I always have my most respect to any domestic helpers in HK. I used to be raised by one of them and now my mother is heavily relied on one very nice Filipino lady for so many years. I wish I can help these so called, "domestic helpers". I don't treat them as "helpers", but a good friend. Unfortunately, my current Filipino friend is retiring soon and will return back to Phillipines next year, and I need to help my mother to look for one. I wish all these kind Filipino ladies will find good employers soon. Salamat. 🙏🙏🙏
I'm not a domestic helper but I'm glad you can appreciate my fellow filipinos. We are hard workers and do our best with anything unfortunately, some people abuse them.
It's sad that some of these domestic workers are actually degree holders (teachers, etc) that because of lack of opportunities in the Philippines that they have to work as slaves in another country.
It is what it is. the border control and visa policies across the glove dictate that if one holds an objectively inferior passport, he or she will forfeit from opportunities for proper education, job, and even investment. One must go above and beyond to prove their extra worth and upgrade their citizenship to another objectively better one to be eligible for humane lives. That's what I learned after several visa denials.
the degree holders should look into learning another skills related to offshore jobs from western countries as they are emerging and still growing opportunities in PH. They can earn same or close to the salary of domestic helper. It might not be exactly the same (at first) but at least they can live with their children as they grow (a huge price that their own children suffers). I hope there would also be a documentary for children who grew up with parents working abroad.
The Phillippines government should step up and improve the living conditions and standards of its people so they don’t have to seek elsewhere for employment and money.
I honestly dont get the point of entertaining the needs of the poor. The Philippine government should only improve the living conditions of the Middle class. Leave the poor to rot elsewhere.
The OFW system is a testament on the Philippines's failure to provide jobs for its people. Family's broken due to the distance, mental health crisis among the many issues that this system brought. We export out talents elsewhere, and what remains are the guilibble ones that can be easily manipulated the politicians. Just give them money during election, and you'll get a vote.
And yet Filipinos keep typing "mabuhay and Pilipinas" , "proud to be Pinoy" at every event when there's a quarter Filipino to seek attention, while ignoring the country's dark side .
@@sherwinclarencego1933at some point Filipinos need to recognize two things: - we lack infrastructure and - electricity is too high. That's why nobody will invest in us. It isn't about foreigners owning land. They also need to scrap the 60/40 rule and open the country up like what China and Singapore did. This has held true for decades. I don't know when the Philippines will make this connection but the writing is already on the wall. That's why Filipinos need to go overseas.
@@sherwinclarencego1933 President Ferdinand Marcos and his technocrats developed the 1974 labor export program to relieve the country of these twin problems by providing overseas employment for the educated unemployed and generating foreign currency revenues from the remittances received from Filipinos working abroad.
I have an African friend who went to Jordan to work as a domestic helper and also her boss gave a toilet as her sleeping area. So sad how people treat others
Arabian are the w*rst people as they look down on non Muslims and labour workers. Do what in life but never work under an Arabic as they will treat you worse than dog.
@@ZETA14.88 "connotation" So basically, it's your fantasy of what is true or not? I think it's you that need to stay in school and learn reality not disneyland fantasies.
Frankly I can't understand why Hong Kongers need to have a helper stay with them 24/7. It seems no where else in the world is there such a high demand for them.
A lot of Filipino families in the Philippines also have "24/7" domestic helpers. Granted they have day offs and asking for their services when they are in the home is not literally 24/7.
It's in the culture and mindset. Kids are trained to not do housework because it's a poor people job. Which is crazy cause they cant seem to afford a bigger apt but can afford a maid because their house will be a mess without one.
@@unboxinganything2498 I think OP’s problem is why there is a job for this in the first place. In western countries, the family does everything themselves, even if both parents are working. They just find time. But it can also be stressful for new parents and they need to find someone to babysit if they need to go somewhere without the baby.
@@unboxinganything2498 maybe ur one.of the employer are lazy to brush teeth, lazy flash the toilet after use, lazy to clean dishes if the maid is day off, etc etc etc.... the real maids are more in proper hygiene than the employer🤣🤣🤣
Hongkong is a small country/city. They don’t need immigrants. They only need helpers. Sometimes, the better approach is to look from their point of view. If you do this, you will not push yourself to stay in Hongkong.
Sending lotsa love and strength!!! I can’t imagine to be in a foreign country and to be mistreated like this. Sad to see that they aren't treated as human beings, I hope despite all of these they dont lose hope!
Employers are required to purchase one way ticket home for the helpers that they laid off. It's standard practice. But most helpers don't want to fly back as they prefer to look for a new employer within two weeks
The abuse most of us OFWs endure is far less concerning than the fear of not being able to support and feed our family back home. I no longer work in HK but i miss living and working there. Highest salary for domestic helpers. 24hr day off per week.... but of course not every employer follows that rule.
Heartbreaking. It’s amazing how these women face such challenges and yet manage to stay positive. As an Overseas Foreign Worker (OFW), I know that working abroad is not always easy. I pray that these women’s fortunes will change for the better soon.
@@Radtrad_strada Yes, it is still used esp in Filipino context: www.google.com/search?q=ofw&rlz=1C1ONGR_enSG1027SG1027&oq=ofw&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIPCAEQABhDGLEDGIAEGIoFMhUIAhAuGEMYxwEYsQMY0QMYgAQYigUyDAgDEAAYQxiABBiKBTISCAQQABhDGIMBGLEDGIAEGIoFMhIIBRAuGEMYxwEY0QMYgAQYigUyDAgGEAAYQxiABBiKBTISCAcQLhhDGMcBGNEDGIAEGIoF0gEHNzA3ajBqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
2 years as worker surely means they have contributed enough to society. Thinking they will take their jobs and benefits is ridiculous. I don't see that man worry about all that going to work for 6 days 24/7 as domestic helper
If Hong Kong can establish rules regarding one day off, then the Philippines should also create a law stating that if an employer fails to uphold their end of the agreement or abuses a worker, they should be permanently banned from hiring a helper.
