By Pakistan Maid Services · · 2 min read
Why the first week decides so much
New staff arrive wanting to do well and unsure what “well” means in your home. Every household runs differently — how the kitchen is kept, when meals are served, which rooms are private. What you show them in the first few days becomes the standard they work to for as long as they stay.
Day one: write the routine down
Spend an hour going through the house together, and give them a written note of:
- The daily timetable — meals, school runs, cleaning, laundry.
- Which rooms they clean, and which are off-limits.
- How you like particular things done: the kitchen, the children’s clothes, guests arriving.
- Who to ask when you are out, and how to reach you.
- How you would like to be told about a problem or a breakage.
Days two and three: show, do not just tell
Work alongside them for the first few tasks. Cook one meal together. Show how you want a room left. It takes longer than giving instructions, but it replaces weeks of small corrections — and corrections, repeated, are what make good people feel they cannot get anything right.
By the end of the first week
Sit down for ten minutes and ask how it is going. What is unclear? What is harder than expected? Staff rarely raise problems unprompted in a new home, so ask. Then tell them what is going well, specifically.
Before the first month ends
Confirm the practical arrangements: the date salary is paid, the day off, how leave will work. Pay on time, every time; nothing builds trust faster, and nothing breaks it faster than a late salary.
Families who do this keep good staff for years. If after a fair start the fit is still wrong, tell PMS — the 24-hour replacement guarantee exists so that you never have to make a poor placement work.