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House Maid being disrespectful

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 15 July 2015 - 20:02

Hello ladies ,

Sorry for the long Roman ...

We be hired a maid from Sri- Lanka she's been with us for 3 months now. She is behaving since a few weeks a bit impolitely ... Like cut me off when I'm correcting her about her mistakes or just tell that it's not big deal. I've to say We hired her because we liked her a lot above all other girls during the interview. And in the beginning she was all fine and we are treating her very well , we are a small family and she gets loads of time off . Matter of fact we are traveling to France for 2weeks and we've booked a resort for her during that time. But I'm trying to understand what's wrong with her but I still don't have a clue. I'm not sure if she's taking all these for granted , besides she's not that hard working as she claim during the interview , she has still loads to learn and I understand based the fact that she worked with Arabic fam before.
There are days she's ok but next day's she'll behave as if two house mates are sharing same roof.

I don't wanna cancel her visa bcoz it will be a waste...Has anyone encounter similar situation or what do u suggest I should do.??

Thank u all

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EW GURU
Latest post on 24 July 2015 - 20:19
Everyone she knows in dubai probably isn't allowed to have overnight visitors. When you get back from your holiday she needs a serious talk about discipline and her duties, and you need to reset the boundaries, especially if you are planning to keep her till the end of her contract. Forgetting the oven on is not a joke it's something serious that could be very dangerous, she needs to focus on her job. I have actually fired one maid because she kept leaving the garden gate open, one day my dog ran away, same day she was packing her bags.
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 20 July 2015 - 00:14
Can you please clarify, you've booked her into a resort for two weeks while you are travelling? What do you mean resort and why? We are flying for two weeks and we cannot take her with us obviously? . When we hired her two months ago she said some of her family members live here in Dubai but when we asked her again she said that she has no relatives here. However it didn't bother us much , such a small detail ( some people don't tell the truth in the beginning) we booked a hotel near our home as I don't feel comfortable leaving her alone for 2 weeks . She seems to quickly forget/ neglect important details , like turn off oven , closing doors etc.. In the beginning she was giving her best and was showing some signs of improvement but now that she's been disrespectful on top of all these... I'm slowly reaching the limit. I will definitely not renew her visa/contract next year and I also don't want to breach the contract so early, we will lose our money.
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EW EXPLORER
Latest post on 16 July 2015 - 09:35
Can you please clarify, you've booked her into a resort for two weeks while you are travelling? What do you mean resort and why?
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 16 July 2015 - 09:34
Talk to her. Tell, her what you expect her to do, and tell her when you think she's behaving in a rude way. It's important to set the boundaries straight from the beginning. You can still treat her nicely, but you're the employer and you decide how and when you want things done.
 
 

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