@Clara Burnett told us that this live-in cleaning lady lives in a tiny tiny room behind the kitchen.
I doubt that it is what we can called decent conditions and benefits.
My own experience is from a long time ago admittedly.
I was going to live in Zambia with my first husband back in 1975 through his work. We had our UK house on the market, a place arranged out in Zambia, passed all the interviews, and went to London to meet other employees of the company who were living and working out there 2 months before we were due to go. After meeting them we changed our minds and stayed in the UK. They told us you would have a house "boy", a maid who would cook, clean and look after our children. They would live in your shed outside and take your leftover food to their families. It was normal to beat them if they were "lazy". These expats thought that was acceptable. The wages were a pittance. We cancelled our plans, we could not live that sort of life, it sounded like abuse to me. This was a very long time ago, and I do hope things have changed for the better, but I worked with someone brought up in Zambia in the same town we would have lived in, and things were no better in 1992.
I've had a varied career, I once worked in domestic service at a castle for a year. I lived in at the castle in a converted stable block studio flat. Rather like Natti's. I had decent wages and proper conditions, holiday pay, time off etc. It wasn't a party pad though
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It would be interesting to see how Beatrice lives.
You are totally correct. The husbands were from England and nouveau richer due to their jobs in Singapore.
I know the type, thry have no class and too much money.
to under 250 - hitting another tax break ….
I doubt anyone at Lalande will bother though.
this!
