Jack in well paid job to be a cleaner ??

[Beachside123]

I have a reasonably well paid job for the area I live (£35k). I work long full time hours and it’s quite stressful at times.
I’ve been hoping to move to a less stressful job and take a pay cut.
I’ve been offered a housekeeping position which is mostly cleaning but a bit of organising and the like. It’s paid much less of course but is the same amount of hours but hardly any commute.
I don’t know what to do, AIBU to take less stress and less money or continue to be work stressed but comfortable?

This was me last week. My manager wanted to re-do our rota, which would have meant more weekend work and more days worked at a stretch without a day off. There are going to be some p/t roles and I was going to apply for one of those, I knew it would mean a drop in income BUT I’d still have had pension/sick pay/holidays. Thankfully, the big change isn’t going ahead so I’ll stay f/t. In your shoes I’d think very carefully-as pp say it’s not just a wage drop, it’s everything else. Could you get another job fairly easily if you didn’t like housekeeping after you’d given it a try?

Im a cleaner but wouldnt do an employed housekeeping job. Self employed cleaning is a relatively well paid job. Not 35k but 30hours a week your looking at 20k so you could work 40 for a bit. I dont work as many hours as dont require as much to pay bills and it takes its toll on your body. Very tiring after a time

I do find it stress free
I used to work in finance in a stressful job. Very much happier now

I think this would be a knee jerk decision and therefore not a great one. If work has been better since Christmas then you need to give it longer. Or put your effort into improving it/going part time. Giving it up and being employed by a family, which doesn’t seem secure to me, is silly. Many people on here have given the reality of cleaning. There is nothing wrong with giving up a well paid job for a less paid one...as long as it adds something to your CV. I did this and it added to my CV because it was a different area. This then helped me to get a well paid job again because of the experience. I’m not sure what cleaning with add to a cv when you already work in a customer service role and deal with clients and organisation.

OP if your current role is business to consumer, try looking for a role that's customer service but business to business. It's less stressful as people are less emotional and less likely to become abusive. I do think you should think about pension and other employed benefits.

Op I'm presuming that the place of work would be at their private home? Have they specified the exact wage and could you actually afford to take the hit?

I have OCD and love cleaning. I often think of setting up a cleaning business as i do actually enjoy it. I think if you hate cleaning your own home then you would hate cleaning theirs even more.
It's not as bad cleaning your own toilet compared to cleaning someone else's.

Lots to think about for you. I wouldn't dismiss the idea at all. Good luck whatever you decide

Are you talking about a full time house keeper in someone’s home? It must be a very large house. But to justify full time, they’ll be wanting everything pristine so it may well include things like silver polished, the grout in between the floor tiles scrubbed clean, maybe even wax polishing floors with a big machine thing etc. It’s very hard work. You’ll be knackered after a couple of years I would imagine.

Just because they’re nice it doesn’t mean you’ll be doing light household tasks. In my 30’s I used to spend 8 hours once a week cleaning my house - not including washing / ironing - it was a big house. But 5 days a week. No way.

If it’s in a hotel, it will be very time sensitive. I don’t think either will come without stress tbh.

If things in your current job are better, take your time to search around for alternatives - don't just grab the first alternative job that turns up.

And the impact on your pension would be?

Seems like a huge drop in income. What is the average hourly rate for a cleaner

As some one above said about £12.50 per hour.

But you also have to take into account travel times like if you are working a 9-5 job and have an hours commute on either side.

Do you live near shops/bars/restaurants/cafes that you can walk to and go from one place to another to work hence cutting out the commute time.

Just make sure you can earn enough to support yourself

I done cleaning for a time in between jobs, residential cleaning, you have to be very fit it is tougher than most jobs, using physical energy every minute of your hour.