Even if employers were forced to have a week-in-hand or fortnight's notice grace period for terminating an employee assuming they had been employed for a period with them already like say a few months _(which is an expense that might deter employees from hiring to start with whereby they would be stuck with the financial brunt, a topic which could be contested for fairness),_ it still does not create a standard that helps other employers hire the worker in that 2 week period _(or up to 3 or 4 weeks if the fortnight notice period or week-in-hand period is added on to that two weeks Hong Kong limit in which to get a new gig)._ Simply building new shelters doesn't solve the costing challenge. It would not be as simple as slinging up a new skyscraper on the ruins of a bulldozed shelter site and handing the skyscraper to the shelter. Presumably a new skyscraper would be overkill anyway but a multi-storey structure is what is space efficient. A dual-use structure _(like a hotel and business function venue)_ however might work as long as some mechanism with which to liaise between shelters and agencies for the workers is established, and that liaison would probably need to also involve a worker elected by other workers as a prefect who basically doesn't get paid any more but does get costings covered like transport and a small insurance package which helps the company anyway because they would probably need to be trained as a first-aider and fire-warden and minibus driver. So a hotel which also has business meetings and conference rooms makes money _(especially if it has underground parking basements)_ and it needs workers with the same skills _(although some training might be required such as first aider, food-hygiene, and fire-warden)._ So where microphone loudspeaker stage conference presentations take place or hotel music entertainments, workers could get a part-time role in exchange for accommodation and so a gig always has a first-aider and, if catering is involved as another revenue, the food-standards and hygiene is met so they are tapping into their same skills anyway, albeit matched with the added training. These are short gigs, thereby less likely to impact upon their home-helper job duties, and there would probably be a minibus to get them there, and there is wifi and probably access to a desktop PC via some sort of library-card system acting as an identifying mechanism and proof of clock-in vs clock-out time-sheets. The minibus _(and its first-aid-kit)_ would probably need advertising plastered all over it to help its costing. The hospitality and entertainments sector does benefit from multilingual and some of the workers appear to speak English so they have that bonus, and as such a vimwiki with po translations plugin addon for multiple languages of instructional training guides could be connected via OpenSSH they could use for small comms scribbles. A new structure _(multi-storey with a solar battery charger roof or side-wall)_ could do with some heat-exchange to mitigate the air-con, and that can then heat water, including a small subset of it becoming potable recycle. So that migrant-workers are not seen as favoured over local workers, there might be an avenue for fairness for the locals such as those who have a paid-for accommodation in the same building as the shelters-hotel-business multi-storey, the interest from the deposit covers the tantamount-estate-agency fees. The local workers would be likely to already have some coverage under legal aid, but the migrant-workers either have a charitable or NGO involvement to give legal-aid or they have none whatsoever, and so there would need to be a way to cover it with some sort of other revenue stream from which a windfall could be skimmed and it is probably down to insurance. So an example could be travel insurance companies who might get a priority or exclusivity slot on conference and entertainments gigs at hotel venues (entertainments or conference talks, as in hospitality or entertainments) to pitch a product which is either for investors or simply customers of travel insurance. Customers of travel insurance falling into 2 main categories _(save for some exceptions)_ would, perhaps ironically, include the employers of the migrant-workers themselves because it means mum-and-dad hire a migrant-worker who can looks after the kids and or elderly relative while mum-and-dad get a night off for the anniversary in some hotel or maybe planning a week-long holiday with the kids and family whilst the migrant-worker house-sits _(and pet-sits),_ thereby meaning travel-insurance is an obvious precaution and it could also cover insurance for the worker because they have to guard the joint while the family are off at some golf-resort or whatever they are into. The other (second) category of travel-insurance customers are the opposite of people coming into Hong Kong form other parts of the world, such as train-nerds there to check out the swanky new train Hong-Kong made or a shopping holiday. It would be a vertical income to have the same customers staying at the same hotel insured by the same company, saving a few quid (bucks, whatever) so some of that saved costing goes to the legal-aid of the migrant-worker _(who might save their life by performing the Heimlich maneuver when the salmon-mousse doesn't agree with them because they ate it too quickly)._ If the minibus is too great a squeeze for overhead from advertising alone _(advertising ranging from insurance to alternatives to salmon-mousse),_ it could double as tour-guide gigs to cover some costing. Legal-aid for migrant-workers might in some cases extend only as far as say a notary, however, some specialise in international migration anyway. The VimWiki and OpenSSH comms would need to be mirrored on a Linux OrangePiZero2W battery solar and vehicle kinetic _(almost like the alternator, dynamo, etc.)_ charging circuit between the minibus and the accommodation and office, which also means redundancy, archiving, back-up and snapshots old be achieved and compliance with DPA2018 and PECR2003 equivalents from British computer law and whatever Hong Kong equivalents can be. My comment has no hate in it and I do no harm. I am not appalled or afraid, boasting or envying or complaining... Just saying. Psalms23: Giving thanks and praise to the Lord and peace and love. Also, I'd say Matthew6.
Eventhough doomed with China, Hongkongers still highly think of themselves due the examples of harrassment with foreign workers, karma is inevitable indeed!
To be frank, in much of Asia with some exceptions labor standards are low with long hours, minimal worker protections and little to no focus on employee well-being.
HONGKONG employers are abusive and discriminatory, but 5his is not new, I am surprised until now NO changes, maybe the Philippine representative failed to make a deal or 5ey may be busy shopping in HK, forgetting to help our kababayan.
Lol they are not looking for the same jobs locals are looking for, if locals are struggling that’s their fault they speak the local language they have the upper hand. The jobs available to them are of privilege, the jobs available to domestic workers are just of domestic work jobs. They can be easily abused in their work places it’s also not the same let’s say office work or other service jobs? If you’re ‘abused’ you can go home and you’re already temporarily away from your ‘abuser’ but as for domestic workers the only time they truly have for themselves is that one day off where they don’t have to stay at home with their employers
@@jarish1275if you blame the local for not finding jobs as their fault sounds like you have no compassion for whatever reason for the local people. So why should we have compassion for the overseas domestic workers as it is their law. People need to follow the local laws. HK is full of poor people living in substandard housing. I visited there twice and feel sad for the people living there. The government should ban the people to hire maids when they don’t have decent space for maids.
