Tips for hiring expatriates in China Maids: How to rent an Ayi

The friend of the author Nora Tejada and his daughter Gianna Tejada, with Wu Ayi

Debra Bruno

Hiring an ayi or at home in China can be difficult, but it can also help new expatriates pave the way in this strange new world fit and help them find the girl that will suit the family embrace others. Here are some questions to ask if you could get a contract ayi.

1. What kind of help do you need? There are cleaning ayi ayis guard, ayi cooking, washing and ironing, and ayis all of the above do Ayis. If you prefer to eat out or cook western food yourself, you might be better off with someone cleaned easily.

2. Can speak English, and if so, expect to pay more. A single Chinese ayi can be a great way to improve your own China, but also leads to problems if, for example, to ask, "Where do you see my bowl egg mimosa" wants you

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3. Does it? Many people like with other expatriate families get a sense of honesty, attention to detail, the personality and the pay scale to speak.

4. Where is she? Ayis a Beijing hukou, or residence permit, which or travel often less problems with taking days off to their province of origin for the Spring Festival. At the same time, you can pay more to rent a Beijing-ren. Talk about salaries, bonuses are ayis 5,000 yuan a month, which is about $ 804 for a full-time job. Many others are 3400-4000 yuan a month.

5. And here is a question that may surprise you: they want to take a shower after the cleaning? Many Chinese workers have no bath home offers only cold water, so they prefer to bathe in the house of his employer when finished cleaning. Decide before an ayi as you want to rent.

Read also: Living with Ayi: the relationship between a Chinese emigrant and his maid

A word about ayis notification:

Ayis that are set to have to care for babies and children, a number of very different and more detailed questions. Some foreigners pay to have their guard ayis trained in CPR and first aid at local hospitals and clinics for foreigners. Others insist that the expatriates accessible to only buy in the grocery store. Others recognize the full and China experience nor let their children ride the city buses with ayi or allows them to have sleepovers at home. My friends have done both. I do not judge.

Debra Bruno is a freelance writer in Washington DC based recently completed a three-year stay in Beijing.

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