Qatar looks for East European maids

My grandmother and mother always taught me if you want something done correctly, do it yourself. I am from the US, married to a Gulf national for nearly 20 yrs. Maids have their own agendas, trust me. I am a doormat because I'm horrible at setting boundaries and being strick with them.

Ironically, the country we live in is obese as well, which brings me to my own personal solution. If possible, do what you can yourself. I literally sweat everyday from cleaning. It is a free workout and my body reflects it. My friend came over and said, I have maids, you do not, and your house is cleaner than mine.

No judging, and guess what, you save money too. Not only salary and acquiring a maid. Currently, it's $3,000 to hire a full timer.

Thank you for allowing me to share here.

Some if you guys are really funny and I laughed out loud.

Now, I'm dawning the beats headphones, and cleaning my little heart out for the next 3 hours.

Imve experienced maids taking checkbooks, putting ants in our rice, sitting on f/b all day, discovering my maid with my driver in my bed and one loosened the valve behind my washer at 4:30 am, causing the filter to continuously run out into 3 main rooms. I saw tides of measurable gushing floods inside my house.

You cannot pay someone to care. Remember, they have young children too that they've had to entrust to others as they leave their country to 'survive' financially. And, in spite of what's being done here to us, it pales in comparison to what their children endure.

Peace~

I'm impressed. You're truly well informed and very intelligent. You wrote something that people could understand and made the subject intriguing for everyone. I'm saving this for future use. handy

mughal12 stop promoting illegal stuff man. What you are promoting is both illegal and incorrect!

if you think they are here for sex exploitation or something!why don't they do it there and earn money? grow up narrow thoughts.

Please wait few more years ...you can bring maids even from US and Europe,things are going like that..

One of the reasons the salary of filipina maids has gone up is because the filipino peso has gotten alot stronger against all the gulf currencies (which are pegged to the dollar) and as such the money they were sending back each month seemed to become less and less.

Brit.. the Armenian makes sense ... while Latvian doesnt...due to the Money Exchange Rates

1.00 QAR=0.146 Latvian Lat

1.00 QAR=29.36 Albanian Lek

1.00 QAR=110.84 Armenian Dram

It will slowly become a status symbol to have a Armenian maid...lol

Why not fly over to Albanaia or Latvia for a week (alone) and recruit for yourself..

Has this project taken off yet, any recruitment agencies offering such maids?

Why would Eastern European maids come here when I am sure many of them are working in Western Europe for much higher salaries than they would get her.

On a side note, many Eastern European girls are rather good looking!

I'd love to get 2 for my house.. preferably twin sisters ... i am very specific about how my dishes are to be done..

Extremely unlikely. I can't see Eastern Europeans coming to Qatar for crap money and being trated like dirt by the Qataris.

I WISH this will happen!

Enough Filipina women please :(

It is just frustrating that wherever you go, filipinas are the ones that serve,, even clothing stores and restaurants.. We want variety..

They should only Hire rissian, romanian and polish women :)

how i wish this will happen but for a QR.700 salary for a start i doubted it.

yeah and some additonal news for us guys to keep us busy talking about husbands running away with this maids or maybe even stories of maids beating up wives and the husbands too. Looks like interesting times ahead.

This project will never be achieved --__--

SA, no. But I have no reason to be jealous.

This is good

Why would I be? After all, I did not marry a stupid guy.

for their beauty, so would you women accept to bring a beautiful house maid to work at your home? Aren't you afraid on your husband?

Dude, they won't stop fantasizing, will they?

While economic situation is crappy in Bosnia, I reckon that very few would go as far as Qatar for 700QR/month. Sorry to disappoint you, man-abuse agencies.

And, in general, it is an absolute disgrace that maids, drivers, and blue collar workers - whether from Indonesia, Sri Lanka, or elsewhere - in general are paid so low and so exposed to flagrant abuse. And to have temerity to still talk about "breaking monopoly" of the aforementioned countries (implying that these people are getting a better deal than they should) is shameful. This is vapid capitalism at its worst.

Polish maids in the UK may be getting crappy deal monetarily as well (400GBP is not much at all!), but at least their salaries are normally paid on time and their work status is not tied to their "sponsor."

East European maids for 700/800 Riyals? The Police and Deportation Centre will be very busy.

Far then reality,,,

habibi... i will be taking 4 if possible...

This is exactly why I love QL :O)

HEY YOU STUPID (HM)...

DID U HAVE AN ARMENIAN GIRLFRIEND AND SHE KICKED UR A.. BEFORE ??

AND WHO TOLD U THAT THE ARMENIANS WILL ACCEPT TO WORK AS MAIDS HERE ???

THATS B..SH...

i think i will take 2...

How about British or american maids. Perhaps they would be able to do everything right. The problem is the maids may then need to be taken care of themselves

WORM !!! WELCOME H.I.V .. :P " QATAR gateway to the extinction "

But people here are more interested in the Geography of the maid.

So the Histoly of the maid is not necessaly at all!

East Europe doesn't has history of good maid...

edifis gets a bonus point for that answer and for paying attention to the topic in at hand..:)

Good Ol'Joe: Armenia is not in Eastern Europe...Armenia is in Asia.

Armenian??:) be careful, she'll rob ur house and run away!

On a serious note. These maids, like their predecessors will be coming here because of poverty back home. So, they will be open to the same abuse and treatment.

bluepantherback - yeah well said... then the wife might run away with the driver

LOL.. This is a joke..

