Domestic workers are among the lowest-paid sectors among overseas Filipino workers. Many of them are not aware of their rights and privileges, so they are subjected to abuse and maltreatment. If placement agencies abuse them by charging excessive fees, their employers could also take advantage of them. Let’s understand what the common signs of a bad employer are.
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Asks you to clean the house on your day off.
You may consider yourself lucky you’re given a day off, as many domestic workers don’t have this right. But if before you go out of the house, you’ll be asked to cook breakfast and tend the children, and wash dishes when you arrive at night. Employers need to be aware that technically, you’re given 24 hours of free time, but even at a shorter time than this (9 am until 9 pm) some employers bother to ask their helpers to do household chores.
Do not leave food allowance when going away.
Some employers fail to be sensitive to the needs of their helpers. When they’re away on vacation, they fail (or refuse) to leave food allowance or cash for the helper’s consumption in their absence.
They do not include helpers when ordering food.
Sometimes when the family goes out, the helper who also serves as a nanny to the kids is often asked to join. However, when it’s time to eat and order at a restaurant, the helper is left to tend the child (spoon-feed, arrange the high chair, etc.) and left out in the dining. It would be fine if she’s going to eat after attending to her tasks, but sometimes they’re only going to share food with the kid. Worse, they’re not included in the food order.
Picky with money.
To deter abuse, employers make it a point to ask for a receipt to validate the amount spent on the household worker’s grocery tasks. But some employers become overly picky, and even on the smallest of items bought at the wet market, they ask for receipts. Also, some employers are not mindful of the cost of commodities that they budget too little for their helper to buy weekly cost of food and needs at home.
Deprive helper of sleep.
Just because household workers are home-based doesn’t mean their on-call 24-hours a day. Many of them stay late at night waiting for their employers to go home, their children to sleep, or for laundry to finish. Helpers wake up early to prepare breakfast, clean the car, or wake up the kids for school. Helpers are human beings too. They need enough rest to be able to work correctly.
Do not offer privacy.
Some employers have smaller homes, and that likely means there is no separate space for a helper’s privacy. Some are offered beds, not bedrooms, right next to the kitchen, and one helper was even asked to sleep in a makeshift bed inside the bathroom.
Late payment of wages.
Too many helpers who are underpaid, it’s a blessing to be paid the right wages. But for those who receive them, a possible issue is that they’re not paid on time. There is a law that requires employers to pay salaries of their household workers not later than seven days after the wage period. So consider your employer a bad one if he or she fails to fulfill this obligation. Worse, we heard about helpers not being paid for their salaries for months!
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True..! Ganyan ung employer ko no consideration ..!
Salamat sa diyos at mabait ang amo ko……
gnyan employer ko frm 1 to 7…
isa n amo ko jan before and after mag-offday gawin parin yong trabaho and mostly s mga employer off our lang binibigay…:(
true…
true…
ganyan ang nangyayari dito sa kuwait!!!almost all employers!!
Ganyan mga amo ko laging delay sahod,pgka day off linis muna bago alis,9 months n ko s kanila hanggang ngayon ala p bgy emirates at labor id ko pati copy passport with resident vsa
dati Kong amo ganyan buset ipagluto mo muna ng tanghalian hapunan patulogin mo muna alaga mo sa tnghali 1pm kana makslabas tapos use ka din ng b4 alas sais.
Ganyan employer ko lahat nasa kanya na pero ewan ko bakit natapos ko din kontrata ko at nagrecontrack pa ako
Bkit nga b!!..hindi ntin mkuha ang ating krpatan….minsan tayoy mgreklamo..tau prin ang msma..pano nga b malu2tas ang problema.nka2awa ang mga kaba2yan ntin n naka2ranas ng ganito..sna m magawa ang ating gobyerno…
All of the statement above is talking about my employers…
Wla aq msabi sa amo q subra bait nya kc dti dw wla din cla ng sikap lng.kya mganda pkisama nya sa mga katulong
Pg nag utos lagi quickly ..pgdating s sahod later ..tomorrow..later uli tomorrow uli nkkainis.
Ganyan ang employer q ..1 to 7
Yan amo ko 1 to 7
I have a good employe then!.(not even 1 from the list)
thanks be to GOD!……
my employer consder not bad but when i read this i can see a point that 80% of that 7 signs she have!!!so i think i cinsider her as bad employer???i guess so
Ang employer ko 24 hrs trabaho.dilat mata nla dilat din m mata ko.no privacy room.
