WIBU RE cleaner?

[Elfina]

I'd not given it much thought until my SIL mentioned she thought I was being UR!

I haven't ripped my cleaner any kind of Christmas bonus. I bought her a box of £5 chocolates and gave her a card. Apparently I was meant to pay her double? Sounds like I've made a big faux pas? I gave her the sane gift I gave to the amazing key workers who look after my PFB at nursery, so to me it seems weird that I'd give the cleaner more? I hope I don't sound like a brat, but It's a push to afford £80 a month for a cleaner anyway, so couldn't really afford a bonus.

DH works a lot and I'm finishing a doctorate and working with a 1 year old DD - having a cleaner just about stops us completely descending into chaos...

WIBU?

Hoping my cleaner wasn't offended by the box of chocs and a bonus of half her wage.

There's no rules, just what you want to do and what you can.

I don't give my cleaner a bonus exactly but she goes away for 2.5 weeks and I pay her for this time.

If she stayed in the UK for Xmas/were available for work I would probably give her a week's pay as a Xmas bonus.