The daily news will only change from Maid ran away from Sponsor TO Maid ran away with Sponsor.

700 to 800 QR? OMG....:(

Moreover, they add that they doubt if European women would be willing to work in Qatar given the low wages and typical working conditions and Qatari culture and traditions.

Qatar, is keen to tap countries such as Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia and Armenia in Eastern Europe, Tanzania, Mauritius and Kenya in Africa, and Bangladesh, Cambodia and Vietnam in Asia, to recruit domestic helpers.

Manpower agencies have been given the hope that maids could be brought from these countries on monthly wages ranging between QR700 and QR800.

Moreover, they add that they doubt if European women would be willing to work in Qatar given the low wages and typical working conditions and Qatari culture and traditions.

There are many Polish and Indian maids available in London nowadays.

We used to have a polish cleaning girl coming around to clean our house in the UK, 2 times a week, that was when we were not home, but that was like 10 years ago.

i want two .. when its gonna happan ?

dint u find any maids news today :?

Yeah European maids but with asian salaries. Would make for a pleasant, exciting, budget friendly and mutually beneficial relationship

Yes and No!

The European maid will probably not put up with abuse or work outside her scope...

No, not privileges...they also want clean homes...;)

Most of the household staff in the Emiri Palace is European! I guess the rest of the population also wants the same privileges?

It you are asked to have a euro maid or a Asian maid, we all know it would be euro maids hands down.. I feel there is a change in the air. The Asian maid have had it too good for too long… put me down for 2 for sure

those maids would have to come with chastity belts..

knowing some wives, they'd probably put it on the hubbies lol.

also.. AYE!

and next will be the turn of the maids from the UK and the USA. I will not be suprised that in the end after all the trials and run in with the agents they would prefer the maids they have at present as the maids from Europe and USA will not take things lying down and might even run off with their man

Interesting! Would like to get one to see how the hubby reacts (lol)

she can eat while on vacation

European maid will need many pork sausages in one month. How will she get a pork sausage in Qatar?

it will be great FUNNNNN

when these maids will do house work

wearing short skirts, mini skirts, and may be some times lingerie etc .......

on sunny days (which is here all the year)

will take sun bath etc.....

how these people will resist

sharia court will come extremely busy

(illegal relations, rape cases, divorce cases)

OH MY GOD THIS IS HORRIBLE

Back home many of them have family or relatives to take care of their kids here they dont...if both are working here its hard for them to take care of the house and kids so it makes sense.

silvergold, We Indians are very Lazy bones...tats why ! :(

Can i book one main from eastern europe? :)

Actually i really dont know why ppl want house maids ....this is ok for Qataris but for expats. its amazing because in their home Countries they are never looks for maid's option...their wives are all doing their own works with their men ....even in India & Pakistan but here i dont know what they want to establish.

Very funny

The wives should either be less insecure or get off their backsides and clean their own homes and bring up their own children.

The Indian govt is very strict to deploy the maids in Middle East and Phillippine Foreign Affairs made changes in maid salary range from Qr:950 to Qr:1500 (from December 2012). Qatar govt is looking for more choices.

AYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Good Idea Sag!! all in favor say AYE!

husbands throw the wifes bring in maids...don't wait..

Qatar UK 400 Pounds per month is much more than 700 QR per month

how cruel these wives are??

My husband would love to have a European maid.

I'm with the Qatari wives though - it just aint gonna happen in my house LOL

This is demand and supply driven market.

As far as there are maids ready to work for 700, no one will pay 1500.

I live in the UK and their are many Europeans who work in restaurants and so on who gets no more than 400 pounds per month!

Don't forget that costs of living here are way higher! Housemaids at least have free food/free accommodation too!

However, I am with the rise of the salary for maids to QR1500!

People spend Q1500 for a day out, and people are getting mad for paying more?

Selfish and Greed!

qtel will suffer huge loss as this will lead to decrease in sale of hala cards

Flipina housemaid salary no 1500 qr

and would they be quiet and submissive like their sisters from Asia or would they hit back at the slightest provocation

hahaha this funny....can this europeans will accept QR700 salary a month?????? that mostly being paid for asian maids?! what a shame!

Is it any different from havinga a Swedish Aupair in the UK ?

lmao this guy ( OP ) is deeply in love with maids

..Watch out to vampires females! :)

,,,,,,,PUT ME DOWN FOR 2

East European maids and Asian drivers and middle eastern recruitment agents should make for a wonderful and exciting working relationship.

NOT A CHANCE!

I'm a Qatari and believe me Qatari wife's will never let this happen! LOL

Asian countries will be thankful to Qatar for their action as most of the asian women who come here are exploited both in their own country as well as in Qatar. Note that more than 50% of them don't get a single penny of their income when they return home in their old age because the agents take it all away.Good decision Qatar & secondly, if they employ east european, they will learn to respect domestic help because these maids will definitely not tolerate any kind of ill treatment.

I know such a torture :(

But think of all those poor husbands having to travel there to interview and select maid for their home :O(

for one from East Euorpe.

The captain said, NOT YET!

wait habibi. :(

Yeah right...and the wifes in Qatar are just gonna let that happen lol. Remember the article a while back on how the Saudi women were against such a thing? Fearing that the girls who come from these countries are pretty and that their husbands wont be able to resist them :P