‘My helper is scared to stay home alone, but we don’t want her to follow us on our overseas holiday’ — Maid’s employer asks, ‘What should we do?’

Nick Karean
Wed, 19 Nov 2025 09:19:12 +0000
Domestic Helpers, Singapore News, maid, maid lonely, maid on holiday, maid scared

SINGAPORE: When one Singaporean family prepared for a long-awaited overseas holiday, they didn’t expect the real travel dilemma would start before they even packed their bags. Posting in the Direct Hire Transfer Singapore Maid/Domestic Helper Facebook group, the employer wrote: “I am going on an overseas holiday. I’m not intending to take my helper along, …