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This is how we end up staying at a dirty room, forcing people to rush to make minimum or better. Perhaps it's meant as motivation to avoid goofing off, but a decent hotel would have procedures in place that would define the average time required to clean a room, and documentation of anything unusual such as the (poop) example. Then the motivation is having to explain not meeting the defined goals.
I'm sorry but a 2.5-3 star hotel or better charges enough they should have decently paid housekeeping staff. It is absolutely ridiculous how greedy some of these damn chains are.
She'd be better off becoming an in home caregiver, or even a housekeeper in other people's homes. My sister did housekeeping years ago, and within a short time she was hiring housekeepers and had started a business. It was very lucrative.
There is always another option.
She'd be better off becoming an in home caregiver, or even a housekeeper in other people's homes. My sister did housekeeping years ago, and within a short time she was hiring housekeepers and had started a business. It was very lucrative.
There is always another option.
that's what businesses are there for, isn't it? to make money for their owners or investors? there's nothing greedy about it, if they are taking the risks, then they should get the rewards too. Businesses are not there for charity, and as consumers, one has the right to choose where their hard earned money should be spent.
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Originally Posted by Loveswater_outdoors
I'm sorry but a 2.5-3 star hotel or better charges enough they should have decently paid housekeeping staff. It is absolutely ridiculous how greedy some of these damn chains are.
If her job was set up like a contractors, then there was nothing illegal about it.... Immoral, yes...But not illegal....
A lot of places call it Fee Basis... You are told that whatever job you are doing is going to be paid xx amount per piece or by the hour, and you will take care of the taxes and other things that would normally come out of your paycheck (SSN, Medicare, etc)...
I worked in the hotel industry and housekeepers are the hardest workers, but the least respected. It's very demanding work. I helped out on occasion and the amount of cleaning in a short amount of time is daunting. Just don't expect a room to be perfectly clean when you check in, even in high-end hotels.
But $4 per room is unreasonable, especially if it's a check-out versus a stayover. I think I know what chain is being referenced, and believe me, they can afford why more than $4 per room.
My wife worked at a certain hotel. They told her she would not receive an hourly wage but be paid $4 for every room she cleaned. She quit after the second day, but is that legal?
Instead of asking a bunch of keyboard commandos, call your state labor commission and ask them.
If her job was set up like a contractors, then there was nothing illegal about it.... Immoral, yes...But not illegal....
A lot of places call it Fee Basis... You are told that whatever job you are doing is going to be paid xx amount per piece or by the hour, and you will take care of the taxes and other things that would normally come out of your paycheck (SSN, Medicare, etc)...
So her job was basically $4 per room....
There are very specific laws concerning piece work and hiring contractors, not sure this is legal, that's why I recommend the op contact the labor commission.
Okay, I used to work in a hotel, and while I did not clean the rooms, I was a runner...way back when I was in college. The housekeeping staff at a large well known hotel had 30 minutes to clean each room. So $4 per room at 30 minutes per room, and that includes bathroom, main room, taking out trash, etc (trust me, they teach you how to clean fast...I got to follow them around to learn how before I became a runner...some stuff I still use to this day), is $8/hour. Horrible pay for such physical work, but if they aren't in a state with higher min wage, then it's legal.
Keep in mind, no hotel is going to pay you a lot of money to clean a room. As stated, they teach you some tricks to clean rooms fast...and it's always why I tell people: When you get to a hotel, call down and ask for a new blanket and a new bedspread I'm not kidding, even in high end hotels they don't change them between people...how to make beds super fast (even if they did change the blanket and comforter, you can still make it way faster than you might think), but the fact remains: It is not a job that requires a lot of intelligence. You simply need to follow what they tell you in how to clean, get it done in 30 minutes or less, move on to the next one.
Think about this: Yeah, $4 a room, but she may clean 10-20 rooms that day. You want to do that every day? I wouldn't. That's very physically demanding after awhile. You think $8 an hour is worth it? Is she completely incapable of finding anything else? Is she desperate for a job? If she is, take it, keep looking for better. This is entry level work...entry level in to the work force work. Meaning, this is the kind of job you get if you're just starting working.
In the hotel we were in, almost all of the housekeepers were from Korea or the Philippines. Most of them were older. Many of them were either married to an American, or they were on work visas. They didn't pay taxes so they got to keep every penny they earned, but man did they work for that pittance.
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