@@jt6231 they are, following the law, doing the jobs that locals don’t want to do. Which is take care of their children and their household. Let’s say we Remove all domestic workers in HK, let’s see if the people can be as “productive” as when they have help. Hk will probably just end up like Japan and Korea with dropping birth rates. I also didn’t ask for compassion, since that’s one thing HKer’s already don’t have to begin with. What I’m referring to is the original comment, and how they make “locals struggling to find jobs” the same as “domestic workers struggling to find a decent employer” they are just not the same. 1) salary already not the same 2) they are treated like animals (as can be seen in the video, and your comment) 3) 2 weeks to look for a new employer that’s Ludicrous, when just as the original commenter said, “locals struggle to find a job” despite having all the advantages You would know that they are not the same, if you’re smart enough. Actually Tho I would I agree with your point about ppl should be banned to hire Helpers if they can’t even offer a decent living space for their Helpers. It’s like you apply to an office job and you’re expected to be at the office but you have to bring your own computer and try to find your own desk because they didn’t allocate one for you
@@jarish1275 then what is the problem or complaints if the local law enforced that they need to leave if they can’t find a job within the timeframe? If they are being treated like an animals,why dont their governments ban them to HK. HK has rules and laws that protect everyone. Go to Middle East countries and see nights and days. Their passports confiscated and they don’t get to go around the city. Local laws don’t protect the helpers and they get away with murders. With your logic, it is their fault the PH government not providing jobs for their people, they shouldn’t have kids if they can’t afford it….their men should have work to take care of their women….etc etc. This news channel is trying to brainwash us to have compassion from their audiences on one side while ignoring interviewing all the grievances of the employers. I am sure not all of those helpers are angels and no faults. They could be lying on their applications and end up couldn’t do the jobs…or abusive to the kids and elders that’s why they got let go. Of course there are bad employers which HK government should fine them or jail them. At least I am not one side on the helpers only and trying to demonize HKers. You’re pretty dumb thinking we fall for your arguments! You think they are not replaceable? They can bring in helpers from other nations..in fact many mainlanders are happy to replace them. All of us are replaceable!
'''For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and lose his own soul'' No amount of money will replace the lost years one is away working. I know a lady in the same situation, she '''lost''' kids. When she came home, they were like strangers to her. Very shortly they all left and no communication, as there was no bonding...
Only for them with a thick wallet. My mother managed to bring up 4 children, no washing machine until we were in our teens, no domestic help of any kind. We survived and grow up.
Imagine this: I have a coworker who has a Degree left our company then works as a maid in Hong Kong just because she earns more as a maid in Hong Kong rather than as a Degree Professional in the Philippines.
Kinda weird that these people cant afford a bigger apartment but can afford a maid. Our apt is bigger but money for a helper is impossible with our budget.
@@seraby7151 the real estate market here is controlled by 4 big developers, also half hk ppl are living in public housing, that said all the housing in hk is controlled by few parties they can control the market, that ended up to the tiny apartments with sky high price tag.
Hong Kong is a small territory with limited space. The Hong Kong people themselves have limited small space to live in. Most TVB series depicting of large living space is a lie. The work environment for domestic workers should be first told of expectation before hiring. At this day and age, families should take care of their own, do their own work and watch over their own children. You do not see domestic workers at New York City. We have full time jobs. Our living space is greater than that of Hong Kong. Our pay is also greater than that of Hong Kong.
True. HK is highly expensive with housing. Most live in tiny appartments. These families actually don't need a domestic helper. They can take care of the house on their own. The Filipino culture has a problem that many family members don't work while they are able to. If one relative has an income that person has to provide for the whole family. If they have food today they don't bother about tomorrow.
The problem is these Hong Kong families are not rich they are merely working class getting by, barely afford a babysitter. Blame this on the foreign European expats that are driving up housing cost.
2 weeks to find a job after termination should be revised, how can u find a job in two weeks, very unfair, discriminatory, Philippine Consular should do something!!!!
Why is it bad? Why not go back to Philippines and await to be hired by another family? Why doesn't American hire Filipinos as American are backing Philippines to go to war against China. You can expect hospitality from Chinese employment and yet have family back at home to stir trouble, creating lies, provoking war with China.
Hk mothers don't trust hisbands and insist on careers per Isabelle nieh. You can't say that isn't the case with ofws choosing a non arduous life in 5 star hk.
FYI, most employees in the Philippines make 10 USD / Day, and nurses there make 150 USD / Month. basically, you're living in hard mode all the time lol.
Great idea! I knew a Filipina domestic helper who only had 1 day off in a month. And even on that day she was supposed to help with breakfast and dinner!
For a country always shouting Pinoy pride this is sad...like Pinoy pride is non existent...like...its a delusion of false hope...so sad...a country that perceives itself as pride driven, still continues to depend on foreign employment to sustain their families...
It's very irresponsible of Filipinos (OFW's especially) to have children knowing that they will not be there to properly raise them. Not only is this a disservice to the kid(s), it is also a burden to the relatives as well because they have to raise the child in place of the parents. You shouldn't bring children into this world if you cannot raise them properly. Hopefully one day the Filipino government's answer to the country's unemployment problem will no longer be sending people to clean someone else's toilet thousands of miles away.
what to expect from a culture where asking unabashedly "WhEn are YOu gOIng To haVe A fiancE, mARry off, HAVe cHIlDReN, GivE Him/HEr [A] sIbliNg[S]?" is a norm for the most part?
@@abrahamdsl We are all responsible for the decisions we make in life, regardless of what friends, family, or society thinks. Care what others think, be their prisoner for life.
If there's no domestic helper, there's no one who will do those hard jobs, robots and ai are not develop yet. You can't do those crazy jobs either that's why we need more helper rather than lose them,
So ,those devasted maid coming to Singapore . Refresh new bio data . Problems arise again. Gullible kind compansionate employer start to pay more fees for thier uncontrollable manner escaping poverty back home??
The responsibility for lies with the philippine government, not HK. Almost a century of neglecting the economy has led Filipinos to seek employment abroad.
In HK, employers pay for their training costs in Philippines, insurance premiums charged by Philippines insurance companies even they work in HK and at the same time we also pay for their insurance in HK, their medical checkup, their return air tickets even they resign within the contract term. The fee we pay recruitment agents is expensive. All costs are on employers, but they can quit during contract term without any penalty. If they are allowed to stay in HK to look for new employers, they will just change job and ask for pay rise frequently, which happened during COVID when there was difficult to get newbies from Philippines n Indonesia.
