Does this make sense to you? Or do you think its still exploitation. I have not taken into account the times you decide to give the maid extra compensation for doing a good job etc and and and....?What value do you place on the well being of your children?
These threads do get my hackles up, epsecially when there are replies suggesting that she should be paid a little over £100 per month.
No doubt people that only want to pay a maid/nanny that much are the same ones who did their upmost to negotiate a nice package for themselves. She is only doing the same.
Assuming the maid works 12 hours a day, 6 days a week, that works out at 8.7 Dhs per hour. And she won't actually receive all of that of course. 200 Dhs a month on toiletries might be pushing it a bit too, and a FlyDubai flight to Addis Adaba only costs 1410 Dhs.Does this make sense to you? Or do you think its still exploitation. I have not taken into account the times you decide to give the maid extra compensation for doing a good job etc and and and....?
Monthly Yearly
Visa 5000 5000
Salary 1400 16800
Food 300 3600
Toiletries 200 2400
Flight Home 3650 3650
Bonus + 13 1400 1400
Yearly 32850
Total/month 2737.5
Assuming the maid works 12 hours a day, 6 days a week, that works out at 8.7 Dhs per hour. And she won't actually receive all of that of course. 200 Dhs a month on toiletries might be pushing it a bit too, and a FlyDubai flight to Addis Adaba only costs 1410 Dhs.
Just pay her a bit more and make her life a bit less miserable.
Does this make sense to you? Or do you think its still exploitation. I have not taken into account the times you decide to give the maid extra compensation for doing a good job etc and and and....?
Monthly Yearly
Visa 5000 5000
Salary 1400 16800
Food 300 3600
Toiletries 200 2400
Flight Home 3650 3650
Bonus + 13 1400 1400
Yearly 32850
Total/month 2737.5
So their salary should be higher than ours?Yes I think it is.. these maids work far harder than we would ever do for a fraction of the money.
So their salary should be higher than ours?
I am not being flippant and if I ever get a maid full time they will definitely be paid higher than market (I already spend 2x-3x the price of full time maids on part time maids).
However, what is a fair salary? 5,000? 10,000? 20,000? This is still less than what a lot of expats earn. They would be taking care of my child who is priceless. They work harder than me.
No I am a Jumeirah JOCK... My wife is the Jane. Why so hung up on the other site? The OP asked a question, I believe that I answered in my opinion like you have. She is prob sitting and laughing at all of this. When I came to Dubai 2 years ago I interviewed maids and maids were asking about AED2500 I am sure that will be reasonable for you however it did not suit my budget, we all different you see. Teaching assistants in some schools get paid under AED2K/month without housing........... AK47, are you a jumeirah jane on the woman expat site of dubai??????
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Of course I do... You really think my personality is such that I would keep my mouth shut in person??A quick question for you, do you also champion fairness in terms of salaries with your colleges from the sub-continent at your workplace(if you work? if not this does not apply)?
You lost me somewhere between bruising and crazies, however when I grow up I want to be like you. You win :clap2:bruising!
crazies.
AK47, does your company factor in your visa charges too when they pay you your salary?Does this make sense to you? Or do you think its still exploitation. I have not taken into account the times you decide to give the maid extra compensation for doing a good job etc and and and....?
Monthly Yearly
Visa 5000 5000
Salary 1400 16800
Food 300 3600
Toiletries 200 2400
Flight Home 3650 3650
Bonus + 13 1400 1400
Yearly 32850
Total/month 2737.5
So my job is done here than. I'm not White for the record....All you have managed to do is come across as an another pompous Western expat who earns 3 times more than what he is actually worth back home but thinks that he deserves it because he is White but the Ethiopian should make do with Dhs 800 because she is a "maid".
It doesn't matter what the colour of your skin is really. Your passport is quite enough to get you a salary that's at least 3 times more than what you would get paid back home. That to me is unfair in the exact same way it is to pay an Ethiopian maid Dhs 800 a month for putting in more than 12 hours of work each day.So my job is done here than. I'm not White for the record....