watersnakebaby
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People please don't approach A. Pratama Maid Agency at Bukit Timah Shopping Centre which is run by Desmond Phoon. Their services are really bad. If you have any issues with maids, they will side with the maids.
I got from Great employment agency... Agent is wendy...You have to make sure that the agency is not pro-maid too. so that if any issue, the agent will help you instead of the maid. here are a few helpful links.
Employing a maid in Singapore: My message to the Prime Minister
Employing a maid in Singapore: Singaporean employers face unfair policies
which agency did you got from bt timah shopping centre? i got mine from labour express. so far so good. the agent is chew yan. she is recommended to me by my god-sis.
Hi , this is whereyou can find a good agency that followsall MOM regulations – A.PRATAMA Employment Agency in Bukit Timah ShoppingCentre.
My colleagues read aboutA.PRATAMA from the following comments posted by employer, Dianneingrid in Nov 2011 from Kiasu Parent forum whereby
DianneIngrid said :
" I have tried afew agencies over the last few years and my 2 cents worth " :
A.Pratama....... tel#62976913. Finally an agency that I'm happy with. They might not suitall thoughas they do believe in maid rights ) But the conditions are what I can workwith. They only have ex-SIN maids. Their agency fee is also quite resonable(about 4-5mths of the maids salary) as they don't believe in charging the girlstoo much. Maids that come in have off days and most have hp but are ok withrequests that they keep it to off hours. If you have a problem, they arewilling to help you solve it. They do have mis-matches at times but they arewilling to sit down with both you and the maid to talk about the problem andhelp work it out to a win-win situation. Their bio-datas are quite limited butfrom what I can see, most are pretty good and their salary is not too higheither, about $450 + 1 off day for an experienced maid which I thought wasquite ok considering what some other agencies are quoting for theirinexperience maids. They are also the 1st agency that actually sat down with meand went thru the whole set of documents that I was signing point by point. Therest just pointed to here, here and here and gave you the dox to go home andread. So I can safely say that I'd definately be using them again for all myand my extended families' future maid needs. "
So , my colleague’s familieswent to A.PRATAMA to employ Indonesian maids .They were surprised that the feeswere reasonable, maid load was only about 2.5 months & their services very good. Theyintroduced to their neighbors and relatives. All of them said that the owners -Desmond Phoon & Susan Phoon arevery professional, documentations systematic& did everything law-by-law. They are very fair to both employer & maidand they repatriate "Bad maids with proven repeated irresponsible& badattitude" without transfer & still give employers a free replacement.My families then employed Myanmar maids with loan of only one month's salarydeduction. That's why this agency hardlyhas any transfer maids. Strongly recommended to employ maids from them . BUT Alltheir maids are ex-Singapore, you MUST be prepared to give off-days beforemaking appointment to meet them. There is also very good ratings about this agency in dynamum.blogspot.com- Confessions of a Mumzilla: Our maid agency-A.PRATAMA .
Can't be refunded? hmmm... the agent told us that it can be refunded...i almost took a maid from Great Employment, because of their charging fees of 24months that hesitate me for this tied up.. in case we have to change maid, the money cannot be refunded, quite a risk to take.. i also interviewed every single angencies in bkt timah shopping centre, shortlisted 3 but none of them being employed, sigh
anyone has transfer maid to recommend?
Most of the Agencies are only interested in making money. Sometimes the staff they hire are not able to comprehend what you are really looking for..I have called a few places and ask for biodatas, they email me so many biodatas, in almost all biodatas, its the same thing, can clean,can look after kids, can cook steam fish.. best of all this Agencies just rely on biodatas from abroad..they dont call and talk to the maids.. Finally I called Raffles Employment, googled and came across them..:001_302: Well I did feel much better, I spoke to the owner herself, she handpicks the maid from regular visits to PHP and Indonesia ,and when I wanted biodatas,she emailed me just a few selected ones.. i called her after that to talk about the individual profiles and I finally chose a maid I was comfortable with yesterday ..so lets see my maid will be coming in a few days as her Indons are quite fast.My recommendation is Eelit Placement Agency. The agent who served me is Sherly. I find her to be very trustworthy and she provided very good service. Both my brothers also hired their maids thru her. Recommended to a few of my friends and they are all happy with her service also.
I suppose the best is still personal experience and sometimes with a little bit of luck. My ex-agent also got many testimonials, but turn out very poor service. Anyway, all the best to your new hiring!Most of the Agencies are only interested in making money. Sometimes the staff they hire are not able to comprehend what you are really looking for..I have called a few places and ask for biodatas, they email me so many biodatas, in almost all biodatas, its the same thing, can clean,can look after kids, can cook steam fish.. best of all this Agencies just rely on biodatas from abroad..they dont call and talk to the maids.. Finally I called Raffles Employment, googled and came across them..:001_302: Well I did feel much better, I spoke to the owner herself, she handpicks the maid from regular visits to PHP and Indonesia ,and when I wanted biodatas,she emailed me just a few selected ones.. i called her after that to talk about the individual profiles and I finally chose a maid I was comfortable with yesterday ..so lets see my maid will be coming in a few days as her Indons are quite fast.
There are testimonials from happy clients on their website : )
Hi Imnbb,Hi all,
I'm new here. Now tt I'm worried after reading so much of maid's issue. I've just made my payment to 1st AllBest human resource maid agency. Does any mummies have any experiences with them? Thanks
Hello rain drop, you can try calling my agent - Sherly (82227346) from Eelit Placement Agency. My siblings and myself got our maids from her. Current maid with me for almost 6 months, occasionally when i called her to help address certain issues with my maid, she still respond. Referred her to few of my friends and all very happy with her service also. Good luck!Hi Imnbb,
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you may want to go through this link which shares about bad maid agencies. I am also looking for a reliable agency to hire a new maid. Hopefully your's will work, just keep your fingers crossed
I will do that. Thank you for so much for the infoHello rain drop, you can try calling my agent - Sherly (82227346) from Eelit Placement Agency. My siblings and myself got our maids from her. Current maid with me for almost 6 months, occasionally when i called her to help address certain issues with my maid, she still respond. Referred her to few of my friends and all very happy with her service also. Good luck!
Hi there, can I have this agency contact pls?This agent is run by husband n wife,no advertistment fee so either low agency fee or some bios 0 agency fee.So far her maids dont't give me problem ,can handle baby/kids after I train them,do house work,do cooking etc.My present maid will be finishing her contract in 5mths time,will be getting another maid from her anytime.