Concept in Definition ABC

She is called maid To that woman who is engaged in a salaried way to carry out the domestic tasks of a house. Also called as housemaid, maid or servant, although practically this last denomination is not so widely used today as a consequence of referring to the idea slavery, the origin from which this job really, the maid, will occupy your working hours or day labor, in taking care of the home as well as its members, through the deployment of different and various activities, including: Cleaning the facilities that the house in question presents: rooms, kitchen, living room, bathroom, balcony, patio, washing and ironing clothes, purchase of food at the supermarket, either independently or accompanying their boss in the task, cook food and in some cases it must even take care of withdraw the kids school, take care of them, bathe them and assist them in whatever they require, walk the pet of the family and if there are older adults in the house, also watch over them.

Obviously, all these activities will vary from house to house and will also depend on the conditions of hiring, because in the case of the maid with a bed inside, as the situation in which the maid lives in the house of her bosses, withdrawing from it only when their free or free day arrives, the maid carries out almost all the activities mentioned in the paragraph above, that is, he performs an absolutely comprehensive job, made easier than anything by the number of hours he spends at home.

Another very common type of hiring is usually by hours, that is, one, two, three or more working days are stipulated which must be worked between 2, 3, 4 or more hours, or failing that The hours will be measured once worked and then, for the hour of work, a value is established, for example, 10 pesos, therefore, if the maid worked six hours, she should be paid 60 pesos. In the case of the maid with a bed inside, the usual thing is the arrangement of a salary that will be received each time the month begins or is ending.

A widespread use and custom is the wearing a uniform to perform the work, generally, they must be comfortable, as a first condition and supposes: shoes low that allow mobility and agility, a dark dress that is buttoned in the front and a apron.

Although, the job of maid is not only limited to a family home, also, maids are employed in hotels, sanatoriums and hospitals.