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With the birth of our second child coming up in early 2007 we're thinking about hiring some help with the housework and baby rearing for at least the first few months. Does anyone have some experience with this and know how much the going rate is? Where can I go to find out more?

[Juregen]

Hi there,

We have an inn house keeper and we pay 50.000 Won a day, we have her 6 days a week. (+- 1.300.000 a month). She ofcourse gets housing and food, included.....

the difficulty is finding someone you can relate too, most Koreans who have inn keepers prefer Females from South East Asia.

The main reason we have her is so we can spend most of our time with our baby instead of cleaning everything .

We are both working so the time we save is worth it.


Good Luck

[matthews_world]

Wow, you are giving your nanny quite a deal, esp. with the free housing.

I've met a few who work with Korean parents a set 8-10 hour day schedule. They live in their own apartments and make less than 1.0.

[SeniorEnglish]

I had a housekeeper offer to clean my house for 5,000/hr. Of course, being the thrifty person I am, I bartered down to 1,500/hr plus busfare.

[tzechuk]

Contact your local YWCA.

4 hours cleaning is 20,000 won.

Babysitting, as they call it, is 35,000 a day or about 800,000 a month full time, 8-6.

Seoul is more expensive.

[Juregen]

[noguri]

My wife and I discussed this issue somewhat in relation to Korea and the US. Our daughter was born in the U.S. but we hired a Korean ajuma to help us out for a few weeks.

She was called a DO MI AJUMA, which means a "helping ajuma"

The thing you should keep in mind is, do want the lady to mostly CLEAN the HOUSE, change DIAPERS or act as a governess for the child? Because what you pay depends on what you ask for, regardless of the country.

My wife said that a lot of Korean moms hire Josunjok immigrant women [Josun or Korean people from China]. But they complain that these women sit around and watch T.V. rather than actively occupying the child.

I think that any ajuma is fine, if you want someone who will cook and clean. But if you want someone who is going to play with your toddler so you can care for the new baby, you need a young and energetic person who is going to be more of a real nanny. If her job is to focus on the child and actively play with the child, you'll want to pay more than you would pay for a domi ajuma.

[Juregen]

I agree with the above poster.

Make a clear distinction between a housekeeper and a nanny!

housekeepers are a bit cheaper and don't need an education, anyone can clean a house, some just do it better then others .

Nannies, especially if you care for your childs future, better have a similar cultural background and education level as yourself.

I have noticed that even though we don't let out child interact too much with our housekeeper, she still has some influence over his behaviour, and we try to reduce this effect, since it is not really positive.

Children are incredibily adaptable to their environment, so keep the Quality high.

[CoolTeach]

Wankers like you are why children are so f***ed up now days. You have a stranger raise your kids for ya and do the housework to. Why do you have children, if you can't care for them? Why don't you adopt instead of polluting the world with more spoiled, silver spoon in mouth offspring?

[Juregen]

[skindleshanks]

We just hired a housekeeper/nanny to work part time while we teach in the afternoons. Once we're finished, we have a relaxing dinner with our kids while she does a bit of cleaning. It has already saved loads of stress and improved our family life. We pay 5,000/hour. We also have her stay late one night a week so my wife and I can go out together--for the first time since we visited the grandparents in Canada last year.
The wage doesn't seem like much by Canadian standards, but it's a good wage here and makes clear financial sense for us. It's far better than carting the kids off to playschool for 4-5 hours a day.

We've tried the YWCA before with mixed success. We placed an ad in Kyocharo (an ad newspaper), and our phone was ringing for a week.

[periwinkle]

Just curious, but do your housekeepers and/or nannies keep a low profile, or do you treat them like one of the family? It must've taken some getting used to, having a stranger come into your house...

[Juregen]

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