Don't even speak to this woman, she is a fraud. I called for a cook for our home, she bought a person along that she has no track record of working with him in the past or ID proof.
She demanded conveyance charges , which I told her very clearly I do not want to pay since the distance between T nagar and West Mambalam is less than 3 km. But she took Rs200.
She insisted we pay the registration fees and monthly charges of the person on the same day. Which we disagreed and she made a huge hue and cry and bought the house down. We told her we can pay registration fees of Rs 500 without which she was refusing to send the cook the next day.
Next day she calls and says the cook is not happy with the agreed salary and wants a raise, while ... View More the cook in front of us agreed. I was very angry and demanded my registration fees back for a cook who never even turned up.
After several calls she bought another cook home, without informing that she would come. Since no one was at home, i asked her to come later when my in-laws and husband can meet the cook and decide. She insisted that the cook will come only if the job is confirmed and can't go back and forth. I repeated myself several times. She kept saying that I appoint him and he will get his bag and baggage and join the next day itself.By probing the Cook I found out that he had not even left the previous job and was jumping jobs every 6 months with her help so she can get the her one month charges. I found out that she knows him for 4 years and with her help has shifted 6 jobs (all lasting 6-7 months) stating personal reasons of daughters marriage / daughters child birth.
I asked her to leave and come back when my in-laws are there, after a huge fuss she agreed to leave and demanded Rs 200 as Conveyance again. This is when I lost it and asked her for the registration fees back : she said thats over forget it. I have got you a new cook so I can't return the registration and moreover you owe me conveyance charges.
I said I don't want the new cook, just give the registration charges and leave, she said she had no money and will not return the Charges and I can do nothing about it. I was so angry and felt so cheated.
If you ever choose to deal with RAMA Quote me, she will know. the First cooks name that she got is SATHIAH and the second Cooks name is ASHIRVADAM.
After this I spoke to a few domestic help Agencies and they all seemed similar. Right now I feel we should ask around and get cooks or house help from Personal References alone.
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