Don’t ask, don’t get from potential employers

[womaninatightspot]

I was applying for a job that’s out in the sticks. Just cleaning. Is it unreasonable to say I’ll do it but only if they pay me an hours travel time plus mileage. It would make my rate per hour 27 quid for a two hour shift which feels a bit cheeky.

I would look for something nearer to home but £13.50 an hour isn't high depending on where you are though. What is your usual hourly rate?

Are you saying you’re charging £27 per two hour session, or £27 an hour? It’s not clear from your OP. If the former, I think that sounds reasonable.
If the latter, £54 for a two hour clean sounds very expensive to me, and I wouldn’t engage a cleaner at that rate.

I pay my cleaner £15 an hour plus £5 travel/fuel so it works out at £50 for a three hour clean every week.

This the price set by her as a self-employee business owner, and I could either agree or look elsewhere, but I liked her and good cleaners are hard to find so I think it’s reasonable.

£27 an hour. I normally charge £12 an hour plus travel if it's more than 15 minutes away. An hours travel time on top plus mileage of 18 quid. The company reckons it will be a six hours per day come July which would reduce it to £17 pounds an hour.

I generally do rural holiday cottages and it's common to pay travel time and mileage from town where I am as otherwise no one would take you on as a client. It's further than I'd normally go for a job though which makes it sound awfully high.

I guess you won’t know until the company comes back to tell you whether they’ll pay it or not.

I have to say though, £54 for two hours of cleaning sounds extortionate. I guess it depends on the market where you are, though.