@ripples101
*But cleaning isn’t a skilled job. It doesn’t require an individual to stack up a mountain of debt because they had to undertake a University degree in order to become a cleaner.
So if it becomes the norm that cleaners become so well paid, then it will become an attractive career option for many, which could then take away many potential employees from other essential areas of work, such as nurses and teachers.*
Cleaning isn't a skilled job?!
I'm a creative in financial services - I don't see myself as more "skilled" than a cleaner. My cleaner is a magician, her experience and judgement means she delivers a result which I'm happy to pay more than the so-called going rate for.
The whole "stacking up a load of debt" means you're somehow skilled, makes me a bit sick to be honest. It sounds as if we all have to swallow the Blair years of "university is the only pathway to earning good money" and that everyone's kid needs to be heading to uni.
While I'm a graduate myself, in fact I'd say what it's done is create a generation of entitled people who feel that because they studied at undergraduate level, the world owes them a living above that of people who are comparatively "unskilled". As if reading The Feudal Kings Of England or EH Gombrich means you automatically deserve 50% more an hour than someone who has been working for years building their cleaning brand and honing their craft.
It's why I really don't like this country, my country, at times.
There's so much envy and bitterness from people who think they're entitled to a living because of their class or education, but actually they haven't started or continued their professional development, or found a niche that can help them earn the money they expect, or they haven't looked laterally at what they could enjoy doing.
Instead, it's "how can she earn 50K a year, she should be earning more like £20k as a cleaner"... all so that a person can feel better about their graduate salary and make sure that cleaner sits below their salary band.
It's embarrassing how negative it is. So-called "working class" jobs should have every right to attract good money if the market will stand it. I'm fine with Tube drivers earning good money. I'm fine with taxi drivers earning good money. If a social media assistant or accounts administrator doesn't manage to earn the same money out the gate as a cleaner, maybe they should look at the other benefits to their choice, such as being able to sit at a desk (perhaps at home) for the next 25 years, or the huge increases in salary increments if you progress or found your own accountancy practice/social media advisory.
More power to the person charging £25 an hour. They probably know how many hours they can stand in a day, how long they have left doing the cleaning game, respect to them.