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Attitude of people on low pay !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Originally posted by psychocandy View Post
    Not wanting to generalise but having had 4 cleaners now heres the things I've found out.

    1) If they've got money that week, they won't turn up.
    2) If they've got something better to do that week, they won't turn up.
    3) They think its perfectly acceptable to cancel at 9pm the night before because tomorrow is they're birthday.
    4) They really are experts at making up excuses for not turning up.
    5) Turning up 30 mins late and leaving 30 mins early for a 2 hour job is OK.
    6) If you ask them politely why they didnt clean this or that, they'll just quit (i.e. found out).
    7) They think they're your best friend ever (one even found a pregnancy test in the bin and came straight out and asked the mrs is she was pregnant - we hadnt even told family at that point -bit intrusive that conversation!).
    you pay peanuts, clearly recruit on the basis of mates rather than professionalism and have monkeys.
    merely at clientco for the entertainment

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      Originally posted by psychocandy View Post
      Not wanting to generalise but having had 4 cleaners now heres the things I've found out.

      1) If they've got money that week, they won't turn up.
      2) If they've got something better to do that week, they won't turn up.
      3) They think its perfectly acceptable to cancel at 9pm the night before because tomorrow is they're birthday.
      4) They really are experts at making up excuses for not turning up.
      5) Turning up 30 mins late and leaving 30 mins early for a 2 hour job is OK.
      6) If you ask them politely why they didnt clean this or that, they'll just quit (i.e. found out).
      7) They think they're your best friend ever (one even found a pregnancy test in the bin and came straight out and asked the mrs is she was pregnant - we hadnt even told family at that point -bit intrusive that conversation!).
      How much of this do you think is your fault?
      The material prosperity of a nation is not an abiding possession; the deeds of its people are.

      George Frederic Watts

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postman's_Park

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        Originally posted by eek View Post
        you pay peanuts, clearly recruit on the basis of mates rather than professionalism and have monkeys.
        To be fair, I've employed via agency, direct from adverts posted through door, and by personal recommendation. In most cases, the cleaner tells you how much they charge - not the other way round.
        Rhyddid i lofnod psychocandy!!!!

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          Originally posted by speling bee View Post
          How much of this do you think is your fault?
          All I expect from them is:-

          1. To turn up roughly on time (i.e. AM or PM) with no set start time.
          2. Perform the cleaning for roughly the time paid for.
          3. Let me know if they can't make it.
          4. Let me know if they dont want to do it anymore.

          Not a lot then.
          Rhyddid i lofnod psychocandy!!!!

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            Originally posted by psychocandy View Post
            All I expect from them is:-

            1. To turn up roughly on time (i.e. AM or PM) with no set start time.
            2. Perform the cleaning for roughly the time paid for.
            3. Let me know if they can't make it.
            4. Let me know if they dont want to do it anymore.

            Not a lot then.
            You do however live in benefit junkieville Wales.... So those high expectations are your own fault...
            merely at clientco for the entertainment

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              I have had a cleaner for the past 3 years, 1st company closed when owners retired & they recommended an alternative who has been fine, never had a non-show, they generally turn up about the same time every week – but TBH this is not an issue as BGG & I are at work.

              They have been very helpful & leave relevant comments in the book, at crimbo & easter I leave her some chocolate

              Only paying £11/hr
              Growing old is mandatory
              Growing up is optional

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                I am on low pay and am offended you tar us all with the same brush.....
                Last edited by northernladuk; 28 April 2014, 12:32.
                'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!

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                  Have you thought of getting your wife/gf to do the cleaning ???
                  Socialism is inseparably interwoven with totalitarianism and the abject worship of the state.

                  No Socialist Government conducting the entire life and industry of the country could afford to allow free, sharp, or violently-worded expressions of public discontent.

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                    Originally posted by MicrosoftBob View Post
                    Have you thought of getting your wife/gf to do the cleaning ???
                    I fear divorce would be more expensive....
                    merely at clientco for the entertainment

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                      Originally posted by psychocandy View Post
                      Not wanting to sound like a bit of a Tory scummer here )
                      Why not? You are a Tory through and through. You earn like a tory, behave like one so what on earth are you ashamed of?
                      Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyone

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