Florence Johnston is the Jeffersons' sassy, back-talking, wisecracking maid. Her first appearance is actually in the debut episode, when she was interviewed and hired as the housekeeper for the title-bearing characters. Although her job is supposed to take up most of her time, she appears to be flat-out slothful (at least, as far as George sees it), using very little energy or effort to clean the Jeffersons' apartment, which she still manages to do well. She also regularly bickers with George, who's the one person who usually complains about her work.
A 3 generation family with no father and grandfather….. she said she needed to send $5000 HK to her family, her pay in HK is $5000 max. Is she expecting to moon light to earn extra? She has no job but she is shopping for chocolates for her daughter? The chocolates need to be shipped to Philippines, she needs to pay shipping, it’s hot, the quality of the chocolates will be bad, why?
@ , yes, I am judgmental. I do not understand why a woman bring a child into the world with no mean of support. I do not understand the same woman find it more important to buy chocolate for her daughter instead of holding down a job or finding a job.
@@virginiawai8485 You don't even know how her circumstances started. Perhaps her situation was better before. Have you ever thought of that? In the video, she said she is a single mother. Perhaps she was not a single mother before. Chocolate is not expensive and it's to make her child happy, so what's the issue with that?
Due to ever worsening disputes over territory between the Philippines and Communist China, conditions for OFW will rapidly worsen. Avoid China at all cost as source of employment.
@ nothing is wrong to work as domestic helper better than filling a refugee claims or waiting for govt benefits, the problem is if they are maltreated, each person has their personal reason why they choose that job, I have no resources to ask my citizens why?
@@Sanchej0000 nothing is wrong with them doing the job. It is a respectable job. But it puts them in vulnerable position. Malaysians and Singaporeans dont need to do such things as their governments provide enough jobs for them at home, enough income.
As harsh as it sounds, Hong Kong is doing these foreign laborers a FAVOR by even giving them job opportunities. Hong Kong is not obligated to pass any laws to protect rights when they get terminated.
Where are all the filipino men? Why cant they support their families and rely on their women? Maybe answer those questiions before blaming HK employers for poor treatment. HK is the economic savior of countless filipino families.
They're in the Middle East working for petroleum companies, or on cruise ships with various jobs, or in Alaska working for the fishing industry, or in just about every other country outside of the Philippines taking any job that they can get to provide for their families. Hope that answers your question.
I always have my most respect to any domestic helpers in HK. I used to be raised by one of them and now my mother is heavily relied on one very nice Filipino lady for so many years. I wish I can help these so called, "domestic helpers". I don't treat them as "helpers", but a good friend. Unfortunately, my current Filipino friend is retiring soon and will return back to Phillipines next year, and I need to help my mother to look for one. I wish all these kind Filipino ladies will find good employers soon. Salamat. 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you
I'm not a domestic helper but I'm glad you can appreciate my fellow filipinos. We are hard workers and do our best with anything unfortunately, some people abuse them.
It's sad that some of these domestic workers are actually degree holders (teachers, etc) that because of lack of opportunities in the Philippines that they have to work as slaves in another country.
It is what it is. the border control and visa policies across the glove dictate that if one holds an objectively inferior passport, he or she will forfeit from opportunities for proper education, job, and even investment. One must go above and beyond to prove their extra worth and upgrade their citizenship to another objectively better one to be eligible for humane lives.
That's what I learned after several visa denials.
Having a high degree is not a guarantee for anything sadly. Even people with PhDs are homeless on the streets due to circumstances.
slaves are workers without pay.domestic helpers are paid
the degree holders should look into learning another skills related to offshore jobs from western countries as they are emerging and still growing opportunities in PH. They can earn same or close to the salary of domestic helper. It might not be exactly the same (at first) but at least they can live with their children as they grow (a huge price that their own children suffers). I hope there would also be a documentary for children who grew up with parents working abroad.
Some filippinos get better jobs abroad like nursing
The Phillippines government should step up and improve the living conditions and standards of its people so they don’t have to seek elsewhere for employment and money.
They literally had the chance to step up for decades but have they
@@hadbetterdays8118They just want to be pawns in the US vs. China game
LOUDER!!!! Just terrible living standards here
I honestly dont get the point of entertaining the needs of the poor. The Philippine government should only improve the living conditions of the Middle class. Leave the poor to rot elsewhere.
high standard for a 3rd world country
The OFW system is a testament on the Philippines's failure to provide jobs for its people. Family's broken due to the distance, mental health crisis among the many issues that this system brought.
We export out talents elsewhere, and what remains are the guilibble ones that can be easily manipulated the politicians. Just give them money during election, and you'll get a vote.
thanks #marcosMAGNANAKAW for starting the #OFWphenomenon
@@abrahamdsl matagal na tong OFW phenomenon panahon pa nila Aquino Sr and Ramos ganun na...
And yet Filipinos keep typing "mabuhay and Pilipinas" , "proud to be Pinoy" at every event when there's a quarter Filipino to seek attention, while ignoring the country's dark side .
@@sherwinclarencego1933at some point Filipinos need to recognize two things:
- we lack infrastructure and
- electricity is too high. That's why nobody will invest in us. It isn't about foreigners owning land. They also need to scrap the 60/40 rule and open the country up like what China and Singapore did. This has held true for decades. I don't know when the Philippines will make this connection but the writing is already on the wall. That's why Filipinos need to go overseas.
@@sherwinclarencego1933 President Ferdinand Marcos and his technocrats developed the 1974 labor export program to relieve the country of these twin problems by providing overseas employment for the educated unemployed and generating foreign currency revenues from the remittances received from Filipinos working abroad.
That’s my classmate from college, Maryjoe. I’m so proud of you for working hard for your child and mother. ❤️
where is the husband ? did she adopted her daughter ?
@@lui2271christian in Philippines is common for leaving without married and having a baby. If they separate is easy for them..
letting the helper sleep on a bathroom floor? don't these people have compassion at all? they could have given them the couch. shame.
This needs to be shown to all the philippine politicians, but they lack more empathy than those employers.
BongBong Marcos is paid for by the US and his only agenda is war with China 😂😊
LOL Everyone knows Philippine politicians have no say about the Philippines, it's a literal modern day colony.
no they only care how much dollars they can bring.
