For foreigners to Myanmar, hiring a house maid is an important thing to do in Myanmar. Not only the house maid should be a skilled one, she should also be reliable and honest. Hiring a house maid in Myanmar is not as straight forward as you migh think, as there are no formal agencies to handle such kind of things. However, there are some informations available for you that would aid you in finding a good house maid in Myanmar.
The following suggestion and information assume that you are living in Yangon (Rangoon) and trying to find a house maid in Yangon.
General Information
- First of all it’s difficult to find a house maid and more difficult to find a good one. However, for foreigners, since they can pay more (than locals) they tends to get qualify maids.
- Ethnic maids are among the highest scored because of their personality (fair skin, decent looking), sincerity, loyalty and cleverness.
- It is better to keep several single tasking maids; one for cook, one for cleaning and one for babysitting.
- But if your family size is small, let’s say maximum 3, you can keep a multi tasking maid who do both cooking and cleaning but you have to pay more than single tasking one.
- Mostly, hiring a maid is done through contacts by means of mouth to mouth advertising.
- But there are some Christian missions or churches acting like agent service to help the ladies from remote areas to get a job as house maids.
- There are some private brokers also but they are not much reliable.
- The best way to get a maid is through contacts from people (driver, maid, cooks, etc) who are currently working at other foreigner friend’s houses.
- There are some maids who have been working for foreigners for many years that they are well qualified. Some of them can even cook European, Western foods & Japanese foods and communicable in English.
Fees/salary
- For well qualified cooks, salary is over US$ 100 per month up to US$ 300 per month.
- For experienced maid (cleaning & washing) salary is around US$ 50 to 80 per month.
- You can get an inexperienced maid at around US$ 30 to 40 per month.
- The salary of maids for locals is much lower than above but foreigners have to pay more naturally (as they are expected to have more money).
- You can pay the salary of the maids either in FEC or equivalent Kyat.
Hiring Tips
- Try to search one through your contacts (colleagues, their driver, etc) and community services (like Christian missions).
- You can also try local employment agencies but you will be bind by contract and service charge. However, it is usually the easiest way.
- Make sure you really know the source of your contacts to get reliable maids because there are always bad people on earth.
- There is no standard for terms and conditions for work, everything is by negotiation. Make sure both of you agree upon terms and conditions of work before hiring.
- Make sure you give fair quality of life as they are your staffs, not servants. There are also government organizations who are watching for abuses of maids.
- Lastly, don’t be too mean if you want experienced maid. You will get what you paid for.
This post is contributed by our guest contributor Myo Thaw.
This is the first time I visit your web, although my English is not so good, but I see your website is a good one, and also this post. Thank you.
we need two burmese house maids work in duabi.
Although I am a myanmar citizen, your post is very useful for foreigners. Thanks for sharing about it.
Very useful info for foreigners… thanks!
sir im a maid agent residing in Singapore and im in need of myanmar maids…please advice me who shall i contact….thyanks and god bless
I am a Retired Senior Police Officer and managing my own employment agency for over 10 years. I would like very much to recruit Burmese housemaids to work in Malaysia.I need reputable recruiters in Yangon to handle the task. Sincerely I can have some leads on this.
please forward to me any reputable recruiters in Yangon to handle the task.
Hi there (Mr Boon Yew)
I have called many agents today in malaysia and all told me I cannot hire a myanmar maid here. I would really like to hire one from myanmar.
Does the Malaysia govt allow Myanmar maids in Malaysia – I am getting conflicting information on the net.
Thanks Mei
Hi Mei, Myanmar is one of the maid source country in Malaysia.
Hi all , was anyone able to hire a maid from Myanmar in Dubai ? And how ? Please help
Thanks
hello
that was usefull
i need an experienced maid
please help me with some agents that i can deal with
urgent
abadi_abadi@hotmail.com
Hi,
Sounds good to me.i am stragling to find professional maid,and i need Urgent!!!! we british family live and work in Saudi Arabia ,Riyadh. Please Help!!!!
mona123@mail.ru
00966502184969
Thanks
Hi iam currently looking for a domestic helper to work in my house in Singapore.I would prefer a muslim lady atleast 28yrs and above.Buddist are also welcome if interested.I’m not an agent so you’ll save on fees n loans.
thank you
Hello there I am looking for a nice homely girl as a maid from myanmar. Need to look after my 3 kids and helpout in daily task. Pls contact me as soon as possible.
Taliza
0060124217604
sir im a Malaysian and im in need of myanmar maids to look after my kids.Please advice me who shall i contact….Thanks and god bless you.
Mrs. Siva
There are many Myanmar workers working in Malaysia. And many job agencies finding jobs for the Myanmar workers there. But I have no contact of these agencies. You might be able to find some agencies in Kuala Lumpur.
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Hi Sir Myo Thaw,
You have the contact for local employment agencies? Pls kindly provide some. Very appreciated.
Thanks,
Max
Hi Myo Thaw,
I am an employment agency in Singapore. We required domestic maids and workers from Myanmar. Hope you can assist us in getting some contacts. Deeply Appreciated.
Thank You
Paul Teo
I intend to take over a restaurant in Malaysia
, please advise me on how to get Myanmmar male or female workers. I really need the contact of the agency either in Malaysia or any people who can lead me.
Hi, did you manage to get any myanmmar workers Cos i am running a cleaning services and looking for myanmmar female workers.
Hi Wei Min & Michelle,
may be I can help guiding both of u for the recruitment of Myanmar workers (enkoes@yahoo.com).
For Those who are looking for maid, workers for either domestic or oversea employments, please search from below directory for employment agency contacts.
http://www.yangon-directory.com
ydg@mptmail.net.mm
ydg@myanmar.com.mm
The directory website is quite busy to access that you need patience.
May be you can mail to them.
There many employment agencies who do the oversea employments.
It is better to work with agencies who got license from Labor Ministry.
Hope above will help.
we need agent for man power in burmese house maids work in saudia arabi
00966504844191
Hi , i am a cleaning company based in Kuala Lumpur. We are looking for Myanmar Female Working URGENTLY. Anyone can help please. Tks
Hello Michelle,
May I get some more information in detail about your interest on Myanmar Workers (Female)? I am a Myanmar citizen and not an agent but working in a Government Hospital in Kuala Lumpur. I think I can do something to assist you. Please contact
0169191574
zwailinn@gmail.com
Hi Linn,
I’m a Malaysian (staying in Ipoh, Perak) looking for a maid of Myanmar citizen. Do u have any friends who wish to work as housemaid?
whkoo@yahoo.com