I am 36 weeks pregnant and am in the process of hiring a maid. We filled out all the papers more than 10 days ago. Her contract with her previous employer ended on May 15. She went to the Immigration to submit the papers and then to the Phil Consulate but then was told that they needed my husband's ID copy. She told me last Fri morning, so I told her to go to his office to get a copy that day. I called her that afternoon but her phone was disconnected.
I couldn't reach her til 6 pm and she said it was because there was no more money in her phone card. I said fine, do you want to pick up the copy over the weekend? She said she will come on Tuesday to pick it up because she has lots of stuff to do on Sat to Mon. I didn't want to argue with her so I said ok.
Today, she said she will come to my place at 11 am, I rushed home after taking my DD to a playgroup and waited but she was a no show. I finally called her and she said someone from the church came from the Philippines and they wanted her to go to the airport to pick the person up. I said fine, but she could've called me to tell me she wasn't coming in the morning. She finally came at 3 pm while I was out. I called her just now at 8 pm to see how things went at the consulate and she said the consulate was closed at 3 pm already when she arrived!
I got very mad and asked her if this job was important to her because it seems that she is deferring and not giving it a priority. Her visa expires on June 2, doesn't she want to get things processed ASAP? I don't understand why she is taking her time. In my experience, all the helpers I have hired before always wanted to get things processed very quickly. She said because she is living at the shelter now for free that she is obligated to help them with whatever they ask and that she is very very busy. But isn't getting your job visa equally important? In the middle of our conversation, the phone was cut off (her end) and ever since then, the phone has been switched off and I cannot reach her.
I just get the impression that she is not very reliable. Can I change my mind in not hiring her? She has submitted stuff to the Immigration already. I am so upset that I cried after the phone call, maybe its the hormones. I really don't need the stress right now.
Any advise? Am I being petty or what?
I couldn't reach her til 6 pm and she said it was because there was no more money in her phone card. I said fine, do you want to pick up the copy over the weekend? She said she will come on Tuesday to pick it up because she has lots of stuff to do on Sat to Mon. I didn't want to argue with her so I said ok.
Today, she said she will come to my place at 11 am, I rushed home after taking my DD to a playgroup and waited but she was a no show. I finally called her and she said someone from the church came from the Philippines and they wanted her to go to the airport to pick the person up. I said fine, but she could've called me to tell me she wasn't coming in the morning. She finally came at 3 pm while I was out. I called her just now at 8 pm to see how things went at the consulate and she said the consulate was closed at 3 pm already when she arrived!
I got very mad and asked her if this job was important to her because it seems that she is deferring and not giving it a priority. Her visa expires on June 2, doesn't she want to get things processed ASAP? I don't understand why she is taking her time. In my experience, all the helpers I have hired before always wanted to get things processed very quickly. She said because she is living at the shelter now for free that she is obligated to help them with whatever they ask and that she is very very busy. But isn't getting your job visa equally important? In the middle of our conversation, the phone was cut off (her end) and ever since then, the phone has been switched off and I cannot reach her.
I just get the impression that she is not very reliable. Can I change my mind in not hiring her? She has submitted stuff to the Immigration already. I am so upset that I cried after the phone call, maybe its the hormones. I really don't need the stress right now.
Any advise? Am I being petty or what?
