my maid acts like a boss!

She needs to be talked. I think she does not do that especially that she is your helper and you are paying her. You better make many errands to her so that she will have a worth. My helper is the opposite. She wanted to do a lot of things but the problem is she is too rash. She destroy many things in my house. She washed clothes with no care. She put chlorine on our dress, sometimes mix the colored dress to white and causing dyed to other clothes. She can cook but she cooks bad. The oil is too many and no taste or too salty. But sometimes if you talk to her she would not do what you order. Helper should be a help to our house but now they are a pain in our heads.

I would rather fire her than keep her as a maid in the house since she is not aware of what is supposed to do. She is not suitable for the job, I think.

hi iza! ^__^ hey, have you ever come acrossed those text messages about the "spokening-dollar" pinay maid named inday? ^__^;; well, your maid might not be like inday but I can imagine she can make you nosebleed too. LOL anyway, I think you just have to tell her or keep reminding her about her responsibilities and make her understand that you're the boss and not her. and be a little more strict to her, give her the firm voice, be a little scary sometimes. ^__^ I guess you're too kind on her that's why she's being a slack. let her know who's the boss and who's the maid! don't let her make you nosebleed like inday does to her bosses. ^__^

If she is really that bad, that she is lying on your couch and eating your food, then maybe you should fire her. Is she a live in maid or is she a cleaning lady? If she is a cleaning lady, then there is no reason for her to be making herself so comfortable, although even cleaning ladies need to take a break at some point. If she is a live in maid, she definitely should be allowed to rest sometimes. If you don't want her on your couch,then I have to assume she has a space of her own. Are you being specific in your instructions. Are you explaing yourself clearly, or are you giving her vague instructions and then expecting her to know the details of what you want done? I just had this happen to me recenly on a job that did not work out for me. Sometimes we think that something is clear in our minds but it is not so clear to the other person, so we have to make sure that the understand our explanation. Good luck.

I would say get rid of this maid and find someone responsible! Sounds like a messy situation and I would just tell her it is not working out for you! The things you describe I would not have let her stay this long. You hired her to help you not to get your nerves on edge!

YOUR FAULT! Yep, I said that. :) It is apparent she does not have any guidelines. You need to sit down with her and have a long talk b4 shoving her out the door. First make a daily list of chores including the kids and what she is to do with them at what times these are expected to be done. Make her a map on how to get to the store along with the list which includes the brand name. If she starts sniveling about getting lost tell her not to worry you are not in any rush. THEN, if she continues to be lazy smooch, start searching for her replacement and as soon as you find one send her on her way with her final paycheck. If is only fair to tell her NOW what the problems are. Then if she won't fix them, SEE YA!.

It sounds like it's time to show her who is boss. If she can't comply with the job description, then she needs to seek work elsewhere. The ball is in your court. I would start interviewing for a replacement and give her a notice. If she can't comply with the job description in that time, I would just let her go and fend for myself until I found a replacement. It's not easy, but you don't need to put up with her. Good luck!

If I were in your place,...I would fire the maid and hire someone else. I've had maids like that...who would keep telling me how to bring up my kids and trying to be their mom as if I was bed ridden or something!What you need is a person to help/assist you not someone to run the house for you! Watch TV lying on your couch??????And eating the food without permission! That's the limit...if she was my maid...she would be out!

Its really quite simple fire her.LOL In your country having a maid is a common thing. I live in the united states and we all dont have maids here like you guys do. We have to pay them alot of money to work for us. And I dont have that kind of money so I things myself. Good luck with your maid!

Lolz this maid problem is a very serious problem specially with the household lady, they do devote most of the time behind that maid, but its qute essential too , the way you said that she acts like a boss, yes it so happens very often , its better not to have much oral conversation with them and before u hier them, that time only you make it clear everything and evrywork which she has to do and what salary she will be paid so that there could be no confusion afterword....

Since she is a new hire you can expect her to get even worse with time. Find a replacement as soon as possible, although it really is difficult to find a good, loyal, hardworking, trustworthy maid. They're rare.

Get rid of her immediately. Its obvious shes in competant, and she may be dishonest too. Tell her to go and don't come back. Do it now!

The secret of being a good leader is to be able to make a leader. I suggest my friend that you do follow this principle. I really do feel bad when ever most of my friends complain about their maids. But I guest its good to train them, give them trust to perform things correctly. Tell them straight in a heart to heart talk that you want them to be a better person as part of the family. They need to do their job well. I hope this can help, I know its easier said than done. But I believe that a great relationship with your maids can also help in your situation. God bless!

After two months of being employed by you and she still doesn't know her duties? You need to show her the door and say "thank you but you're fired". The sooner you do that the sooner you can find a real maid to do the things she's being hired to do.

Two months is long enough for her to know what she is supposed to do and who she is in your house. It's very difficult to teach such kind of person. Better change her with a more responsible person, and more mature one who knows where to place herself.

I have only two words, iza. Fire her. I had my share of having maids like that,too. But in my case, they were the ones who wanted to leave and I don't have to fire them at all. They immediately get homesick and wanted to leave after only a month or two of working for us. Currently, we don't have any maid working for us. Even if my husband keeps encouraging me to get one. But as I have told him, I prefer to be physically tired everyday for taking care of household chores. But I refuse to get a daily headache from maids who seems to forget who's the boss. For all the 4 maids we have had, my biggest problem was that they always raided the fridge. Sometimes the food just vanishes. I'm not saying that they are not supposed to eat but there are rules. I even kindly instructed one of the maids that not all the food in the fridge are for her to eat. Because there are food items that are solely for my son. I don't even eat them myself!

LOL dont take much tension find a newone and replace her dont take tension cause of Maid, as if they are not controled properly at start , now its hard to do it, replacement is best option

maid also gets tired like other too..but sometimes if you hired maid they became lazy if you are so kind to them...so try to make a list of what they need to do everyday.. then if you think that they are still not doin their job then i guess u need to talk to them first maybe communication may eager tension but atleast u tell to your home buddie their need for improvement if they can not acept it they wont grow or they will just end up looking for another and another and another job... coz of their laziness but if they accept criticism then you both will be happy...

Having such a maid at your house is kind of terrible thing. She never tried to realize her position at your house and the reason of her staying at your house. To me, first you have to talk personally with her, telling her what she should do and remind her that you are her boss. You took the control of her because you are the one who paid her salary. If this is not working, you may talk as a rude boss to your maid casue she deserve for that. The last thing that should be done is fired her. You don't have to work which such a maid. There are a lot of people around there who need job and can work better than her.