Dear Expats and Indonesian friends,
i need advice urgently. We have been living in Jakarta for some time now. Our driver is elderly but all we need is to send the kid to school and bring him back; use for weekly shopping. My husband works in another country while i work here.
I also travel quite often so during those days, the driver only comes in the morning to send the cild to school and come again in the afternoon to bring the child home. I have a live-in maid and nanny so the child is well looked after.
Of late, he begins to behave very rudely and often times didn't show up at all without notice. Since i can drive, i had to take the kid to school and my maid had to fetch him using Silver bird taxi.
I have been unwell with some viral infection and made appointment at SOS in the morning.. When my maid told him about the appointment at 11.00 a.m he literally thew the key at her and said he was going home and coming back for school only. I could not drive due to fever and severe headache. I thus had to call taxi. Oh, he did not show up to pick up the kid either. My maid had to go with taxi.
I had had enough of his rudeness so i told him not to come anymore. I paid the whole month of salary - meaning two weeks' pay plus two weeks extra.
Today he came to our apartment and demanded to give back his job. No apologies for his absence and behaviour. When i refused, he demanded i pay bonus of 5 months salary, a recommendation letter and threatened that if i would not meet his demand , he would report to Mosque so that we, as foreigners, would be arrested.
Has anyone experiened something like that? Please advise as we are all girls at home at the moment.
Thanks a lot!!!
KNT