We are seeing this in many countries, there appears to be a shortage particularly with low wages workers. I say good on them for those who can take advantage of it. Hope they milk it as much as they can...Si se puede..Viva la revolucion!
I see a lot of adverts on Facebook for people leaving and explaining the soon to be availability of their helper.
I don’t know what the demand side is like at snapping them up, but supply shortages must be tempered to some extent by the number of affluent expats leaving.
Naturally we can expect most helpers would seek 1st to work for English-speaking expats, And with good reason it seems.
Ah, see you left out those details. It could have been a family with three or four kids (including a baby or two), ailing grandparents, working parents, and dogs and cats for all I knew.
Anyway, maybe they have a huge house, maybe the kid is SEN or a holy terror, maybe the dog is huge/old, maybe they work 12 hour days, maybe they give their helpers lots of time off and low working hours, maybe, maybe, maybe.
I agree that it sounds excessive but all the power to them I guess.
Sliding the worm on the hook and now that the bait is set, time for trolling... Oh let's bite, it's saturday morning. Let's see... What is an English speaking expat? Where do Indians fit in? How about Singaporeans and Malaysians? There are hundreds of thousands of Chinese Canadians in HK, do they qualify or they are not the right color? How about the dastardly French and Germans? Do tell the superior cultures...