A living wage varies by each city and possibly could be a good reason that you feel tipping should be done. The question then becomes can you afford the tip?
Or can you find a cleaning company that supports a living wage and not tip? The choice is yours. It is up to you, but remember that a stronger community can only be supported by those in that community.
If you made it here, maybe you are good to go. Home Spritz pricing includes tips , so no stress with us, but feel free to think about this with your current cleaners. For a one-time cleaning is could feel quite transactional, while a regular bi-weekly cleaning requires a positive relationship and tipping may be more appropriate. How much should you tip your house cleaner? Should it be cash? Does it depend on their services, or is tipping about more than that? This guide will answer some of the most pressing questions related to tipping your maids and cleaner.
Tipping can feel awkward, we never want to talk about money, right? Whether or not you decide to tip your house cleaners will come to a variety of factors, but ultimately, tipping your house cleaner is a personal decision. Just like wages vary by location, so does tipping. In the same way, tipping a Texas home cleaner will be different than tipping one for a home elsewhere in the U.
Ask your friends and neighbors how much they are tipping for house cleaning services. Or search for articles on local standards for what a living wage is in your area and use that to decide how much to tip house cleaners.
Before tipping your cleaner, think about what you can afford. Customers have a right to ask what their house cleaners are paid. Square footage is also something that you can use to increase your tipping. One way to determine the right amount to tip is to consider what service your cleaning person is providing.
Is your cleaner coming in early and working longer to help you get ready for someone visiting? We always used to tip them on every visit. Because I am really impressed with their staff. They are really nice guys. They take care of everything from start to finish. Each day they came with some cleaning tips for my wife. And next time you will be very surprised! You tip a cleaning lady , she will tip you back doing a little extra work.
If there is more then one cleaner at the moment in your house, no need to tip to each one. They will share. Coffee, soda, juce are not a tip. And guys , be nice to cleaners.
If you ask cleaning lady to do some work which is not her duty- tip a must!!! We only receive a small percentage of the whole clean. Most of my cleans I make 16 dollars. When you tip it makes our day. You have no idea how Manny times our dinner has depended on my tips. I have to work a 50 hour week just to make ends meet. I totally believe people who hire cleaners should tip. Totally appreciated and we work out butts off!
Please next time you hire a cleaner think about how hard we work. They do an amazing job, and hiring them is one of the best decisions I ever made, since my health had started to decline. Two sisters come and spend hours here. I hired a few other housekeeping services, and was not happy, but these two women are incredibly hard working, go above and beyond, each and every time.
After the first deep cleaning, I was on a monthly schedule, and their service has been consistently excellent.
I think it depends on whether or not the person is the owner of the company, or an employee of the company. Just as the owner of a hair salon does not expect a tip, the same should be true of a cleaning service. Plus, as an independent contractor, she pays a higher income tax rate than those who are employed.
To clarify, her income tax is not higher, but she pays self-employment tax 7. OMG, be frugal, fine- but not stingy! She MAY be able to deduct expenses, , or perhaps not. I cannot imagine not tipping the cleaning women who come to my house. These women give me peace of mind and more free time. Their support is worth every penny of a tip. They do work for a company which has done other work for me. I am a few weeks until my due date and was going to get the whole house deep cleaned before the baby comes.
I think I would pay the price we originally set and if I feel like the cleaning was above and beyond I would probably give a little more then set price. I had started my house cleaning business a little over a year ago in Topeka Kansas, after having cleaned houses in the Chicago area for several years. Not only do I provide the equipment and the cleaning supplies, I have also invested money into being insured and bonded, which is quite a cost.
I have gone through 4 vacuums and of course, wear and tear on my car. Here in Topeka, my clients love me, praise my work, recommend me to others, although they rarely tip. This is easier than having to run to get change or maybe they expect me to leave them change! I do rely and hope to get tips. There are always expenses that we have to be able to make your homes so clean and shiny. So again I will empathize, topping is greatly appreciated for all house cleaners, weekly, biweekly, monthly, birthdays and Christmas.
