⌛ Helpers

Hire one with no kids. Hard to find but available. Patience is a virtue and you need that living here, time runs a 48 hour day because their pace is so slow, buy them a watch and estabish dicisipline, they need education on how to be a worker. Reward them generously. Walk in their shoes for one day.Teach them, teach them, teach them and pass it on

 

I think in some instances that her having a kid to take care of is an incentive for her to keep the job - this is for the one that does not live in. For a live in, I agree with you whole heatedly.

 

JoeMabini did you ever hear anybody satisfied on whatever they have?
I dont think so...

The thing what i been wondering is, we get married and have a family, but whY in the end we need anyone to help to taking care of everything, we let anybody to take of our responsibility.

Ohhh well, not easy to be rich,

my opinion is, not to have complain having a helper, dont get helper, it will less headache
stay focus of your business instead, let your wife take care of everything. But if you promised your wife that you will give her helper or maid when you get married with her, thats different issue.

Goodluck

 

We never had a helper until we had children. The helper's job is to do cleaning and laundry and occupy the three year old while her mother is busy breast feeding the 1 month old. When the 1 month old is sleeping, my wife takes care of the three year old. The wife had a C Section and is recovering still, but cooks the meals. I would hardly consider that having someone take care of everything.

Besides, I am out of town most of the time so having someone at the house at night is a good idea. When I am home, I can help out enough with cooking and the kids to free the helper up to just clean.

So there is the justification. We are hardly rich. We watch our budget closely, but do not have a problem spending a little more on keeping ah elper happy insead of replacing them all of the time.

The question was: What is the secret to keeping a helper for any length of time? Obviously some people are able to keep a helper for years, what are they doing to accomplish this? The purpose of the thread was to find out from other people how to keep an employee happy and loyal.

I have found some useful techniques in the answers from people that were willing to share their experiences. My thanks goes out to them.

Do I detect a little animosity in your "Ohhh well, not easy to be rich" statement? Are you a foreigner of a Filipino?

 

JoeMabini you dont ask opinion, or help, or suggestion, your complaining if you dont pay attention to that. You were counting what you gave to your helper, is opinion your seeking in this thread? hmmmm, i cant think that..

filipino or foreigners, im a human.. its all about here

 

When people start a thread, it is generally intended and understood that a dialogue is being started to which others would respond and add their own experiences. That is what a forum is all about. Asking a question is not necessary in most instances as answers flow from the responses from the other posters.

No need to answer the question of your nationality. I figured it out on my own. Also there is no need to follow me around on the forum either and belittle me as you might appear (being careful not to flame) to be a person that is proud of cultural beliefs that promote flawed thinking. Examples of this flawed thinking would be that each family should have a designated slave they send abroad to work like a mule while the other members of the family do absolutely nothing productive. I think it is called family values.

Now mind you, I am not accusing you of this as that is against the rules, I am merely saying that you might appear to be one of these individuals with flawed thinking if you continue to post in rants.

Mery crismas

 

Well Sel, at least try to write 'reasonably', grammatically and intelligibly, when you reply to the original post or further ones, or else some may think you have a 'chip on your shoulder'. Just perhaps, it's another case of 'Filipinos can do no wrong' and it's as always the 'foreigner's problem' and just leave it at that, no need to get one's 'knickers in a twist'.

 

Maybe you should change your thinking. No helpers and no Ya ya's....Why don't you take over and help your wife with the kids and house cleaning? That way you can stop complaining about how bad it is. You may have time when your job in Manila is finished. I share everything at home with my wife and kicked out all the helpers. Peaceful leaving and no interference. PEACE!

 

I agree RonEtue, it will be less headache.

To have peace and not to think anything else when we wakeup in the morning and before going to bed at night.

 

KTM & JoeMabini,

We have only one helper once, she stayed with us 10 years, but we dont count what we have provided her, at the age of 32 she got married, after my mother died.It was the time she want to face and take care of her own life. But she never leave us alone.
when my father past away 6 months ago, she was with us helping and giving her sympathy as my father for her own father

She even visit us very often, now the secret is, why alot of helpers dont stay with thier employers, ourself is our own reflection.

KTM, as you said life is tough, but more tougher if we are being stupid.
On this thread we ask opinion, we dont count what we give to others.

Merry christmas to all