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by realthomo » Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:53 pm
It's all about treating them like humans and ensuring they are happy. If they are happy, they will work well.
Our maid wakes up and starts work at 7am. My kids are at school between 9 and 2, so I have asked her to not take any phonecalls before 1pm so she can get all her chores done. She then has the entire afternoon for downtime, phonecalls, etc. As an employer, I am well within my right to stipulate no phonecalls between 9 & 1, as this would be the case in any job. So she gets pretty much the whole afternoon to take it easy, play with the kids (if one of them doens't want to play with me, they usually go to her), and help me with dinner. We eat at 5.30pm and then she cleans up. SHe is usually in her bedroom or going out by 7pm, unless we are going out (maybe 2 nights a week) in which case she sits in her room or the living room to watch cable tv or surf the net. She has been with "slave driver" families before, so I know she is really happy with our arrangement, especially since she can go out a couple of nights a week to see her boyfriend.
Proud to be Australian!