I have an African friend who went to Jordan to work as a domestic helper and also her boss gave a toilet as her sleeping area. So sad how people treat others
Ofws in hk dont work as hard as in arab countries.
Arabian are the w*rst people as they look down on non Muslims and labour workers. Do what in life but never work under an Arabic as they will treat you worse than dog.
In Indonesia we've started referring to domestic workers as “household assistants” to acknowledge their work as work, not “free help”.
What's wrong with "domestic workers"? They're workers.
@@vitaluna1568,the original was "maid."
@@michellelee4843 what's wrong with 'maid?'
Changing words around is silly and pointless.
@@vitaluna1568 there's this neat little concept known as 'connotation'. Stay in school kid
@@ZETA14.88 "connotation"
So basically, it's your fantasy of what is true or not?
I think it's you that need to stay in school and learn reality not disneyland fantasies.
Frankly I can't understand why Hong Kongers need to have a helper stay with them 24/7. It seems no where else in the world is there such a high demand for them.
Try Catholic churches 😅😅😅
A lot of Filipino families in the Philippines also have "24/7" domestic helpers. Granted they have day offs and asking for their services when they are in the home is not literally 24/7.
I've been around this nonsense.
People can't pick up their own dishes after eating, or get a cup of water for themselves?!
How lazy can you be?
It's in the culture and mindset. Kids are trained to not do housework because it's a poor people job. Which is crazy cause they cant seem to afford a bigger apt but can afford a maid because their house will be a mess without one.
These HK families don't really need a domestic worker.
Isn't that the sole reason they hired u ?? What use are u if they do it themselves lol
@@unboxinganything2498 I think OP’s problem is why there is a job for this in the first place. In western countries, the family does everything themselves, even if both parents are working. They just find time. But it can also be stressful for new parents and they need to find someone to babysit if they need to go somewhere without the baby.
@@unboxinganything2498 maybe ur one.of the employer are lazy to brush teeth, lazy flash the toilet after use, lazy to clean dishes if the maid is day off, etc etc etc.... the real maids are more in proper hygiene than the employer🤣🤣🤣
That's unfair. Employers can terminate a contract early and these helpers only have 2 weeks to find another employer? This needs to be amended.
You can hire them. You can accommodate them at your home.
@@athenaqilin8354 ok? hahaahahah
@@athenaqilin8354 pathetic answer from a pathetic person
Yeah, it seems unfair. They should be able to stay and look for another job for the duration of their original contract.
Hongkong is a small country/city.
They don’t need immigrants. They only need helpers.
Sometimes, the better approach is to look from their point of view. If you do this, you will not push yourself to stay in Hongkong.
her level of english fluency, she should have worked in a bpo or as a virtual assistant
Sending lotsa love and strength!!! I can’t imagine to be in a foreign country and to be mistreated like this. Sad to see that they aren't treated as human beings, I hope despite all of these they dont lose hope!
Employers should be required to pay for transportation to and from their original home.
Employers are required to purchase one way ticket home for the helpers that they laid off. It's standard practice. But most helpers don't want to fly back as they prefer to look for a new employer within two weeks
.... Which is difficult considering the given amount of time
The abuse most of us OFWs endure is far less concerning than the fear of not being able to support and feed our family back home.
I no longer work in HK but i miss living and working there. Highest salary for domestic helpers. 24hr day off per week.... but of course not every employer follows that rule.
Heartbreaking. It’s amazing how these women face such challenges and yet manage to stay positive. As an Overseas Foreign Worker (OFW), I know that working abroad is not always easy. I pray that these women’s fortunes will change for the better soon.
Nobody use that term “OFW” anymore. Filipino migrant workers are called EXPATS. I pray for them everyday. All of them.
@@Radtrad_strada Yes, it is still used esp in Filipino context: www.google.com/search?q=ofw&rlz=1C1ONGR_enSG1027SG1027&oq=ofw&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIPCAEQABhDGLEDGIAEGIoFMhUIAhAuGEMYxwEYsQMY0QMYgAQYigUyDAgDEAAYQxiABBiKBTISCAQQABhDGIMBGLEDGIAEGIoFMhIIBRAuGEMYxwEY0QMYgAQYigUyDAgGEAAYQxiABBiKBTISCAcQLhhDGMcBGNEDGIAEGIoF0gEHNzA3ajBqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
2 years as worker surely means they have contributed enough to society. Thinking they will take their jobs and benefits is ridiculous. I don't see that man worry about all that going to work for 6 days 24/7 as domestic helper
If Hong Kong can establish rules regarding one day off, then the Philippines should also create a law stating that if an employer fails to uphold their end of the agreement or abuses a worker, they should be permanently banned from hiring a helper.
Imagine not having domestic helpers helping thousands of families in HK. That would be a nightmare for sure.