Walang rest day..hindi pd lumabas kahit bumili lang sa tindahan..personal things hindi libre..pagpinakain waiting pa ng tira nila..hai..tyaga lang kc..kailangan kc…
Lahat ng employer ganyan naman e kahit saan bansa..
Oooooo nga totoo yon ang helpers ang pnkmliit ang shod at ala pang rest day ang lupit n nang life nmin
dats my employer! kahit tubig n inumin tinatago s loob ng kwarto.tiis kng bibigyan k ng pagkain ur be thankful .f hdi tubig nlang………..
Soooooo true!!!!!!
my employer is not bad pero I read this lumalabag din pla cla kgaya ng sahod KO dapat 15 26 Na ibibigay every end of the month in Islamic calendar,pero tama nmn cla magpasahod.
Num 4, looking and searching for the reciept
Sobrng bait ng amo kolht ng nbgnggt jn d nla gngwa esp.sa shud advnce cla plgi at pg nsa resto kmi ako mismo pumipili ng fud n kkainin ko..im very thankful tlga..GOD IS GOOD!
Skin super delay kung pasahurin aq.? 18 days delay.. pero mabait nman cla wlng problema sa pgkain
I thank god. Isa lng ang nasa amo q jan. Ung pickey with money.. pero uk lng carry nmn Godbless all
mas mabuti siguro pag itigil na ng gobyerno natin ang pagpapadala ng mga dh sa ibang bansa para walang naabuso….
Kpag day off linis muna bahay,wash car at laba tas pagdating sa hapon luto ng hapunan linis uli ng bahay.ang alam q kpag day off no work.pero bkt ganon trabaho pa rin.
Opinion ko diyan ang pag-aabroad ay swertihan at ang pagwork sa abroad ay di pra sa lahat, life is always taking chances ganyan tayong mga pinoy,
Sana mabigyan tayo ng trabaho sa pinas pag uwi nating mga ofw kc tlga pong napakahirap makipag sapalaran sa ibang bansa…
wow talagang tinamaan ako, halos lahat ng nakasaad dito naranasan ko sa mga amo ko nung nasa saudi pa ako. mga … ewan. sarap magmura!
ganyan na ganyan ang amo ko ngyn.
Oo nga yong Iba dito makasaad na experience ko sa akala ko mabait na cla sa Lagay NATO hahaha my nilabag din cla
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Naku pti amo myroon pla dto off day ko ngluluto pko pgkain nlang lhat mgppamilya bgo ako llbas pgdting gnun din mghugas,mglinis ulit
Tama..dpt para mbwasan din khrapn sa pinas at maiwasan anh pgaabuso sa mga ofw dpt sa pinas p lng iptupd n ang pgkkroon ng trabho w/o qualifing age..hrap kc sa bnsa ntin sa edad ngkkproblema khit my pingaraln k kung over age k n wala ng ttangap sa u…kya mdmi nkikipgaplaran n lng sa ibng bnsa n d alm ang mgiging kplran gya dto sa saudi…
Tama..dpt para mbwasan din khrapn sa pinas at maiwasan anh pgaabuso sa mga ofw dpt sa pinas p lng iptupd n ang pgkkroon ng trabho w/o qualifing age..hrap kc sa bnsa ntin sa edad ngkkproblema khit my pingaraln k kung over age k n wala ng ttangap sa u…kya mdmi nkikipgaplaran n lng sa ibng bnsa n d alm ang mgiging kplran gya dto sa saudi…
Tama..dpt para mbwasan din khrapn sa pinas at maiwasan anh pgaabuso sa mga ofw dpt sa pinas p lng iptupd n ang pgkkroon ng trabho w/o qualifing age..hrap kc sa bnsa ntin sa edad ngkkproblema khit my pingaraln k kung over age k n wala ng ttangap sa u…kya mdmi nkikipgaplaran n lng sa ibng bnsa n d alm ang mgiging kplran gya dto sa saudi…
96% of employers are like this…..
So sad that most of them are professionals but
Lahat nyan naranasan ko sa hongkong..sa kusina pa nga ako natutulog
ganito nararanasan ko dito ngyon sa employer ko dito sa hongkong 3hours lng tulog ko wake up ako 5am work na matapos ako 2am na on.nxt day na pagkain ko puro tira tira nla sa gabi ayaw nila.gumamit ako ng cream sa kamay kaya kamay ko puro sugat puro patay na kuko koh ayaw nila ako.makipag usap sa kapwa.pinay holiday ko 1a month lng bgo ako umalis maglaba at maglinis muna pag uwi ko d pa ako makapag pahinga hangang2 am pa ulit ako grabe trato nla subra
Lucky my employer are good..
still blessed even though my off is 5hours a month only,I have 8 1/2 hours rest every weekdays and 9 hours rest every weekend. I have privacy also. I’m not cooking and washing clothes.
