours ago, bbko said:

Poor isolated live in workers in a foreign country are easier to abuse.  I'm not saying the OP is planning on doing this, but whenever I hear of abuse stories of live in maids, there always seems to be a pattern.

and money

13 hours ago, fangless said:

Why specifically Burmese? 

If the elderly father is Thai would it not be better for him to have a native Thai speaker and help out a Thai rather than an immigrant?

Also why no connections locally?  I would have thought that some local knowledge would be a high priority!

and why does she have to be young?

13 hours ago, Mohanan said:

needing a young Burmese live in maid

Why does she have to be young?  That is very creepy sounding.  How young would you like her to be?

7 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Why does she have to be young?  That is very creepy sounding.  How young would you like her to be?

I would just say a Burmese maid no need to mention age

will she be allowed to have a phone to speak to her connections 

17 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Ultimately... this, in my experience the Burmese maids are simply better at doing the job. 

 

The Thai maids want more money which I’m ok with, but they don’t do a better job which I’m not ok with. 

 

 

We’ve gone through a lot of maids, had live-ins and live outs...  they generally work for a year and then disappear.

 

Our last maid went back to Burma, never returned, she sent her niece who worked for about a year, then just stopped coming and didn’t answer the phone.

So, we now have another maid (Thai) who’s pretty rubbish, just cleans a little bit (around things not under them etc)... she won’t do laundry or ironing !! 

We’ve contacted agencies who don’t reply, or they say they don’t have anyone available in my area !!!... 

 

To be honest, its bit of a PITA to get a reliable maid who’s trustworthy, reliable and good at their job and its not because we pay too little...  The last maid we paid 1000 Baht per visit (i.e. about 8am to 2pm) twice per week. 

 

 

 

The only thing which seems to work...   getting maids from recommendations of ‘other people or other maids who are reliable’... i.e. word of mouth. 

 

 

 

 

 

In Pattaya i got a girl to come over via wechat, cleaned the condo really well then did a massage then got some length, 1,000 baht all in, maybe that's the way to go

4 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

In Pattaya i got a girl to come over via wechat, cleaned the condo really well then did a massage then got some length, 1,000 baht all in, maybe that's the way to go

What do you mean by "some length " ? 

My wife and I had a food stall in a BKK market. There was a Burmese cleaning lady always about. My wife had been spending a lot of time preparing the food each day. Finally she asked the cleaning lady, would you like a job? She turned out to be a great worker, blew through getting the food ready, helped clean up after. She was happy to get the boost in pay which more than doubled it. Wife benefitted from having more selling and less prep time. It was a good deal.

6 hours ago, yogi yogi said:

will she be allowed to have a phone to speak to her connections 

only after the massage

2 minutes ago, steven100 said:

only after the massage

Why couldn't she use her phone before the massage ? 

1 minute ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Why couldn't she use her phone before the massage ? 

she needs to have a clear mind for the massage, no family issues or problems ...  so her mind is free of any other thoughts except the job in hand

3 hours ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

What do you mean by "some length " ? 

Really?

11 hours ago, Meat Pie 47 said:

I would just say a Burmese maid no need to mention age

As would most people.

6 hours ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

What do you mean by "some length " ? 

7cm

14 hours ago, Meat Pie 47 said:

and why does she have to be young?

for cooking and cleaning an older woman would do a better job?  but she needs to be young .  whys that.  

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