I feel sorry and humbled when paying salary to maid and other workers like car cleaning person
I am an average software engineer, 31 year old male, married, earning decent (~1.5 lakhs per month in-hand) in Bangalore. I have 2 maids - one for cleaning the house and washing utensils. For her I pay 2500 per month. Another maid is there to look after my small baby of 6 months. She is there for the whole day(9-6, 5 days a week). For her I pay 17000. For keeping my car clean, a guy takes 500/month.
Every-time 1st day of the month, when I am paying salary to them, I feel very sorry, thinking - am I paying them less than they deserve? I am younger than all of them, but still earning more (sometimes even by doing less work).
This thought has been coming very often, and I am not able to come to peace with this. I keep calculating how much are they earning per hour, and how are they able to manage their expenses with this less earnings.
Please guide me if anyone has gone through these thoughts.
Guess what, you have not seen the world and you mostly probably come from a privileged background. Some hifi biz man or his kids might be thinking the same for you that how you manage in 1.5L per month for a family of three in a metro city like Bengaluru.
That is true, but that doesn’t affect my feelings right now.
The car cleaning guy deserves more (maybe 100 per wash ) , rest is all good
If possible, check if they require critical financial help. And give them money as they required, like fees for their children, medical bills for elders, grocery bills, etc basis necessities.
Your thoughts is very good but You are comparing with your salary it’s very huge difference amount. Think if you are earning only 30k in a month then you can’t afford these services
Hmm, I had not thought in this way. Thanks
