Few days ago, I was invited by the boss of Midas Wellness Jessie Sim to attend a small farewell party for her staff Angie in her wellness center and restaurant in Old Klang Road.
Angie wanted to go back to Indonesia to get married. I made a point to attend the farewell as I wanted to give ang pao to Angie and bid farewell with her.
Angie is a skilled masseur. I can vouch for her. She has worked in Midas for 15 years. When Midas turned to F & B during the covid pandemic, she and the other Indonesian staff also focus more to cooking.
Angie has become one of her key chefs during and after the pandemic as she work hard to pick up cooking skills.
It was a bitter-sweet moment for both Jessie and Angie. Jessie was in tears as she talked about the journey with Angie for 15 years. She was very proud to see the the transformation in Angie’s life.
As we have seen many negative media where Indonesian maids having been abused by their employers in Malaysia, but the opposite is the case with Midas Wellness and Angie. Jessie has taken all her Indonesian masseurs for training in China. On top of that Jessie had trained them to cook chinese and western cuisines. Jessie has always cared for the welfare of her employees.
Whenever I am at Midas for massage or join the boss Jessie for dinner, I always noticed bosses and all the migrant staff eat together at the same table. There were times the boss even waited for her staff to finish their work and ate together. They have “reunion dinner” everyday, just like a family.
Whenever the boss closed the shop to go outstation for holiday, she took all her staff along. That’s the reason why there is a strong bond amongst all the migrant staff in Midas, they are like a family.
As we celebrate labour day today, I wish to see more migrant workers be treated like “family members” by their employers, just like the boss of Midas Wellness, Jessie.
Happy May Day to all, especially our guest workers in Malaysia.