Just now
Im still blessed even though my off is 5hours a month only,I have 8 1/2 hours rest at weekdays and 9 hours rest at weekender at weekend. I have privacy also. I’m not cooking and washing clothes.
Ganyan ang present amo ko ..hindi sila local ..african sila ..sila ..ung first mht hinayaan ko sabi ko baka khkunin pa nya ang paggigiwala nha aba e bindi xa nagbabago ..one day kalalabas ko sa day off ko hindi pa ako nakaraginv sa simbahan tinawagan ako daminyang oinapagawa.sinagot ko na sabi ko maam next time if you need me on my off day you tell me before sunday i will stay but you must pay me .. mula po noon hindi na nya inulif pa ..
Tinamaan po AQ sa #7 late n lagi sahod q ang limit pa….350 LNG po ang monthly q dto SG……
I experienced almost all what mention above except going out and ordering and eatind same food… The rest . Its already happening… Whenever i take off. I shoul be up early as normal time just to clean cook breakfast for their lunch… And in dinner im going to prepare once i reached fron my off… Untinsels i left from morning is lying full in the wash basin… i never complain bec its becomes mt habbit
That’s true because I experienced that b4,hope that this problem will solve asap coz a lot of our fellow ofw suffering with this kind of situation, I hope when I comeback SG I can found a better employer,godbless us all
Nrranasan ko now ung wlang limit ung oras nila gat ayaw nila umuwi nd ako pwde mgpahinga 1am na lagi nkkauwi gsing pa ako ng 5:30am straight thill midnight no breaktime even 2hours to sleep.
Ganyan ang amo ko…once a month na nga ang binibigay na dayoff kelangan mglinis muna ng bahay bago mkalabas at uuwi din before 6pm madadatnan ang santambak na trabaho….
I experienced all of that in my Singaporean employers b4.. but now I’m lucky and thankful..
All if the mentioned above mga amo ko ganyan sila
yup i incounter 1 maid in food court
the employer eating bt the maid watching her
i so pity she only drink water…
why some employer like tht…..
Thnks GOD im so lucky to my employer….
Before when I was working with Egyptian family they’re like that. But for now I was luck with my British employers they’re very understanding and good. Thanks God after all my hardworking and patient with the Egyptian family God has given me a nice and good employers.
Im the one of them. Is my off day but before leaving the house need to tidy the house feed the kids. The worse is i prepare everything but my employer ask me leave the house with them. Hello nakahilata pa xa. Tapos nasa labas k n nga panay pa tawag what time ako uuwi.
Sometimes dh should also be flexible especially when they are already treated as member of their family,scratching each others back.Kapamilya na in tagalog.
1,2,4,6.
But one time, my boss bring me out together with them.
They order food, but never offer water for me,.they are super ” koripot””grave tlaga!!!
Sabi ko sa sarili ko, Tiis LNG 2 years mulng nman slng mkakasama.masakit pa mag salita.
Sad to say my Japenese current employer fits all these signs!There are times too that she will asks me to pay for an items i bought for them to consume just becausethe receipt was in a Chinese or if she didn’t ask me to buy eventhough her husband needs it!And she can’t even give my salary on time,its always delay.
My employer sir s kuripot about money may madam paki alamira sa privite life ng katulong..kong d lng dhil ako ng palaki ng anak nila dko a sila binalikan
like my employer when i was having vacation last december she let me out all the things that i need to bring home..and after that she take out all of my clothes in my lagguage one by one check my clothes everything even my boots shoes that still have inside she let me take out and the worst thing she do.she check my wallet and handy pouch and check the money inside how much i had to bring home and check all the receipt how much i send every month then she put in the list when i started to worked with them and after she total all the money that i send and for the other receipt that i spent..in my mind OMG!! first time for all the years i work abroad i xperience this..and one day we just came home by her son she look at me from head to toe and ask me why i wearing watch? then secondly she ask me were did i get my new clothes? but actually its very old clothes of mine..thats why i break my contract in here now im waiting for the new maids come so i can find a new employer…imagine i worked alone for more than a year to them three kids 7,6 @ 5 the 6years old is diabetic and i need to inject insulin and so on….lucky atleast i learned a lot from this family
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What are the signs of a bad domestic helper?
1,5,6 yan nlng HND nq apply ng amo ko…
keep up the good work god bles po