Female Forum

Hello there,

I’m a married lady, four children , three under 13 so I need a job that fits around the children and holidays as children care is a costly biz.
I clean people’s houses, I found my first job through a friend and then built it up word by mouth. I charge between £5 to £7 per hour, I take into account what they want me to do and age, there is quite a lot of eldery folk on state pensions so I just charge £5 per hour what ever they want me to do, they also want a chat as well. I would rather do four £5 jobs for eldery than two £7 jobs as I feel I am brightening there day, they certainly brighten my day with there stories etc.
Wish my house was as clean!!LOL

I do lots of other little jobs in my dairly life that are not cleaning, everything to fit in around my hubby and children.

Hi there
I have worked as a home help for the past 5 years and I love chatting to the old people some have had fantastic lives ..makes me quite envious!
Yet when I tell a lot of people what I do the turn their noses up.

I hope you enjoy it here..

some of my first jobs were cleaning jobs, mine were for hotels, some treated me better than others, i think the best employer were Premier inn(they were travel inn back then).Although they werent particually well paid i did quite like being left to do rooms, in my own little world, there was also a pride when they were done and you looked over them and saw how nice they looked, people seem to frown on cleaning, but i would do it again no problem.

im now a student, but if i end up going back to full time work i dont think i’ll be able to handle the house work as well as we are moving to a new house soon which is quite large, 3 bathrooms/toilets etc so i would consider asking someone to clean for us, i just feel a bit lazy then though!

Working for 3 different employment agency’s this year I have found myself ina range of jobs including cleaning and I agree with cat that it can be nice to drift of into your own littl world I think im just better working alone.

The downside is the disrespect I get from people when I tell them what I do, then once I take on some data entry or call center cover leave its all change in attitude.

3 bedroom/bathrooms I think it would take just as much effort to mess the place up a to clean it, I find the more space I have the tidier I am.

The downside is the disrespect I get from people when I tell them what I do, then once I take on some data entry or call center cover leave its all change in attitude.

thats the only reason i dont do the job anymore (apart from the money) is the disrespect, and thats sad!

kezflake - 11 Dec 2009 10:06 PM

3 bedroom/bathrooms I think it would take just as much effort to mess the place up a to clean it, I find the more space I have the tidier I am.

lol, you dont live with my husband!!!. ive already banned him from doing number 2’s in the upstairs loo (its and upside down house, loo is is next to kitchen, ahead of front door and livingroom) and we havent even moved in yet!.

At the end of the day, A job is a job, You’re providing for your family if ppl look down their noses at you then more fool them. My job isn’t pleasant but I don’t particularly care what others think, I’m supporting myself and working hard while doing so and that’s all that matters!

Don’t care what other people think, Lifes too short !!