[Janey]

Hi,
Im new here.  Just wondered what most of you guys charge per hour for general office cleaning.  I want to be competitive but not price myself out of the market or be too cheap! Does anyone have much hassle with staff? have difficulty finding good people?
Thanks.

[Bertie Boo]

ooooooooooooooh finesse.....you should see some of the posts about staff........shocking 

stephen

[Janey]

Oo i must look those up then, only just found this site! Ive had nothing but hassle so im doing all the work myself at the moment!  and its alot of work, i shouldnt complain but cleaning is pretty hard work as im sure you will agree  Will i ever get rich in this business? Ha

Janey 

[Bertie Boo]

Janey

I will never get rich in it. I work on my own doing all the work myself. That seriously narrows down what i can do and so it pays me my salary and thats it. But the other side is that i dont get too much hassle and i have no staff worries.

You are da mn right that cleaning is hard work.......its a catch 22 (in my opinion) for anyone who runs a cleaning service as you can't afford to pay a lot in wages but then again can you expect a lot from the staff in return? I take my hat off to anyone who employs staff....

stephen

[Janey]

Hi Stephen

Sounds like you are doing exactly the same as me.  Do you clean offices, domestic or both?. Im toying with the idea of taking on staff but i know they just wont do the job properly! this i know through bitter experience, dont want to risk losing my contracts, which has happened before

I guess we can make a really good living out of this, im just greedy and want a mercedes !    I agree with you, imagine the hassle the bigger companies must have with staff, ugh! Oh maybe i will stay on my own : I love these little faces !

Take care
Janey

[*Chris Browne]

Janey, its no hassle with staff, ..you just get staff..to look after your ..er..staff :..if you want your merc then thats the only way , think big, get big, think small, stay small


Chris

[Bertie Boo]

hey chris
 
I'm thinking small.....i'm staying small, your advice is quite correct.

I have a small house with small mortage, a small car with a small loan, i even have very small minded parents 

I like small 

stephen

[Janey]

Ha Ha

Trouble is i have a big house, big mortgage and expensive tastes so i need to be bigger, i think big but im still small, the biggest problem is getting staff that will do as good a job as i do.  The mistake ive made in the past is employing my friends, they dont stay friends for very long! 

Janey

[Bertie Boo]

LOL

I think if the only problem with staff -according to what i've read on here- was that they didnt do a very good job then we'd all be laffing as i think that can be corrected quite easily.

I think its all the other stuff that causes problems. I once had a lady help me for a few hours a week and it lasted a month. In those 4 short weeks i learnt so much. First time she rang me sick i thought i was gonna have a heart attack.

By the second time i realised that this just wasnt for me 

When my clients -who i adore- started getting a tad grumpy that having two people in the house upset the routine as they liked it when i was alone, then i knew for sure.

As i said, i can cope with thinking small 

Stephen