My cleaner usually comes with another lady. Until recently it was done to a great standard, though not perfect I was very happy with the service. It is by far not the cheapest option. Our house is not the easiest (pets, kids, old house with odd shapes), and have discussed with cleaner before hiring that would need consistency and attention to detail, was happy to pay a premium.
About 6 weeks ago the cleaner had been bringing a range of different men with her to clean. It's not so much their gender that I object to but their lack of experience, speed, attention to detail and the fact that it's a different person each week. Also with young kids in the house I am not sure just how comfortable I do feel about a different man (stranger who hasn't been working for her for a long time) coming to my house every week.
The outcome is that obviously everything takes longer and as such within the time they spend here the standard is slipping each week (though I don't mind them staying longer and me paying for that they are always in a rush). Now I know that each independent business goes through blips and that supporting a local business means taking the rough with the smooth but how long am I supposed to be ok with this for?
Am I being unreasonable to expect things to have settled back to normal within 6 weeks?