Tuesday, December 30, 2008

How To Keep Your Domestic Helpers Satisfied

By Alice Sy

There are more than a few things to remember if you plan on being the ideal employer to your highly dependable domestic helper. By being one, you will surely be able to keep your household help more loyal and devoted to her assigned duties at home. Of course you can always hire helpers as often as you can, but the truly reliable ones are few and far between.

If you are looking for means to keep your domestic helper motivated and happy, you have to begin by instigating a warm reception. Your household help will notice early on if he or she is in fact being welcomed to the home or not.

Firstly, as the employer, you have to be clear about the wages and the benefits that your helper is entitled to during her entire stay with your household. Most disputes and disagreements typically arise from the lack of clarity and initial agreement on the wages, other benefits, and days-off for the house help. If you want your helper to be continually loyal, you have to provide her with just compensation.

Good motivation also starts in providing your domestic helper with her own personal space inside your household. If you want to keep her satisfied and motivated, she should be comfortable where she is. This is important for your housemaid to take care of your home as dutifully as she would to her own.

In order to avoid any false assumptions and strained relationships, it is essential for you and your house help to maintain excellent communication with each other. This will allow you to anticipate any problems and to seek solutions to any concerns the earliest possible time. It is also ideal if you request the rest of your family to communicate with your domestic help more often.

With the dedication and hard work that your household help has put into your home, she is also worthy of extra benefits periodically, whether in kind or in the form of cash gifts and cash advances.

Satisfaction from your helper also means that she is able to retain her own life and her own enjoyments in spite of serving your family and the entire household. A free toiletry set, a paid ticket to a show, or a short vacation will make your house help feel even more important and well thought of.

Keeping your helper means you and your family must treat her with respect, camaraderie, and appreciation. If you do so, keeping hold of your loyal domestic helper won't be a problem at all. - 15465

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