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A raise for our cleaning woman

April 25th, 2014 at 02:49 pm

I've blogged a couple of times about our cleaning woman, Robin. She started with us last June, and we've been happy with her. She hasn't yet missed a single session, and we're happy with her results.

I've been thinking that we should probably give her a raise at the point of her one-year anniversary.

My employer granted me a 2% raise last October. So, I figured that Robin could maybe get the same raise as I did. That made sense to me.

We pay Robin $15 per hour for three hour cleaning sessions every other week. I know that some of you have mentioned that that is very cheap. Keep in mind that we found Robin through a posting at our local grocery store, and that she advertised herself for $15/hr. And, we also live in a very rural low COL area.

I digress.

When I did my first calculation of $45 (the amount paid for one session) time 1.02, I came up with $45.90. That seemed insulting - a raise of 90 cents per session. Maybe I should be insulted by my own 2% raise - but I know that a lot of people have had their pay cut or have received no raises at all over the past five or so years.

I digress again.

The figure for Robin that I'm working with now is a fifty cent per hour, or $1.50 per session raise. That's a 3.3% raise, and seems much more reasonable. I've not yet talked with DW about this. I'll see what she thinks, of course, before we make any changes.

2 Responses to “A raise for our cleaning woman”

  1. creditcardfree Says:
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    I'm sure any rate is appreciated. I like the 3.3% better too! The alternative, would be to give a bonus of 2% of her wages last year, but that would be a larger amount of money upfront for you, rather just the small increase over time.

  2. CB in the City Says:
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    I'm sure she will appreciate a raise!

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