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)

I've given 1 weeks pay (£40) for a poor-OK cleaner, but about £90-£100 for a really good cleaner. Plus a little gift, from a small box of chocs, to a bigger luxury treat for a single mother who spent all her little money on her kids.

This time we've only had the cleaner 2 weeks, so just a box of chocs.

Cleaner here. It is very generous.
Wish one of my clients would remember to tell me when they have builders/plumbers and other contractors in, as they always seem to ONLY come on the day I clean.
Not even had so much as a Xmas card :-(
Wish some people would think of what they do and appreciate to ones who make their lives easier.

I mean if you can afford it sure.. I'll be giving mine £10.. she normally gets £20 every 2 weeks for 2 hours work though. So not much time with us.

Then again I already tip her £2 a week so I guess it adds up

Also what if everyone gives her that though? Is she going to get like 2 months pay? Nobody else gets that it seems a bit mental

Also she's not your staff, view her as a contractor as you are not her only employer

I give mine a week's money (£50).

Oh this thread is timely. I have a related question;

I usually pay my cleaner by bank transfer and was intending to give cash in a card for Christmas but it feels a little awkward because I won't be seeing her (I usually do). Obviously I'll just leave the card on the table with her name on it but would you just put the bonus in the card and do the transfer as usual?

It's £20 a week and I was going to give £30 bonus so I'm a little concerned that she will open the card, find £30 and think that is the usual weeks pay plus £10 iyswim? And I won't be there to explain. She isn't very tech savvy so won't immediately check online banking or anything.

@missusmaker put pay and bonus in card?

Yes but I was worried if I do that she might still expect the bank transfer?

Am I over thinking this?

Excessive. I gave £30 which is about a weeks pay.

Is your cleaner a self employed business woman or working for someone else?

I usually get a tenner. 100 would be amazing for us!

My mum's a cleaner and her lady gave her a Gucci bag!

My mum would be so happy with that it would make her year. I know what surviving on a cleaners wage is like for a family so if you can afford it - do it!

Those saying it's OtT are either just jealous or feel guilty for not doing the same for their cleaner.
Cleaning is hard work and not nice work - it's why so many of you pay for another person to do it.
If they do it well, give them as much as you can afford, you trust them with your valuables and your home, show them some respect!

problembottom a Jo Malone gift set sounds lovely for a friend but don’t you think an employee prefer a cash bonus?

No cleaner in my house (unfortunately) however for the office cleaner we had a whip round

Personally I think 2 weeks bonus would be the way to go after 8 months

Two weeks pay plus a bottle here.

We upped our cleaners pay by £5pw earlier this year, voluntarily on our part - and she used this as a spur to ask her other clients for a bit of an increase, which they all agreed to! She only has a few including the ones in the ‘big house in (fancy location)’ who had only been paying her £40 for 5 hours for years. It hadn’t occurred to her to ask for more even though all our living costs are rising.

I've had extra money ranging from a fiver to 20 quid and nice wine. I'd literally weep if I was gifted £100. If you can afford it, make a cleaner smile!

@MissusMaker If you let her know the day before payment is due it would give her the opportunity to say no. Its easier not to overthink other people's dilemas.

So I'm going to bank transfer my usual £30 tomorrow after she's done and then have put £60 in a card. Essentially I'm paying her for next week (which she won't do cos it's Christmas) and then another week's pay as a bonus.

She's never let me down in the 18 months I've had her. Comes every week religiously - she's good too.

What a lovely sentiment. People often under value a cleaners job and I think this is so so lovelym

Wow. When I worked in retail my first Christmas bonus was a £15 Sainsbury's voucher. When I worked for Poundland a voucher for 5% off shopping over 1 weekend only

We pay our cleaner £25 per week. I left her usual £25 on the table along with a card that had £50 in it (and a heartfelt message) I really value our wonderful cleaner and if I could afford to give more, I would. But your comment about possibly not being able to gift the same amount in future years should give you pause. £50 would still be a lovely gesture to her and won't put you in an awkward position next year.

If she's been doing a great job in the time she's been with you then why not! I'd be absolutely made up if I got given £100 as a bonus, it would make me feel appreciated and want to work even harder for you and go above and beyond your expectations. It always pays off to be a generous employer, giving nothing or the bare minimum you can get away with without seeming rude will only enforce the same behaviour in your cleaner.

And to avoid the expectation that it will happen every year why don't you just say something along the lines of 'heres your bonus for the excellent work you've done for us in the time you've been here, now I don't know if we'll be able to afford this amount every year but we can this year and we will do everything we can to show our appreciation of you!' Or something along those lines!

Cleaner here ,
I get a mixture of presents / bonus’s from different houses ,
I’ve been with most of my houses for about 8 years and some give me a weeks pay, some give little gifts such as a wee candle and some chocolate & some are very generous & I get about £100,
Generally most people , regardless of their job like to feel appreciated,
£100 is very kind and if you can afford it , then do