Fadya, it's a case to case basis for each individual. My wife's friend (who happens to be a neighbor of us in our accomodaion), a Filipina has been staying with her employer for 18 years. That's right, 18 years. Now she received QR 1, 500 per month but that is starting this year only. Say if she started at 700, she maybe getting a 500 increase per year.
So it's not the money.
To Xena, sorry, but you switching of sympathy was affected by your actual experience of recruiting maids in the Philippines. But you said the magic word, the USD 400 as specified by the government should be followed but again, how many percent of employer here pays that?
BTW, full body massage in our country is PhP 350.00 so can you tell me where did you had a PhP 200 service. I may go there when I go home for vacation.
If a maid in MAnila is paid PhP 1500 (which I doubt very much as prevailing rate is PhP 3000 per month, just imagine that a typical household in Manila is earning a net of PhP 20000 shelling out say 2000, can a typical household here in ME earning say 20000 QAR can shell out QAR 1500 per month?
And being away from your love ones is the hardest part. Its the emotional thing that one needs to pay!
To the OP, the maid may have a legitimate grievance for running away (actually, did she?)
how much she pay her maid?
Fadya, it's a case to case basis for each individual. My wife's friend (who happens to be a neighbor of us in our accomodaion), a Filipina has been staying with her employer for 18 years. That's right, 18 years. Now she received QR 1, 500 per month but that is starting this year only. Say if she started at 700, she maybe getting a 500 increase per year.
So it's not the money.
To Xena, sorry, but you switching of sympathy was affected by your actual experience of recruiting maids in the Philippines. But you said the magic word, the USD 400 as specified by the government should be followed but again, how many percent of employer here pays that?
BTW, full body massage in our country is PhP 350.00 so can you tell me where did you had a PhP 200 service. I may go there when I go home for vacation.
If a maid in MAnila is paid PhP 1500 (which I doubt very much as prevailing rate is PhP 3000 per month, just imagine that a typical household in Manila is earning a net of PhP 20000 shelling out say 2000, can a typical household here in ME earning say 20000 QAR can shell out QAR 1500 per month?
And being away from your love ones is the hardest part. Its the emotional thing that one needs to pay!
To the OP, the maid may have a legitimate grievance for running away (actually, did she?)