Any cleaners here?

[Sloppymoppy]

just wondering what your hours are/ what you’re paid a general consensus.

recently I got back into work after being a sahm. It’s only 3 hours an evening but it fits around our family as we don’t get free childcare hours yet and partner works long hours.

I’m not afraid of hard work, I used to be a carer and work in production/labs, but i’m new to cleaning commercial buildings.

I get just above minimum wage, (well no more than the new minimum wage in April!)
but the office is huge, there’s 2 of us, only 1 during sickness and I assume no cover, (because we had to sign a lone work form) obviously I’d just do what’s most important first but

it’s just a lot, 2 kitchens 1 bistro, 9 private offices/rooms 150 desks.
7 bathrooms, 2 showers.
all the bins and mopping,
Loading and emptying dishwasher
cleaning fridges/glass/the coffee machine

its 14,000 square feet
it’s 20 times bigger than my flat and I have a relatively “spacious” flat! Haha

I'm only asking because every person I know that does cleaning says that seems like a lot to do in that time. I just have nothing to compare it to.

It does seem a lot in 2 hours! Sorry my friend is a domestic cleaner, not commercial, so jobs are a bit differently, but her contracts for 2 hours sounded less.

Do you have to do everything ever day or in rotation? When I worked in a big office, we had dishwashers emptied every day, but desks were only done once a week.

For two of you doing 3 hours, so 6 hours I'd say that's fine but I can't see how you're expected to do that alone.

We employ a cleaner, not contract. She does 2 hours twice a week and does:
Empty dishwasher
Cleans 12 desks including Covid screens
Two bathrooms
Two kitchens
Empty recycling
Empty bins
Clean windows (obviously not every week)
Hoovers

For comparison it's an open plan barn so gets pretty dusty but we are all pretty tidy and keep areas pretty clean.

Not sure of square footage but obviously much smaller than you describe. We don't pay minimum wage either, more like double - they provide materials.

It's sounds like a lot in your post

Is it done daily? If so, I guess there’s no significant build up so maybe 6hrs is doable.
The question is, are you able to do it in that timeframe? And is the client happy with the standard of work?

I work as a cleaner 3 hours a day 5 days a week in a office environment and I have 8 toilets, kitchen, entrances and stairs, and offices to clean, empty bins and have plenty of time. I always concentrate on cleaning the toilets and emptying bins and kitchen first and don't hoover every office if it does not need it and when I do hoover I do half the offices one day and the other half another day. You will find you will get to know which offices are the messy ones and concentrate on them first.

I get paid the Living Wage rate.