![]() ![]() She says, “The maid who does just basic cooking, charges `6,000 per month, and the cleaning one charges `2,000 per month. Homemaker Natasha Saxena has two part-time maids, one for basic cooking and another for dusting and sweeping. `50-100 extra, dus din ke bahut mehnge padte hain.” Ek ghanta jaise hoga, main khud keh deti hoon chale jao. So, before calling them, I knead flour myself, and chop vegetables, so that they don’t take long to cook. They intentionally cause delays so they can charge overtime. Namita Shukla, a homemaker who has a full-time maid but sometimes also needs part-time maids, says, “When my full-time maid goes on a long leave, I get these part-time maids as I have a big house. They also get overtime, which is usually between `50 to `100 per extra hour. The one who does everything but not cooking charges `1,000 an hour, the one who does basic cooking will charge `1,200, and the expert cook will charge `1,500 per hour.” Maids who charge per-hour work for a few hours in multiple houses. Gauri Singh, owner of The Maids’ Company, says, “The khula wali maid can be found with the help of the society security guard. In Gurgaon, maids charge not only according to the job, but even on a per-hour basis. ![]() Of course, not hiring through an agency means there is no pre-decided fee structure, and you pay what the maid asks for. Why will an agency known for placement not hide the bad things about its maids? Why will the agency say, ‘no, this one doesn’t concentrate much and takes a lot of time’? Meanwhile, a friend will definitely tell you, ‘zara dhyaan rakhna, thoda bhi nazar hataogi toh kaam nahi karegi,” says Seema Parashar, a homemaker. “If you’re hiring from an agency, they’ll give you the last employer’s experience and letter. This method is felt by many to be more economical. But if you go for an annual registration, which costs around `20,000, we give you three options.”Īpart from agencies, there are of course the word-of-mouth referrals and even Facebook pages (like Refer-a-maid) through which Gurgaonwaasis staff their houses. For example, after hiring a maid on one-time registration, if her work doesn’t satisfy you and you want to change her, we will treat you as a fresh client and will charge you `2,000 again. If you take a one-time registration, you’ll be charged next time too, if our option doesn’t satisfy you. “We advise people to get registered for a year so that we can take the maid’s responsibility. DISPLAY MAID VS STAY REGISTRATIONAs for the maid’s fee, depending on the work, she’ll charge you starting from `3,000.” A maid agency, without wishing to be named, says they charge `2,000 as the registration fee for 45 days. In the first three months, these agency maids are okay, but after that, they start throwing tantrums. They claim that they’ll get three replacements, but none of them satisfy you. It charged me `25,000 to `30,000 for eleven months. Initially, I hired a maid from an agency. ![]() Parul Mittal, an author, says, “I have all kinds of experiences with maids. You have to pay an amount to the agency – security money or registration fee – apart from the maid’s salary. Hiring a maid via an agency might have its advantages, like the maid’s responsibility being the agency’s, but it doesn’t come cheap. ![]()
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