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Finding Good Help is a Major Challenge
Whether you’re managing a business or simply running your
household, you know how true that old cliché still is today. And when you’re
lucky enough to find good help, there’s an even greater challenge in keeping
them.
When it comes to hiring anyone in the service business be it a plumber,
electrician, or whatever, its amazing how hard it sometimes is to reach someone. >>
Define the Job
When interviewing a potential cleaning service, it’s important
that both you and your cleaning service clearly agree on what will be included
for the quoted fee. Generally, your house cleaner is not responsible for "daily"
clutter chores, like picking up after the kids, washing the dishes or cleaning
Fluffy’s.
It will be far easier for both you and your housecleaner when the
expectations are spelled out and mutually understood right from the start.
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Be Prepared to Pay a Fair Price
You work hard for your money, and you deserve to get the most from
whatever you choose to spend it on. However, the old adage that says, "any man
can make something cheaper and sell it for less, and he who considers price only
is this mans lawful prey" is certainly true when it comes to getting good value
from your housecleaning service.
You cant attract or keep quality people with minimum wage pay not in the
cleaning industry, or any other type of business. Yet, labor is only one of the
costs that cleaning rates must cover.
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What Determines Good Value?
Obviously, since you’re paying for your home or office to be
cleaned professionally, you expect a good cleaning job. Your expectations,
relative to what was agreed upon at the beginning of your relationship with your
cleaning service, should be fulfilled. But the overall value of your service
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Effective Communication Makes Everyone’s Life Easier
A major cause of misunderstandings that lead to dissatisfaction in
the relationship between client and cleaning service, is a simple lack of
communication. Communication is a two way street, and since you may
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Special Requests
Your cleaning team is responsible for cleaning several homes
and/or offices each working day. While they will be happy to accommodate special
requests you may have from time to time (such as cleaning the inside of
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Your Cleaning Schedule
Most cleaning services work five days a week, Monday through
Friday. That means they need to clean 20% of their clients each day. Obviously,
not everyone can be cleaned on Friday. Of course, not everyone wants to be - and
for good reason. Monday, for example, is an excellent day to schedule your
cleaning >>
Cancelled Appointments
Just as it might make your life miserable if your cleaners did not
show up, without notice, for a scheduled cleaning. It is equally frustrating for
your cleaning team to arrive only to find that you "forgot to call and cancel"
your regularly scheduled cleaning service. For this reason, your cleaning
company >>
Security Issues
Since most clients are not home or in the office when their
cleaners visit, there must be some way for the team to gain entry into the house
or office. The majority of clients provide their cleaning company with a key or
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Accidents
Accidents can happen, even with the most careful of house
cleaners. Most often they occur because the homeowner fails to notify their
cleaners about "booby traps" that may be present: the lamp shade that collapses
if you >>
Pets
Family pets can pose a problem for the houscleaner who doesn't
know whether the big, barking dog is excited friendly or excited angry. Should
Fluffy the cat be let in (or let out) by the team? If Fido has been locked in a
room, you don't want the cleaner to drop dead of a heart attack when she opens
the door, only to be greeted by a lunging Rottweiler!
If possible, leave your pets outside on your cleaning day. Its a lot easier to
clean the house without the cat chasing the mop or having the dog freak out when
the vacuum cleaner is turned on. If pets will be in the home when your
housecleaners arrive, be sure that they have been warned ahead of time like,
"don't let the cat out when you come," or "don't worry about Rex's barking."
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