Even if employers were forced to have a week-in-hand or fortnight's notice grace period for terminating an employee assuming they had been employed for a period with them already like say a few months _(which is an expense that might deter employees from hiring to start with whereby they would be stuck with the financial brunt, a topic which could be contested for fairness),_ it still does not create a standard that helps other employers hire the worker in that 2 week period _(or up to 3 or 4 weeks if the fortnight notice period or week-in-hand period is added on to that two weeks Hong Kong limit in which to get a new gig)._ Simply building new shelters doesn't solve the costing challenge. It would not be as simple as slinging up a new skyscraper on the ruins of a bulldozed shelter site and handing the skyscraper to the shelter. Presumably a new skyscraper would be overkill anyway but a multi-storey structure is what is space efficient. A dual-use structure _(like a hotel and business function venue)_ however might work as long as some mechanism with which to liaise between shelters and agencies for the workers is established, and that liaison would probably need to also involve a worker elected by other workers as a prefect who basically doesn't get paid any more but does get costings covered like transport and a small insurance package which helps the company anyway because they would probably need to be trained as a first-aider and fire-warden and minibus driver. So a hotel which also has business meetings and conference rooms makes money _(especially if it has underground parking basements)_ and it needs workers with the same skills _(although some training might be required such as first aider, food-hygiene, and fire-warden)._ So where microphone loudspeaker stage conference presentations take place or hotel music entertainments, workers could get a part-time role in exchange for accommodation and so a gig always has a first-aider and, if catering is involved as another revenue, the food-standards and hygiene is met so they are tapping into their same skills anyway, albeit matched with the added training. These are short gigs, thereby less likely to impact upon their home-helper job duties, and there would probably be a minibus to get them there, and there is wifi and probably access to a desktop PC via some sort of library-card system acting as an identifying mechanism and proof of clock-in vs clock-out time-sheets. The minibus _(and its first-aid-kit)_ would probably need advertising plastered all over it to help its costing. The hospitality and entertainments sector does benefit from multilingual and some of the workers appear to speak English so they have that bonus, and as such a vimwiki with po translations plugin addon for multiple languages of instructional training guides could be connected via OpenSSH they could use for small comms scribbles. A new structure _(multi-storey with a solar battery charger roof or side-wall)_ could do with some heat-exchange to mitigate the air-con, and that can then heat water, including a small subset of it becoming potable recycle. So that migrant-workers are not seen as favoured over local workers, there might be an avenue for fairness for the locals such as those who have a paid-for accommodation in the same building as the shelters-hotel-business multi-storey, the interest from the deposit covers the tantamount-estate-agency fees. The local workers would be likely to already have some coverage under legal aid, but the migrant-workers either have a charitable or NGO involvement to give legal-aid or they have none whatsoever, and so there would need to be a way to cover it with some sort of other revenue stream from which a windfall could be skimmed and it is probably down to insurance. So an example could be travel insurance companies who might get a priority or exclusivity slot on conference and entertainments gigs at hotel venues (entertainments or conference talks, as in hospitality or entertainments) to pitch a product which is either for investors or simply customers of travel insurance. Customers of travel insurance falling into 2 main categories _(save for some exceptions)_ would, perhaps ironically, include the employers of the migrant-workers themselves because it means mum-and-dad hire a migrant-worker who can looks after the kids and or elderly relative while mum-and-dad get a night off for the anniversary in some hotel or maybe planning a week-long holiday with the kids and family whilst the migrant-worker house-sits _(and pet-sits),_ thereby meaning travel-insurance is an obvious precaution and it could also cover insurance for the worker because they have to guard the joint while the family are off at some golf-resort or whatever they are into. The other (second) category of travel-insurance customers are the opposite of people coming into Hong Kong form other parts of the world, such as train-nerds there to check out the swanky new train Hong-Kong made or a shopping holiday. It would be a vertical income to have the same customers staying at the same hotel insured by the same company, saving a few quid (bucks, whatever) so some of that saved costing goes to the legal-aid of the migrant-worker _(who might save their life by performing the Heimlich maneuver when the salmon-mousse doesn't agree with them because they ate it too quickly)._ If the minibus is too great a squeeze for overhead from advertising alone _(advertising ranging from insurance to alternatives to salmon-mousse),_ it could double as tour-guide gigs to cover some costing. Legal-aid for migrant-workers might in some cases extend only as far as say a notary, however, some specialise in international migration anyway. The VimWiki and OpenSSH comms would need to be mirrored on a Linux OrangePiZero2W battery solar and vehicle kinetic _(almost like the alternator, dynamo, etc.)_ charging circuit between the minibus and the accommodation and office, which also means redundancy, archiving, back-up and snapshots old be achieved and compliance with DPA2018 and PECR2003 equivalents from British computer law and whatever Hong Kong equivalents can be.
My comment has no hate in it and I do no harm. I am not appalled or afraid, boasting or envying or complaining... Just saying. Psalms23: Giving thanks and praise to the Lord and peace and love. Also, I'd say Matthew6.
Eventhough doomed with China, Hongkongers still highly think of themselves due the examples of harrassment with foreign workers, karma is inevitable indeed!
It's ridiculous how poorly they are treated.
If you listen to the stories, everybody is a breadwinner.
You don’t often hear “breadwinner” word in other countries.
To be frank, in much of Asia with some exceptions labor standards are low with long hours, minimal worker protections and little to no focus on employee well-being.
"Dear John Lee: Are you watching this???"
thanks for making video like this to teach and make awareness on the job very informative im also working here in hongkong since 2011 thanks
HONGKONG employers are abusive and discriminatory, but 5his is not new, I am surprised until now NO changes, maybe the Philippine representative failed to make a deal or 5ey may be busy shopping in HK, forgetting to help our kababayan.
So are Filipinos that hire domestic helpers in the Philippines, paying them putrid wages
Unemployment has been a global issue nowadays, it's happening all over the world. Even the locals find it hard to find a job.
Lol they are not looking for the same jobs locals are looking for, if locals are struggling that’s their fault they speak the local language they have the upper hand. The jobs available to them are of privilege, the jobs available to domestic workers are just of domestic work jobs. They can be easily abused in their work places it’s also not the same let’s say office work or other service jobs? If you’re ‘abused’ you can go home and you’re already temporarily away from your ‘abuser’ but as for domestic workers the only time they truly have for themselves is that one day off where they don’t have to stay at home with their employers
@@jarish1275if you blame the local for not finding jobs as their fault sounds like you have no compassion for whatever reason for the local people. So why should we have compassion for the overseas domestic workers as it is their law. People need to follow the local laws.
HK is full of poor people living in substandard housing. I visited there twice and feel sad for the people living there. The government should ban the people to hire maids when they don’t have decent space for maids.
@@jt6231 they are, following the law, doing the jobs that locals don’t want to do. Which is take care of their children and their household. Let’s say we Remove all domestic workers in HK, let’s see if the people can be as “productive” as when they have help. Hk will probably just end up like Japan and Korea with dropping birth rates. I also didn’t ask for compassion, since that’s one thing HKer’s already don’t have to begin with. What I’m referring to is the original comment, and how they make “locals struggling to find jobs” the same as “domestic workers struggling to find a decent employer” they are just not the same. 1) salary already not the same
2) they are treated like animals (as can be seen in the video, and your comment)
3) 2 weeks to look for a new employer that’s Ludicrous, when just as the original commenter said, “locals struggle to find a job” despite having all the advantages
You would know that they are not the same, if you’re smart enough. Actually
Tho I would I agree with your point about ppl should be banned to hire Helpers if they can’t even offer a decent living space for their Helpers. It’s like you apply to an office job and you’re expected to be at the office but you have to bring your own computer and try to find your own desk because they didn’t allocate one for you
@@jarish1275 then what is the problem or complaints if the local law enforced that they need to leave if they can’t find a job within the timeframe?
