Maid says she can’t handle 3-storey bungalow, 2 dogs and washing car daily, desperately wants new employer

A foreign domestic worker who wrote that she was unable to handle working in a 3-storey bungalow with two dogs and a car desperately asked netizens for advice on how she could be transferred to another household quickly.

In a post to Facebook group FDW in Singapore (working conditions forum), the helper wrote, because she was required to do the chores in a 3-storey bungalow that included dealing with two dogs and washing the car every day, she asked her employer to release her. She added that she was now with her agent.

While she was with her agent, other employers were able to interview her, and she found another prospective employer. However, she added that this prospective employer was involved in a legal battle because of their previous helper. As such, she wrote that she was still waiting for her deployment.

The helper explained that she was holding onto a Special Pass. The Special Pass allows the helper to stay in Singapore before leaving after their Work Permit has been cancelled. She added that her Special Pass would expire on Jul 28.

While the maid’s previous agent advised her to go back to her employer and their 3-storey bungalow, the maid herself was not so sure. In her post, she asked if she needed to go and work with her previous employer or if she should stay with the agency and wait until her potential employer’s court case had been settled.

Here’s what netizens advised:

In an update, the domestic helper wrote that her previous employers came back for her and reapplied for her work permit, so she had no choice but to go back to them. She also wrote that she decided to stay with her former employer because she was worried after realising that her new employer is embroiled in a legal battle with their own helper.