It has become common practise to employ foreigners working abroad from Asian countries as maids.

The maid announced each guest.

The maid arranged the knives and forks on the table.

I had a part-time job as a hotel maid, but I didn't like it very much.

However, like America, Japan is predominantly a middle-class, middle-income country, and so wives do not employ maids, but attend to everything themselves.

The maid had already cleaned the room when Carol walked in.