"Caught a few times feeding my newborn and taking at the same time too. Her avg talking more than 30min or longer. Should I agree to her request?" the employer asked.
“She is overall ok in her daily duty for the 2 months+ with us. Recently she was asking if she can get a loan from us to get a new mobile as her phone is dying. Meaning cannot last her talking for more than 30 mins and phone will shut down”, the woman wrote. She added that she was reluctant to give her maid the loan as she has seen her maid constantly talking on the phone either through the CCTV system or after she had finished her chores.
Most helpers who commented on the post said that the employer should not start lending her helper money for fear it may become a habit. Others also said that the maid’s phone was working so a new phone was hardly a necessity.Last year, another foreign domestic worker, lacking sleep after caring for her employer’s newborn twins, took to social media to ask other helpers for advice.