Chapter 38 What kind of babysitter is a "Filipino maid"?

The management of Hong Kong society, from major issues to minor issues, is like a pot of soup, which cannot be boiled in a short period of time. After hundreds of years of conditioning, it has gradually become nourishing and moderate, and it has become a convention, and then a label is attached: mature. He also talked about a small thing around him-hiring a nanny. In Beijing, I don’t have much experience in “hiring a babysitter” myself, but I often hear relatives complain that Beijing’s babysitter market is really chaotic. A kind-hearted and simple person is your blessing. If you meet a rude and ignorant person, the owner will start to suffer, and even lose the sense of security from then on.A friend changed 4 babysitters in a row for a month, and changed one every 8 days on average. None of the four women was happy. Clean, and there is another one who has been in the house for less than three days, knowing that the male head of the household is a rich businessman, and he has started to have sexual desires overtly and secretly.

What is the nanny market in Hong Kong like? Originally, the "nanny in Hong Kong" was not something I would seriously care about as far as I could see, but many weekends when I went out for interviews or went to the streets to do errands, I always saw a special scene, and I became suspicious after a long time: On rest days, you can see Filipino women everywhere in parks and squares in Hong Kong. These women gather in groups, colorful, and sit on the ground in the shade of a tree. Everyone gathers together to talk, laugh, eat and drink?Later I found out that these people are Hong Kong's "nanny" - "Filipino maid", also known as "Bin sister".According to the regulations of the Hong Kong government: Hong Kong families and employers must give them a day off every weekend for "Filipino maids", allowing them to go to the streets to meet folks, find friends, and talk about their homesickness. This has formed a long-term habit. On the weekends in Hong Kong, wherever the "Filipino maids" went, the land seemed to be blooming with flowers.

As of 2006, I began to pay attention to "Nanny in Hong Kong". The number of "Filipino maids" here has reached 200,000, almost monopolizing the nanny market in the entire city.Filipino maids are not ordinary "little nannies" in the eyes of Hong Kong people. They charge high prices and are of high quality.More importantly, the Hong Kong government regulates this market, and the minimum monthly income of "Filipino maids" must not be less than 3,600 Hong Kong dollars. In addition, "Filipino maids" do not need to pay extra for eating and living at the master's house. money.

Why do Filipino maids have such a high social status in Hong Kong and are favored by the government and citizens? For a long time, the Philippines, a South Asian country, has been sending high-quality "domestic service" personnel to all parts of the world, and has established its own unique brand. This "brand" is very suitable for the appetite of Hong Kong people. The "little nannies" who come here are only regarded as "robots" who can clean, wash and cook, and even take care of the elderly and children. They are willing to see "workers" (little nannies) as their higher-level helpers, educated , good at foreign languages, good at home management, and it is best to be able to manage money; and "Binmei" of the size of the Philippines, if they want to become "housekeeping talents" that are popular in the international market, their own conditions must also go through a very high-cost process in advance. Shape and shape.Generally, "Filipino maids" have to receive a complete set of "housekeeping service" training for about two years in their country. They generally have a college diploma.Some outstanding "Filipino maids" were teachers before they went abroad, and they changed their careers to be nannies, which undoubtedly has an incomparable competitive advantage in helping employers tutor their children and raise them up. Qiang, a mainland nanny who pulled his feet out of the paddy fields, put on leather shoes and went to the city.

Some people may say that the nanny market I saw in Hong Kong is incomparable with the current situation in the Mainland. Hong Kong people still have money in their pockets. , this remark is not unreasonable.However, there is another meaning that mainlanders may not be willing to ponder patiently. This is that Hong Kong society is originally a free economic society, and the "market" is the lever for all economic activities, including employment relations. However, in the face of such iron rules, why does the Hong Kong government Want to come forward to specifically regulate the small nanny market?A minimum wage for them, a statutory holiday for them?And why are unqualified overseas "employers" not allowed to enter families in Hong Kong unorganized?Do you think that everyone in Hong Kong is willing to pay such a high fee to hire "housekeeping talents"?Who wouldn't want to spend less money and have better service?But the reason why the Hong Kong government wants to "manage" this market is to first consider the quality of the population of the next generation, and then the next generation, and secondly, the security and harmony of the whole society. Do mainlanders have this "management awareness"?

In mainland China, people regard "little nannies" as "servants" one by one, with a very clear distinction between masters and "servants"; while in the Philippines, "housekeeping service" is a profession, which has always been an enviable profession .Hong Kong people agree with this concept of "professionalization of housekeeping services". When a company wants to hire employees, the boss also needs to examine his major, the content and time of vocational training he has received, and the major of "housekeeping" is just different projects. Cleaning, nursing, management, art, education, etc., are the principles not the same?