If they are being treated like an animals,why dont their governments ban them to HK. HK has rules and laws that protect everyone. Go to Middle East countries and see nights and days. Their passports confiscated and they don’t get to go around the city. Local laws don’t protect the helpers and they get away with murders.
With your logic, it is their fault the PH government not providing jobs for their people, they shouldn’t have kids if they can’t afford it….their men should have work to take care of their women….etc etc.
This news channel is trying to brainwash us to have compassion from their audiences on one side while ignoring interviewing all the grievances of the employers. I am sure not all of those helpers are angels and no faults. They could be lying on their applications and end up couldn’t do the jobs…or abusive to the kids and elders that’s why they got let go. Of course there are bad employers which HK government should fine them or jail them. At least I am not one side on the helpers only and trying to demonize HKers. You’re pretty dumb thinking we fall for your arguments!
You think they are not replaceable? They can bring in helpers from other nations..in fact many mainlanders are happy to replace them. All of us are replaceable!
'''For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and lose his own soul'' No amount of money will replace the lost years one is away working. I know a lady in the same situation, she '''lost''' kids. When she came home, they were like strangers to her. Very shortly they all left and no communication, as there was no bonding...
We should treat every fellow human being equally and with dignity whether you are native born or a foreign born.
You can't do multi-tasking at once. That's why we need more helper, assistance to do them rather than lose them,
Only for them with a thick wallet. My mother managed to bring up 4 children, no washing machine until we were in our teens, no domestic help of any kind. We survived and grow up.
everybody, please donate to Bethune house if you can as they are facing the possibility of closure!!
So stressful..😢
they fight for rights. Forgotten but always a superstar on their days off.
Imagine this: I have a coworker who has a Degree left our company then works as a maid in Hong Kong just because she earns more as a maid in Hong Kong rather than as a Degree Professional in the Philippines.
As a resident of a 2mx2m cubicle room in Sham Shui Po, I feel sorry for the migrant workers who ended up sleeping in the bathroom.
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Hong Kong TVB actor Felix Wong slept in the bathroom before too.
@@ToiChutGongWu
You’re rude, se7en
Kinda weird that these people cant afford a bigger apartment but can afford a maid. Our apt is bigger but money for a helper is impossible with our budget.
@@seraby7151 the real estate market here is controlled by 4 big developers, also half hk ppl are living in public housing, that said all the housing in hk is controlled by few parties they can control the market, that ended up to the tiny apartments with sky high price tag.
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Simply speaking the hk house can afford a housemaid but not a big apartment with a proper house maid sleeping area.
Hong Kong is a small territory with limited space. The Hong Kong people themselves have limited small space to live in. Most TVB series depicting of large living space is a lie. The work environment for domestic workers should be first told of expectation before hiring.
At this day and age, families should take care of their own, do their own work and watch over their own children. You do not see domestic workers at New York City. We have full time jobs. Our living space is greater than that of Hong Kong. Our pay is also greater than that of Hong Kong.
True. HK is highly expensive with housing. Most live in tiny appartments. These families actually don't need a domestic helper. They can take care of the house on their own.
The Filipino culture has a problem that many family members don't work while they are able to. If one relative has an income that person has to provide for the whole family. If they have food today they don't bother about tomorrow.
So true. We live in big homes in Australia and we do not have domestic workers or maids from other countries.
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There are over 200,000 domestic workers in New York City, and 2.7 million households employ domestic workers in New York State.
@@hilaryb8807 So what is your point, mrs. Google facts?
Stay strong
The problem is these Hong Kong families are not rich they are merely working class getting by, barely afford a babysitter. Blame this on the foreign European expats that are driving up housing cost.
oh wow these employers sound like the parents of some of my friends 😂😅😅😅
All levels of work passes have different rules. That is the case everywhere.
this is so wonderfully produced, I learned so much!!!!
2 weeks to find a job after termination should be revised, how can u find a job in two weeks, very unfair, discriminatory, Philippine Consular should do something!!!!
Why is it bad? Why not go back to Philippines and await to be hired by another family? Why doesn't American hire Filipinos as American are backing Philippines to go to war against China.
You can expect hospitality from Chinese employment and yet have family back at home to stir trouble, creating lies, provoking war with China.
please donate to Bethune house if you can! ❤
Yes to ban on sending DH in Hong Kong
She is so beautiful 😍
Hk mothers don't trust hisbands and insist on careers per Isabelle nieh. You can't say that isn't the case with ofws choosing a non arduous life in 5 star hk.
Philippine govt has no plan to stop sending ofws abroad to earn dollars.
The Philippine Goverment, the largest employment agency in the world.
FYI, most employees in the Philippines make 10 USD / Day, and nurses there make 150 USD / Month. basically, you're living in hard mode all the time lol.
I hope domestic helpers should only work 5 days a week!
The employers are quite terrible and without empathy 😢
Because their Hong Kong and Chinese environment is narcissistic.
That's so sad :(
Can someone tell me what's that piano piece on 0:40
btw, too many buildings. i can't live in a place like this!
Come to Singapore!
Great idea! I knew a Filipina domestic helper who only had 1 day off in a month. And even on that day she was supposed to help with breakfast and dinner!
Same same
For a country always shouting Pinoy pride this is sad...like Pinoy pride is non existent...like...its a delusion of false hope...so sad...a country that perceives itself as pride driven, still continues to depend on foreign employment to sustain their families...
It took some effect and costs and waiting time to hire a help from overseas, employers do not normally terminate a help for no reasons.
The Philippines should stop sending maids abroad. These people are well educated. They can even speak better English than their HK employers.
Really true 😜
This is not right
Iam disturbed that she has to sleep in the toilet 😢
This long time old issues nothing change
See how much people in Ph are degraded. HK salary is close equivalent to Dir level in local Ph wage rate.
Mataas ang sweldo pero mataas din ang standard of living. Basic knowledge
If without migrant workers, we will see the collapse of these highly developed countries
The house of HK people are small in general. Before you come you should know.
Pretty sad stories of OFW
Who TF chose that music??? Dont ever do that it again its horrible
The Philippines should build more call centers their English is so much better than Indian
Two weeks is too short, so unfair.
