Korean Job Discussion Forums

freeridden · Joined: 27 Apr 2008

Anyone have any thoughts on how to find a maid? When I was in China, my Malaysian friends introduced me to an old Chinese woman who cleaned houses on the side. Does this type of thing go on here in Seoul, or do you have to actually find an actual business? How much do these places charge?

BTW, I live by Cheolsan.

Thanks!

Socks · Joined: 15 May 2008 Location: somewhere in here...

There are plenty of cheap "Chinese-Korean" and "Philippine" maids around...

they will clean, wash, iron and even cook for you. (for a cheap fee)..

Most families that have young children - where both the husband and wife work - however the grandparents are not there to look after the young kiddies have a maid....

Just ask around - one of your Emloyers probably has a maid and just ask if you can "borrow" her...

You usually do not get them from "businesses" - most wealthier people recruit them directly from their home country...

pkang0202 · Joined: 09 Mar 2007

What if no one at your school has a maid?

I called a few places advertising on the internet and they want 50,000w per cleaning.

That seems like a lot to clean a little one-room.

bassexpander · Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Location: Someplace you'd rather be.

You can sometimes find them listed on the Korea Herald classifieds web site.

Juregen · Joined: 30 May 2006

We have a maid who stays Monday to Friday to help manage the house.

We pay her 1.000.000 won, the way to find someone like that is to ask around. We found one because we asked another Philippine whether she knew someone in need of a job.

Before that we had a Chinese-Korean, but that was an overall bad experience. You really need someone wit the right personality.

scorpiocandy · Joined: 27 Feb 2008

I remember a thread on here a while back that said the YWCA was a good place to find someone.

I also saw a Real Estate place near Camp Walker in daegu that arranged for cleaning ladies to come to your house. Maybe there is someting similar in Seoul?

I had a lady come and clean my studio and she charged 40 000 won for 8 hours and 35 000 for 4 hours.

sojourner1 · Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 11:57 pm Post subject:

Nope, Korea is not one of those countries where it's easy to find cheerio happy service providers with a great warm personality and sense of humor. I haven't ever heard of anyone having a maid like you could in South Asian, central American, Eastern European, and South American countries. No massages, no laundry, and no cleaning services to be found in Korea in my searches that usually leave me empty handed. No one solicits me ever for anything unless it's a suit tailor in Itaewon. It makes me wonder why the Koreans don't try to make money off foreigners like the way they do in other countries.

I want a maid for about 3 hours a week. I wonder if those old ladies with permed hair do's work odd jobs? Maybe they don't have the personality and skills to do so? Of course, I think you can get anything in Seoul like you could in any other country if I'm not mistaken. You still have to search high and low and really ask around as it's just hard to locate many things easily found elsewhere.

Good luck.