Do you pay your housekeeper when you go away?

amother

Fri, Jan 29 2021, 6:06 am

I'm sure many people are in this situation. We just got home last night after being out of town for a week. I told my housekeeper not to come on her usual 2 days. What do you all do about paying in this situation?

tweety1

Fri, Jan 29 2021, 6:37 am

I don't pay. Sometimes she tells me she can't come and I don't pay her either so I feel it evens out. Bh it really doesn't happen often either way.

amother

Bisque

Fri, Jan 29 2021, 6:42 am

If I leave for an extended time I'll try to pay her something, but for one and two days I won't.

mommy3b2c

Fri, Jan 29 2021, 7:57 am

amother [ OP ] wrote:

I don’t pay. She has an hourly rate. She cancels on me whenever she wants with no penalty, I am entitled to do the same.

amother

Blush

Fri, Jan 29 2021, 8:03 am

My cleaning lady makes me pay whenever I go away... I don’t like it but I have her 3 times a week and I’m very dependent on her. It adds up because of how many hours she comes to me.

amother

Jetblack

Fri, Jan 29 2021, 8:12 am

We went away for a few days, so my cleaning lady would have missed 2 days. Instead of paying her and then she didn’t work, I asked her if she can come anyway this week- one day to do her regular cleaning, and one day to do some pesach cleaning!!
Usually we pay her when we go away.

amother

Taupe

Fri, Jan 29 2021, 8:17 am

Yes. She comes regularly and relies on the income. She doesn't like taking money for days she didn't work, so sometimes she works extra another day. It's not her problem if I choose to go on vacation.

s c

Fri, Jan 29 2021, 8:21 am

If she cancels I don't pay but if I cancel I pay. Usually I dont end up paying because I manage to give her away to someone else for those hours or have her come another time instead.

Tzutzie

Fri, Jan 29 2021, 8:28 am

It depends.

I have an hourly cleaning lady that goes to different houses every day. 2 or 3 houses a day. If I'm away I will find her an another person usually one of her other houses to fill in for those times.

But if I had an full time housekeeper I'd try to give her her vacation days the same days I go away. And pay her.

Hashem should bless me with enough Kovach to not ever need a full time housekeeper!
(My cleaning lady is a lovely woman. Efficient, gentle w the baby if he's underfoot (which he is. Constantly. Lol) very reliable , very not in your way type, and a very good cleaner. But I still am so happy to see her go. I need my house to myself during the day. So a full time housekeeper would be a nightmare.

amother

Goldenrod

Fri, Jan 29 2021, 8:30 am

I'm still paying my cleaning lady and we haven't had her come since March.

(She did come two times when we were away for a couple of days)

grateful2bmom

Fri, Jan 29 2021, 8:34 am

amother [ Taupe ] wrote:

👆

amother

Dodgerblue

Fri, Jan 29 2021, 9:21 am

amother [ Goldenrod ] wrote:

I'm still paying my cleaning lady and we haven't had her come since March.

(She did come two times when we were away for a couple of days)

What?! Why?!

amother

Dodgerblue

Fri, Jan 29 2021, 9:23 am

My housekeeper is full-time (although not live-in). I do pay her when we go away, but she still comes and does things she can’t when the kids are underfoot, I.e. organizing, deep cleaning, etc.

amother

Goldenrod

Fri, Jan 29 2021, 9:24 am

amother [ Dodgerblue ] wrote:

What?! Why?!

Why wouldn't I be?

A global pandemic isn't her fault.

Baruch Hashem, our income hasn't been affected by Covid.

amother

Apricot

Fri, Jan 29 2021, 9:50 am

amother [ Goldenrod ] wrote:

Why wouldn't I be?

A global pandemic isn't her fault.

Baruch Hashem, our income hasn't been affected by Covid.

That is amazing u should always be on the giving end Smile

When I go away I make sure to find other work for my cleaning help. Also if I promised her a certain amount of hours and I needed her to end earlier I still pay the full amount I told her. I’m a very big advocate in treating cleaning help the way I would want to be treated.

amother

Brunette

Fri, Jan 29 2021, 9:53 am

amother [ Goldenrod ] wrote:

Why wouldn't I be?

A global pandemic isn't her fault.

Baruch Hashem, our income hasn't been affected by Covid.

You can assume that she's working elsewhere and probably won't be coming back to you when you decide to take her again. She's getting double salary.

chocolatecake

Fri, Jan 29 2021, 9:54 am

My cleaning lady comes to me 7 hrs a week over two days. I don’t pay her when I cancel and I never give her any problems when she cancels.