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  1. At the times when I've hired a new household employee, I make a list of the duties that person is supposed to accomplish during the course of a day, talk with the new employee about the items on the list and give him or her a copy. Then I put the list up on the refrigerator so the new employee can refer to it as needed. After a week or two, when the employee no longer needs to refer to the list, I take the list off the refrigerator and keep my copy. Both the employee and I know what work has to be done, nobody has a surprise and nobody has a problem. If the employee forgets something for a week or so, I'll remind him/her. As for the rest of the legalities (vacation, aguinaldo, legal holidays), I follow labor law. My employee and I have a work relationship, friendly with one another but nothing more.
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  2. Grandma used to say, " Beware the hand full of gimme, mouthfull of not enough!!!"
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  3. Every employer needs a contract or in the end it can become costly and frustrating.
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  4. Based upon the responses, it seems like there is a wide range of differences between employees and their expectations. Likewise, how employers treat their help. One couple I know have a maid and gardener 1x a week, 4 hours. They always provide their workers lunch. Another employer provides her maid with bus money, pastries for breakfast, coffee, and castoff clothing and household goods. There are those employees who pout or hint at getting something, and others who would never think of doing so. I have been an employee in the past, and I have done--and continue to do--menial labor. I shovel holes, I paint walls, I use a drill and a saw-zall. I know how hard that work is and I appreciate the effort and treat the workers more than fairly, or so I believe. However, I am feeling that the more I give, the more is expected, and it has become a vicious cycle. Yes: the best idea is to sit down and have a calm discussion to make clear our (employer) parameters.
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  5. I am sure you have enough problems as it is. HAHAHAHAHAHA
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  6. Sometimes I feel embarrassed when your house keeper sees what we have and what we do.
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