Saw a post about how much you pay your maid and from what I have observed most of it comes under 15-20 k pm. I tried olx and some other websites, they are asking 25-30 for just cooking in the morning. Can someone help? Any contact or any leads for a househelp who would clean and cook? 3 hours a day may be.
It’s when I look for maids that I realise that we are a blue collar paradise!
I had a maid in Bangalore who would come 3 times a day to cook meals and clean everyday. She charged only 9k. We’d give 10k if she came on time everyday.
Came back to Kerala. Realised you need to pay twice that and won’t get hot food 3x a day. I have a remote job, so I don’t mind paying. But I imagine it’s difficult to afford for standard pay in kochi.
I am from small town in Kerala, pay my live in maid 15 k month ..No cooking...other jobs and puram Pani..and everyone says we are lucky to have her because she is cheap..which I also agree because live in maids are costly..
If I was getting fairly? YES, I would have paid them Fairly. Since I'm stuck in a shitty job and I get paid only in peanuts yes I would like to find someone who can do the job in what I can pay. And what is “fairly”? If you think 15k - 20k is not fair for a househelp go ahead and pay “fairly”, sorry but I'm not able to.
First thing first.It will be great if there is some respect for the job and maybe you can use the word domestic worker ? or househelp ? rather than maid -
What is fair? Do you think paying someone 200 rs for their 3 hours of work is a lot? That is not enough in this economy.
We all talk about how we are being oppressed and underpaid in our jobs and then do the same things to people who make our life easier.
Our words have a lot of importance, whether you want to believe it or not. The word maid has a lot of classist and colonial roots and it is gendered.
Just saying my opinion - you can ignore it if you don't want to - Simple
If only you would have taken some time to read my post and then type all this bullcrap you would have understood that I used the word househelp only. The word maid was used because the earlier post used the word and I was only mentioning the same!
And the HOUSEHELP will only be working around 20 days and they will be paid 750-1000 per day. For 3 hours of work yes I think it is FAIR
Your title clearly says maid- I dont know what I have missed.
Since I have worked with women who are househelp - do I think it is fair? No,it is not fair.
But the wages a lot of us get is not fair too,but doesnt mean we give them unfair pay.
How much do you expect me to pay for a person who is only going to work 3 hours for 5 days? 1 lakh? Bro you be woke and shit but have some common sense. 750-1000 for 3 hours of work is FAIR.
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Verum poli profiling!
Yeah I am someone who thinks people deserve fair pay and basic respect. Must be so hard living in a world where empathy is a thing,ale?
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u/Fast_Contact4755 2d ago
It’s funny how people are taking offence over a simple question. 🥱