To give £100 Xmas bonus to cleaner

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Usually pay her £25 a week.

She’s been cleaning my home about 8 months so first Xmas.

I’m thinking of £100. Is that too much? Not enough?

YABU = too little
YANBU = anything else (just right/too much)

If they clean every fortnight what would you give? Mine has recently started, £25/ fortnight, have a bottle of fizz for them plus thinking maybe a tenner? Twenty?

100 sounds very generous, I couldn't afford that much but depends how many hours they do for you

If you can afford it, go for it. You'll make her very happy!

That's generous! If you can afford it and are happy to pay it her then why not? And here's me wishing I could afford a cleaner at all....

I don’t know OP, depends on the relationship you have with her? I might give the lady who comes to us £150 ish plus a small gift but she receives £90 per week anyway. Two weeks pay is fine, I’d say.

I give nothing

I think it's way too much. I didn't vote as it would have been the YANBU option based on what you asked, but I think YABU!

I know it's your money, and therefore you are entitled to do it, but I think it's too much.

all these grinches telling you it's too much, if you can afford it, why not?

If you can afford it that's lovely and generous.

I've bought mine a £10 candle so now I feel tight! I think any gesture is appreciated though.

If you only pay her £25 a week £100 seems a huge amount. But if you can afford it what not. I voted yanbu though as I wouldn't give so much. I think £50 is a very good amount

Depends how filthy your hovel is and the kind of mess and stains she braves on a weekly basis?

Very generous.. £25 would be considered normal in my circles, bottle of wine or similar also acceptable.

Thanks all.

Seems it’s a bit more than standard then. I was basing the bonus on what I would spend on a boozy lunch at a naive restaurant which, where I work, is the standard way bosses treat their staff (I am staff).

But maybe £100 is too much. I don’t know if I’ll be able to afford that amount every year so don’t want to make a rod for my own back!

Too much. I'd say standard is an extra week or twos pay

Naice! Not naive!!

I gave my cleaner £50 today - she appeared happy. If you can afford £100 and value her as much as I do mine, go for it.

I’m doing mine a hamper of Christmas stuff for her and her kids, and I’ll chuck £20 in a card in it. Is that not enough? 😬

A good cleaner is hard to find, if you can afford it, go for it!

Wow! But if you can afford it you could. Or if you are obviously wealthy then its a nice thing to do. But if you are an ordinary person with ordinary finances then its a lot, so don't feel pressured to give so much.

That's very kind of you. When I was cleaning the most common Xmas gift was an extra week's money and a bottle of wine or chocolates. Sometimes both.

I pay £30 a week. I give £20 and a bottle of fizz at Christmas. I think £100 is very generous but if you can afford it then I’m sure she would appreciate it!

I was going to say if you can afford £100, why not? But now reading that you might not be able to do the same next year, I’d say £50 is still very generous. If you give £100 this year and half next year she might feel like there’s been an issue with her work or you don’t think she’s doing as good of a job.

I think £100 is too much and might embarrass the cleaner

my mum's a cleaner and the most she got has a xmas bonus was £150 i think she got a big bonus because the lady owns several properties and my mum cleans them all and has done for many years now.
The other people she cleans for have give her £50 bonus but she don't clean for them has much has the lady that give her £150

if you can afford £100 then do it. but if its a struggle give a smaller amount

I used to give the equivalent of the pay for two weeks but not ask her to work those two weeks.