Do you pay your cleaner when she doesn't work?

**Minky** · 11-05-2011, 04:57pm

If you have a cleaner, do you pay her when she doesn't work - i.e., when you are away on holiday etc or when she is away? (for whatever reason).

I never have, and just wondered what other people do? In other words, if I'm being less than generous, I want to know!

**One Sock** · 11-05-2011, 05:01pm

I don't have a cleaner anymore but when I did then no, I didn't pay her if she didn't come. The only time I might offer is if I cancelled at the very last minute for some reason.

**spritzer** · 11-05-2011, 05:02pm

No, i don't but my grandmother always did. I do give her a christmas present, normally the same as a week's work in vouchers.

**Damsella** · 11-05-2011, 05:03pm

I've had cleaners in the past, and never paid them for absences

Except, like One Sock says, if it was my fault and short/no notice.

**Elvisola** · 11-05-2011, 05:03pm

Nope, I never paid my cleaner for her/our holidays. Didnt even cross my mind tbh.

**Booh** · 11-05-2011, 05:04pm

I have always paid them when I have gone away, as I don't see why they shouldn't work while I am not here. Plus, they have always done extra jobs while we have been away, and I love coming home to a clean and tidy house. When we went away at Easter, we just got in the car and went and my lovely cleaner came in, cleaner the house, changed the beds etc.

Cleaners are like rocking horse poo around here, so you HAVE to look after them, or they leave........

ETA I don't pay their hols.

**~Twiggy~** · 11-05-2011, 05:05pm

Nope I don't get paid.

**Headrest** · 11-05-2011, 05:11pm

Christ, Minky you are such a stealth bragger

Seriously though, I don't pay her if she can't come but would probably still get her to come in if we were away.

**DillyDally** · 11-05-2011, 05:12pm

Depending on how long we are going to be away, my cleaner comes and cleans when we are away - this Easter holidays she was away one of the same weeks as us, so obviously she didn't come then, and I didn't pay her.

**katkinn** · 11-05-2011, 05:18pm

No and I don't pay her if I cancel at short notice either. (which I don't do v often at all - sick child at home is the only reason I would) She either comes later in the week if she wants to or we just skip a week.

She will change my time at short notice or cancel me - as she does with all of her clients that I know (most of my friends have the same cleaner!) But again, that's not particularly often.

I figure it's all swings and roundabouts