To be honest, before I came to Hong Kong, I never had a "high view" of a "little nanny". I didn't know that a "Filipino maid" was "the most professional nanny in the world", and I never heard of what else a nanny should be divided into. "Household type", "smart home type"?However, when I arrived in Hong Kong, I often saw "Filipino maids" leading the owner's children alone on the playground, on the street, and on the bus, playing while walking, picking up and dropping off the children to and from school. still in the stroller) in the hands of the servant, are you not afraid of any mistakes?Aren't you afraid of being abducted by "Filipino maids"?But when I told my friend in Hong Kong about this worry, the friend said: "How come? What are you thinking?!" "What are you thinking?" I dare not say that this kind of thing is not new in the Mainland. My own parents-in-law are very old and it is very difficult to clean the house by myself. My husband and I encouraged our parents to recruit an "hourly worker" (temporary nanny) to help the elderly with housework every week. Who knows that every time the "hourly worker" "Come on, the old couple are very nervous. Although they are so kind to others and hope that the two sides can establish a sincere relationship in order to live in harmony, the "hourly worker" still takes advantage of the old man's absence and quietly "shuns" one day. Took an Omega watch from my mother-in-law.

The "Filipino maids" in Hong Kong are not the same as the nannies in the Mainland. There are quality issues, price issues, and conceptual issues—— I know an employer who has a "Filipino maid" at home in Hong Kong. Every time she talks about the "workers" at home, she is very excited, and there is also a sense of luck and pride in her excitement: "This 'little girl' is not tall, The eyes are big and the skin is dark, but her hands and feet are very nimble. Now she has been working in my house for three years. Washing and cooking are not a burden at all. Cleaned up, every morning our family’s clothes have been ironed and laid flat by the bed, even the underwear and socks are the same, from time to time, you see her working, while doing it, she will still be in her mouth Happily humming a song..."

Another friend, the "Filipino maid" in the family has been employed for 19 years, the master and the servant not only know each other very well, but also "became a member of our family long ago" in his words. Why are the "Filipino maids" in Hong Kong able to perform housekeeping services with a normal mentality?One reason is the high salary (the income is about 10 times higher than that of being a teacher or a "white collar" in an ordinary company in the country), and the sense of professionalism makes them cherish the job they get.Some Hong Kong people not only entrust all the housework at home to "Filipino maids", but also can safely hand over daily expenses, even passbooks and ATM cards to them. "Filipino maids" think that their profession is not " "Temporary workers", many people think it is a lifetime career, who would smash a lifetime "job" just for a watch and a little cash?

In order to witness the reputation and actual ability of the "Filipino maid", once I was going to have a meal with that "lucky and proud" friend, I said to him, "Take your 'workers' and let me see them too. "Look", the friend said: "Okay, seeing is better than hearing a hundred times." As a result, when we met, at first sight, an aunt appeared next to my friend's child, although it was obvious at a glance that it might be their "Filipino maid" , but from the face of this "auntie", I can't see the helplessness of the "little nanny" in the mainland when facing strangers. The "Filipino maid" is natural, generous, stretched and calm, without any inferiority complex.After a while, everyone sat down and started eating. She cared for the children carefully and did not forget the education of language and common sense of life in the care, and her "professional sense" came out all at once.For example, we ate a Western food buffet that time. Every time we brought a piece of food, the "Filipino maid" would repeat the name of the food to the child several times in English, "fish (fish), shrimp (shrimp), cheese (cheese), chocolate ( Chocolate)", followed by some small origins and stories (in English of course) that accompany these foods.My friend's child is still young, only over two years old, sitting in an adult chair can't sit idle at all, always climbing up and down at once, mother can't control her precious daughter several times, but every troublesome thing is the last "fuck" We all rely on "Little Binmei", I don't know what they whispered in the child's ear, but the child is actually quiet, becoming honest and obedient again and again...

I don't want to stand in the middle of watching the "Filipino maids" in Hong Kong are of good quality and high grade; at the same time, I have to admit that the ordinary people in the Mainland are cash-strapped and can only afford to hire "little nannies" in the traditional concept. It doesn't make any sense to be so reasonable.But after going through the world of "Filipino maids" in Hong Kong, what I was enlightened was that "housekeeping service" turned out to be such a vast job market, and mainlanders should invest more rationally from a management perspective: so many laid-off women, The government can take local materials and train them. Even if the income of many families is not as much as that of Hong Kong people in a month, if they have been trained, the government has really registered them, and they have a reputation guarantee, who would feel sorry for spending a little more money instead of looking for them? A capable person, at least one who is "reassuring" in terms of character? After all, it is difficult for a chaotic tree to grow wildly. In contrast, although the nursery method requires costs, people will see a gratifying forest in the near future.I don't want to give this kind of suggestion to every household in the mainland who needs to "hire a babysitter", but I just want to tell the government, because "forestry cultivation" is not an individual behavior, but an obligation of the government. Once the government has a forward-looking vision, it can A possible social cause.Is such a "suggestion" overwhelming?Will it be unpopular to say it?