Hoping someone will have an insight on this!
I currently have a couple of agency cleaners come round fortnightly to clean my house. They're here an hour and that's including a nice chat over a cup of tea and a coo at ds2. For this, the agency charges a small fortune. I went this route because I needed some help cleaning while ds2 was small.
I had planned to stop the service anyway in September when ds1 went to school, as I couldn't really justify the cost anymore. Anyway, the topic of conversation came up and we both sort of mutually suggested one of them (who lives close to me) coming to clean privately. It would be weekly instead of fortnightly yet I'd still only 60% of what I currently pay for fortnightly. She'd be getting double her current hourly rate. Both happy.
At the same time, I don't want her getting in trouble. I've checked the contract I signed and there's nothing there about either notice periods or poaching of staff. She says that her contract is null and void anyway (due to her leaving the job previously then when she rejoined the contract wasn't resigned) but she isn't worried about her employer getting arsey anyway.
As I seem to have the "curse" of always wanting to do the right thing, what do people think? I wouldn't normally have gone the private cleaner route, but I know I can trust her and she does a damn good job. Thoughts?