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The pros and cons of independent cleaning service
2014-06-02
When you are looking for a new cleaner, you will likely realize quite quickly that there are two sides to the story. The cleaning agency will have a few cleaners on their books, and you will deal with someone other than the cleaner when you are sorting out things like bookings, payment and disputes. With an independent service, you will deal with one person, and that person will be the one who cleans your house. Here, a look will be taken at how you should measure up the independent cleaner for size, with a run-down of the pros and cons of how they do things, and how those elements affects your time whilst using them. Essentially you can use this as a guide sheet to the issues and benefits that you may encounter through using an independent cleaner.
PRO
An independent cleaner will rely on their client base, as they do not have anyone above them pulling in jobs for them. You can expect them to be very loyal to you, and to be punctual and resilient. The hope is that you will find a cleaner who feels the need to impress you with what they can do, and to ensure that you are always in need of them, and this is very much conducive to working hard. You will be able to develop a friendly working relationship, what means that the cleaning person will want to do you a good job on a personal level as well as a business one, which is a lot stronger than the traditional boss and worker situation. At any rate, having someone who you get on with around the house is a lot more relaxing than a complete stranger, or someone who feels intimidated by your presence. It is nice to have a chat with someone sometimes, and if that is the kind of thing that you are looking for, you are much more likely to develop a friendly partnership with an independent cleaner. As their own boss, the cleaner will get all of the money that you pay them, and can do you discount for loyalty or as a friendly gesture, you will rarely find this form a cleaning company.
CON
An independent cleaner may well get on with you better on a personal level, but that is because they do not have a manager breathing down their neck, and ensuring that they do a good job. If your cleaner has you onside, then they know what they can and cannot get away with, and you may well be blinded to a slack cleaning job because you enjoy having that person around the house. Should you decide to take issue with something like this, then it will be up to you to talk to them about it, and that can be really difficult. No one really likes being heavy handed with an employee over work, and it can be stressful having to tell someone that they are not doing a good enough job or even firing them, but that is how it needs to be if you are going down the independent route. If you were concerned about security, a cleaner who feels the need to steal is far less traceable form an independent standpoint than an agency one would be, as you will not have any contact addresses on them, whereas an agency certainly would do. Addresses are much harder to fake than phone numbers, as SIM cards are very cheap.
PRO
An independent cleaner will rely on their client base, as they do not have anyone above them pulling in jobs for them. You can expect them to be very loyal to you, and to be punctual and resilient. The hope is that you will find a cleaner who feels the need to impress you with what they can do, and to ensure that you are always in need of them, and this is very much conducive to working hard. You will be able to develop a friendly working relationship, what means that the cleaning person will want to do you a good job on a personal level as well as a business one, which is a lot stronger than the traditional boss and worker situation. At any rate, having someone who you get on with around the house is a lot more relaxing than a complete stranger, or someone who feels intimidated by your presence. It is nice to have a chat with someone sometimes, and if that is the kind of thing that you are looking for, you are much more likely to develop a friendly partnership with an independent cleaner. As their own boss, the cleaner will get all of the money that you pay them, and can do you discount for loyalty or as a friendly gesture, you will rarely find this form a cleaning company.
CON
An independent cleaner may well get on with you better on a personal level, but that is because they do not have a manager breathing down their neck, and ensuring that they do a good job. If your cleaner has you onside, then they know what they can and cannot get away with, and you may well be blinded to a slack cleaning job because you enjoy having that person around the house. Should you decide to take issue with something like this, then it will be up to you to talk to them about it, and that can be really difficult. No one really likes being heavy handed with an employee over work, and it can be stressful having to tell someone that they are not doing a good enough job or even firing them, but that is how it needs to be if you are going down the independent route. If you were concerned about security, a cleaner who feels the need to steal is far less traceable form an independent standpoint than an agency one would be, as you will not have any contact addresses on them, whereas an agency certainly would do. Addresses are much harder to fake than phone numbers, as SIM cards are very cheap.