Her employer probably didn't like the way she looks. She is probably better looking than her employer, and employers husband has desire for her. 😅
#stopasianonasianabuse
It's very irresponsible of Filipinos (OFW's especially) to have children knowing that they will not be there to properly raise them. Not only is this a disservice to the kid(s), it is also a burden to the relatives as well because they have to raise the child in place of the parents. You shouldn't bring children into this world if you cannot raise them properly. Hopefully one day the Filipino government's answer to the country's unemployment problem will no longer be sending people to clean someone else's toilet thousands of miles away.
what to expect from a culture where asking unabashedly "WhEn are YOu gOIng To haVe A fiancE, mARry off, HAVe cHIlDReN, GivE Him/HEr [A] sIbliNg[S]?" is a norm for the most part?
LOL, this happened in China, where parents in rural China went to big cities looking for work and left their siblings behind. Are you 18 years old?
They are catholic. Said it all.
@@abrahamdsl We are all responsible for the decisions we make in life, regardless of what friends, family, or society thinks. Care what others think, be their prisoner for life.
If there's no domestic helper, there's no one who will do those hard jobs, robots and ai are not develop yet. You can't do those crazy jobs either that's why we need more helper rather than lose them,
Do you think that Hong Kong families are not able to take care of their 2 bedroom apparrtments themselves?
Philippines na naman
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So ,those devasted maid coming to Singapore . Refresh new bio data . Problems arise again. Gullible kind compansionate employer start to pay more fees for thier uncontrollable manner escaping poverty back home??
Speak proper English.
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Mas magaling pa GMA gumawa ng documentary
Its the mindset like you that the ph is stuck in a time warp
@@DavidFoo-kh4ri uhm what? Why? 🤣
Indo makin gawat, semua di phk
Maids should not protest in other ppl's country .wasting local tax payers money. Go back to yr gov .on improving township planning,create. jobs!
You have a point. Domestic helpers in the end are better off in their own countries.
LE ROSEY SCHOOL
This is God's will😂
The responsibility for lies with the philippine government, not HK. Almost a century of neglecting the economy has led Filipinos to seek employment abroad.
In HK, employers pay for their training costs in Philippines, insurance premiums charged by Philippines insurance companies even they work in HK and at the same time we also pay for their insurance in HK, their medical checkup, their return air tickets even they resign within the contract term. The fee we pay recruitment agents is expensive.
All costs are on employers, but they can quit during contract term without any penalty.
If they are allowed to stay in HK to look for new employers, they will just change job and ask for pay rise frequently, which happened during COVID when there was difficult to get newbies from Philippines n Indonesia.
Florence Johnston is the Jeffersons' sassy, back-talking, wisecracking maid. Her first appearance is actually in the debut episode, when she was interviewed and hired as the housekeeper for the title-bearing characters. Although her job is supposed to take up most of her time, she appears to be flat-out slothful (at least, as far as George sees it), using very little energy or effort to clean the Jeffersons' apartment, which she still manages to do well. She also regularly bickers with George, who's the one person who usually complains about her work.
Did she pay for her flights?
That's your takeaway?
You have so much empathy, so much human understanding. You must have lots of friends.
A 3 generation family with no father and grandfather….. she said she needed to send $5000 HK to her family, her pay in HK is $5000 max. Is she expecting to moon light to earn extra?
She has no job but she is shopping for chocolates for her daughter? The chocolates need to be shipped to Philippines, she needs to pay shipping, it’s hot, the quality of the chocolates will be bad, why?
The minimum salary is 5k HKD. Food and other allowances are extra. Chocolates would cost not more than 500 HKD.
@@virginiawai8485 love
She did not ship the chocolates, she went home with them. You're so judgmental.
@ , yes, I am judgmental. I do not understand why a woman bring a child into the world with no mean of support. I do not understand the same woman find it more important to buy chocolate for her daughter instead of holding down a job or finding a job.
@@virginiawai8485 You don't even know how her circumstances started. Perhaps her situation was better before. Have you ever thought of that? In the video, she said she is a single mother. Perhaps she was not a single mother before. Chocolate is not expensive and it's to make her child happy, so what's the issue with that?
Come on.h..k maid knew the human rights law . It will not help ..Go home and find 2 jobs.. Why stir matters as h.k.locals already facing recessions.
Buongiorno!
Well said.Happy peach. Why wasting local taxpayers money !
Due to ever worsening disputes over territory between the Philippines and Communist China, conditions for OFW will rapidly worsen. Avoid China at all cost as source of employment.
This is not new, what is our Philippine consulate doing to improve this situation. If they can’t help the Filipino worker, IPA Tulfo no yan!!!!!
You should ask why your citizens need to go abroad to do such jobs?
@ survival of the fittest
@ nothing is wrong to work as domestic helper better than filling a refugee claims or waiting for govt benefits, the problem is if they are maltreated, each person has their personal reason why they choose that job, I have no resources to ask my citizens why?
@@Sanchej0000 nothing is wrong with them doing the job. It is a respectable job. But it puts them in vulnerable position. Malaysians and Singaporeans dont need to do such things as their governments provide enough jobs for them at home, enough income.
If the Filipino government receives money and the agencies, you will not hear them complain.
Some helpers get their own bedrooms with tv toilet, what else do they want ?
Probably nothing! It's the ones being made to sleep in bathrooms that want a humane living condition. Okay???
The statement itself is funny that they consider helper as ordinary citizen
Because they are
Why she terminated?personal reasons?there must be something.
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As harsh as it sounds, Hong Kong is doing these foreign laborers a FAVOR by even giving them job opportunities. Hong Kong is not obligated to pass any laws to protect rights when they get terminated.
Where are all the filipino men? Why cant they support their families and rely on their women? Maybe answer those questiions before blaming HK employers for poor treatment. HK is the economic savior of countless filipino families.
They're in the Middle East working for petroleum companies, or on cruise ships with various jobs, or in Alaska working for the fishing industry, or in just about every other country outside of the Philippines taking any job that they can get to provide for their families. Hope that answers your question.
Why can't we blame HK employers for poor treatment if they are giving poor treatment and abusing the workers?
The men are all in the “cyber cafes” playing games lol lol
See how this domestic helpers behave on weekend.wild wild wet.