![]() ![]() I am more than happy to pay them a good wage for this excellent service. I have an employee that has a full-time job as does her daughter, and they tag team cleaning as they work different shifts at the factory and can cover for each other and handle any last minute rentals or changes. I have had many cleaners over the years, and most of them worked multiple jobs and did the cleaning when not at another job, like working at a restaurant. When I had a property service handling a few properties, they would actually block dates on my calendars when they did not have staff available. Individual cleaners who have multiple clients want to calendar a month or two in advance, so they are not always available to come several times in a given week if I have rentals of only two or three nights. Cleaning services typically want a static rental property turnover day, i.e., every Saturday, so that they can assign a cleaner. Kudos to your (former) cleaner for realizing that there is value in her work and for asking for pay that's commensurate with her skills and My comment about working any day needed is based on 20+ years of experience with cleaners and cleaning services. Entrepreneurship is all about providing an item or service, and finding out what the market will bear in charging for that service. Not all jobs are fun all of the time.Īs to your reference about minimum wage, it's actually $7.25/hour. The answer to that is no, so I keep cleaning. Once, as I was complaining about doing it, a friend asked, "Are you sick of getting the deposits in your bank account?" I am SO sick of cleaning my cabin, but I do it anyway. I invest my sweat equity so that I can keep more of the money. ![]() I clean my property myself, not because I love to clean, but because I can't find someone good and responsible in my area to do it, and also because the reason you mentioned: profit. Sorry, but you're sounding pretty entitled here. You may find someone who will charge less, but can you count on them to leave your property spotless? Your profits are based on good ratings, and the cleanliness rating is so important. Whatever the going rate is for cleaners in your area, if you won't pay it, someone else will. They have something you want, and therefore you have to pay for it. I wont be using a cleaning company no more, there has to be all kinds of people who would jump at the chance to do an easy job for 25 an called supply and demand. And will let her know her greed cost her a $50 an hour job. So not only am I going to refuse paying her more I am going to stop using her altogether. There comes a point where you have to say enough and I have reached that point. How many people makes $50 an hour, I know I sure dont And whats worse is all the cleaning companies are this way, I actually was told by one company that they charge $80 an to do laundry, $80 an hour to throw a load of laundry in a washer, (takes 60 seconds)come back in a half hour and throw them in a dryer(takes 30 seconds) then come back in an hour and fold them (takes maybe 10 minutes) and apparently there are host who pay that. It doesnt take any special skills, anybody can clean a house and almost everybody has cleaned a house at some time in their life, its not hard work or takes a lot of brain power yet I am paying them more than my doctor, they make more than cops and firefighters who risk their lives every day and they make a lot more than our servicemen and women who fight for our freedom. I dont mean to take anything away from house cleaners but C'mon $50 an hour. Thats $50 an hour shes making to clean house. And what gets me is since its a BnB its getting cleaned every 3-4 days and 99 out a 100 guest leave the house pretty clean so it takes less than 2 hours to clean. Even with the 3 day stay I am barely making more than her by the time fees and taxes are taken. I had to raise my minimum days to 3 because of what I have to pay to clean the house. And now she wants more because she found out that other people are charging more. I dont know what people are paying across the country but I am paying $100 to clean a 2 bedroom house and $150 to clean a 3 bedroom house. Am I the only one who thinks cleaning people are just flat out taking advantage of host. ![]()
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