My cleaning lady is self employed. I told her in a polite way that there were several places that she missed. So the next time, she just never showed up or called. She did call me the next day and apologized but I told her there is no excuse for her to not have called me.
I told her that her services were no longer needed. Good riddance! I am extremely happy with the lady I have now. Any ideas?
You like her. Be generous. You are entrusting your home and your precious possessions to them, and they take care of them for you. This deserves a reciprocal amount of personalized caring from you in the form of a nice personalized gift. A generous one. Just think of the hassle starting over with somebody new…. I use a small service.
The lady I contact owns the business and drives the ladies to the homes, but does not clean. Do I tip her or just the ladies who clean?
They do a great job and I trust them. Merry Christmas people and good luck! Have known my cleaning lady and her two helpers for twelve years. I want to show her my love…. I think you should check values in your area. I have been cleaning for 25 years. I clean everything in the home top to bottom. No need for spring cleaning because everything stays clean. They trust and value my work and my honesty and I appreciate their business and especially their friendships.
I have never been tipped weekly…. Tip number one…. I always err on my customers behalf! Tipping is a sore subject for me because this is the only opportunity my customers have to show me each year that they appreciate me…. They telll me what a great job I do and how they appreciate all I do but year after year…..
I get one half week off a year…. But I truly need those days off. I pay my overhead. I never have two full days off a week. I have no retirement. Bottom line is…. If I had money I would tip anyone that seemed like they needed it that was doing their best at providing a service for me and makemy life easier. Because theirs is probably harder! Just out of appreciation for all I had myself! If you have a big house and lots of stuff…. And truthfully when I need to drop a job and all other things are equal that expression of appreciation once a year has been what breaks the tie.
Your employer is killing you, That is way disproportionate to their share because I know all the large services charge way more than I do! This job is labor intensive. They should be earning more! Everyone should pay a fair wage. Verify the wages of course. No, Patty, that was not too long. You said what needed to be said. Everyone needs to feel appreciated, and I have also discovered that those who have the most appreciate others the least. Plus everyone does need to put others needs into perspective.
Showing love to others will always improve our world even if only in a small sphere. Patty — you are exactly right. My mother cleaned houses for a living and she would come home exhausted. She still had to clean and take care of her own family at the end of the day.
Think about it, you leave tips for other things less personal so PLEASE, seriously consider giving tips to the people who provide services that mean so much more.
Housekeepers are performing a service. They are tackling your ickyness!!! I now have R. Should I tip more? We will definitely continue to have them come about every 3:months.. All this information is helpful and I will tip, for sure.
My new house cleaning service is here now and doing a great job!! I am 9mos pregnant so getting down to scrub is dificult and being around all those fumes cant be good. The 2 cleaners will be here for 1. How much do i tip? Hi, I have a cleaning service and there are usually 2 girls, occasionally 3 I think. We have used cleaning teams for years, we usually tip the equivalent of one cleaning close to Christmastime.
However, this year we started a new service — they do a great job and we want to tip — but they are rotating team members so we just got an entirely new team. I clean for a living and I always get tipped. Everyone I clean for tips me! How much should I tip? There are many variables to consider when deciding whether to tip, how much, or to just not tip at all. One of the main focuses when deciding to tip should be the quality of work the cleaners are performing. If I hired a maid service and one lady showed up to do a deep clean and an hour later she states that she is done, then I would certainly consider not tipping.
Or if a cleaner is unfriendly and not showing pride in their work, I would also consider not tipping. Outside of that, I believe there is a service being provided and tipping while not mandatory is a considerably thing to do for each visit.
As for the amount to tip, each person has different financial views and it should be up to you on how much you feel comfortable tipping. For the past year I have hired a small cleaning company to come in to clean my small two story house for Two women usually spend 1. I always put things out of the way so that they can do the best job possible we are always in the middle of some project , and the women do a very good job.
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