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UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Creationcleaning on May 14, 2010, 12:29:05 pm

Title: Wages
Post by: Creationcleaning on May 14, 2010, 12:29:05 pm
Hi,

How much do you pay domestic cleaners per hour? Was thinking £6.50

Thanks
Melanie
Title: Re: Wages
Post by: nat1 on May 14, 2010, 02:35:08 pm
Hi I pay £6.50, but i am thinking of upping it to £7.00.



Nat
Title: Re: Wages
Post by: Nathanael Jones on May 14, 2010, 02:47:35 pm
€9.50 for regular work, €20 per hour for outside office hours.
Title: Re: Wages
Post by: Creationcleaning on May 14, 2010, 09:43:52 pm
Ye I was thinkin £7 was wonderin if it would attract a better cleaner....

U pay 9.50 ph! how much do u charge your clients then if u dont mind me asking?

Melanie

Title: Re: Wages
Post by: Creationcleaning on May 14, 2010, 09:45:48 pm
Nathaneal I just realised its not £ think it equates to around £8
Title: Re: Wages
Post by: Adam P on May 14, 2010, 10:51:04 pm
as a former cleaner, anything less then £7 per hour when only few hours were offered is too low to really appreciate. if it's a full day and every day then not so bad, just usually you have 2 hours morning, 3 hours afternoon, then nothing next day, so £6.50 is pretty low, and may even push for the cleaner to go at it themselves as they'd easily get more.
Title: Re: Wages
Post by: Nathanael Jones on May 14, 2010, 11:02:32 pm
In Ireland minimum wage is €8.65 for most ppl, but in the cleaning industry its €9.50,.. when you add holiday pay & employers contribution it costs €12 per hour to employ someone. The there are insurance costs, equipment costs, etc etc.

I don't do domestic cleaning though, my girls do daily cleaning in schools. To be honest there is very little profit in it normally, but they get us to do a big clean every summer & wax all the floors which makes it worth while.
Title: Re: Wages
Post by: AC Pressure on May 14, 2010, 11:13:26 pm
I know of a company in the west midlands that pays their cleaners £5.98 per hour  :o
Title: Re: Wages
Post by: BDCS on May 15, 2010, 08:29:53 pm
And I bet they are loyal, motivated and trustworthy - only Slovacs and the like take those jobs around here and you don't turn your back on them