Cleaner left early

[mockorangey]

I'm usually at work when the cleaner comes, but today I was working from home. After she left I realised she had finished 15 min early. I pay for 2 hour per week at £14.50 per hour, so not insignificant. Would you just let it go?

If she finished everything early but had time left, then she should have asked you if there’s anything else you’d like her to do. Leaving early without checking first will erode trust. Maybe let it go this time but give her something she can do next time in those last minutes, e.g. ironing basket

People really ask cleaners to iron? No ruddy way I would have ironed when I did it. That's not what I was there for.

@gamerchick, I’ve had a few cleaners offer to do ironing for me, so I’d often leave out a basket for them. If they have time to a few shirts then great, but also no worries if they can’t get to it. I thought that was normal

I'm just throwing this out there because nobody has mentioned it.

Maybe she wasn't watching the clock at all and didn't know the exact time she started and left. I know she should look at the time (unless the business charges 'per job' of course then it doesn't matter as long as you complete the agreed workload) but it genuinely could be that she forgot so just did what she usually does rather than was deliberate if that makes sense.

Offerings fine fill your boots. It's not something that I hear of IRL. Just on here.

I have the same issue 6 weeks back, so I keep records now, thankfully sometimes she's here longer

It's one of the additional tasks that you can tick boxes for. To be honest I can handle the cleaning myself, the ironing is the main one for me. But it seems I'll be doing it myself!

We once had a cleaner whose cleaning I became unhappy with - superficially it looked OK but it wasn't done properly when you looked more closely. I then found out that she was only there for half an hour, but with a (uninsured) friend instead of the 3 hours she was being paid for. I got rid of her.

You pay for her time so yes she should think of something else to do. Raise it with her.