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cleaners looking for more than minimum wage

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    #62
    44leto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,137 ✭✭✭44leto


    Deleted User wrote: »
    We pay our cleaner just over one euro an hour.. Don't know how I'll ever go back to not having one. I think they should be paid more than minimum wage. Definitely one of the tougher jobs.

    1 euro an hour, please post their phone number.


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    #63
    Logical Fallacy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,933 ✭✭✭Logical Fallacy


    44leto wrote: »
    1 euro an hour, please post their phone number.

    Dude lives in Thailand or some ****.


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    #64
    Caveman1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,808 ✭✭✭Caveman1


    Well considering they have to pay for their own transport to and from your house they're not really charging that much, if it's something you can't afford then don't get it


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    #65
    M cebee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭M cebee


    bull**** question
    complain about the people on 'top dollar' not carrying their weight


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    #66
    Royal Legend
    Registered Users Posts: 2,654 ✭✭✭Royal Legend


    Cleaners in Waterford Regional Hospital get more than the minimum wage, this is what was agreed between management and unions. There are three reasons they deserve it, first of all they do a good job, with poor resources, secondly, they get blamed in the media for dirty hospitals etc, when the problem is that they are given poor resources, (cleaning agents, mops, buffers etc) and they are blamed incorrectly for not cleaning human matter, when it is not their job. Lastly, they deserve more than the minimum wage just for the way people look down on them as if they are lesser people.


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    #67
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,090 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Unless you're paying your cleaner for 40 hours a week and all the obligatory contributions on top of it, your point about minimum wage is moot.

    On the other hand, if you're referring to people in full-term employment with a cleaning agency, the job is not a highly-qualified job and staff are easy enough to replace/retrain and I'd be surprised if many were on higher than minimum wage for the first years at least.


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    pm.
    Registered Users Posts: 2,140 ✭✭✭pm.


    if someone was ironing for me i would not expect to pay any less than €10 per hour, a 2000w iron would use a fair bit of electricity alone if they where using it in there own home


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    #69
    Robdude
    Closed Accounts Posts: 709 ✭✭✭Robdude


    Cleaners are free to look for more than minimum wage....
    You're free not to pay them more than minimum wage....

    I can't fault anyone for (ethically) trying to act in their own best interest.

    Keep in mind that most ads you see for cleaners are not full-time wages. There is down-time, travel, eqiupment, cleaning supplies, scheduling and all sorts of over-head associated with it. All things considered, they might still be at a minimum wage.


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