The state of working women or stay at home moms has been declared, debunked and debated since a long time. The surveys, headlines or statistics behind them, however, don’t reveal the whole story. Fact is, many women today are breadwinners and are struggling to keep a pace between professional and personal life. They are caught in a perfect storm of male-dominated culture at work, traditional social norms at home, and outdated schedules in the schools.
The only survival strategy is to have maids for managing the daily chores – cleaning, cooking, running errands and managing kids if there is no other childcare support. Only a woman can understand the feeling of dread and panic that comes with the maid’s phone call, informing she will be skipping work today. It can ruin a woman’s morning and at times the entire day can go for a toss. The despair is magnified if last night you let the dishes lie and procrastinated cleaning up, believing the maid will handle it.
Maids have become the lifeline for both working women and a stay at home mom. Indian middle-class professionals can afford an army of household help in the form of cooks, maids, nannies, drivers to support them.But woes doesn’t stop here. No matter how good a maid you get and however much you pay, suddenly they will walk away without looking back. You always need to be prepared for such challenges.
Finding good and reliable maids, is really difficult job. With India increasingly moving online, hiring a domestic help has now become just a click away.
BookMyBai – Has over 10000 maids, baby sitters, cooks, patient care staff in Mumbai and Thane. By next year they are planning to launch in Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Pune.
Housemaidforyou – Find and hire maids, baby sitters, cooks in Mumbai and Thane.
Domesteq – A Delhi-based domestic staff placement and training agency.
The Maid’s Company – Has a snazzy 6-page colour brochure, a rarity in itself, provides groomed housekeepers who can cook, clean and wash in Gurgaon. The company is an enterprise under the Urban Mahila and Mazdoor Alliance, and hires maids as an employee, giving the maids benefits, and managing them just like corporate employees.
Maid In India – Run and managed by a non-profit, Decimal Foundation. If you need a housemaid/housekeeper, simply use the form on the website to place a booking.
Homemaid.in – Bangalore based, assisting people in searching for house maids, or domestic help services across India.
Known by different names – Didi, Mousi, Bai, Tai – the maids, cooks, nannies and support staff are becoming an integral part of the India household, creating a win-win situation.
Helpi – Is an on-call maid service app which, after a successful pilot run, is ready for a full-fledged launch for Gurgaon people. It was started in September this year by IIT-Mumbai alumni Piyush Peshwani, Sariputra Waghdhare and Vineet Bansal. They launched the app with a few professional cleaners, and have catered to around 3,000 customers yet.
The maids, cooks, nannies and drivers are becoming a reflection of the household, creating a win-win situation.
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