Rue Pasteur

We are looking to employ, or use the services of some one to help clean on changeover weekends and do some ironing. Does any one have any idea of the going rates per hour?

beigey

my mother in law used to pay 12 euros an hour for cleaning ...

Ka Ora!

Minimum wage was set last year at €8.71 and yearly increases have to be at Inflation Rate Which is currently 1.5 Percent See here

I would gauge it on the face so to speak, Offer a better increase if they prove to be Prompt adaptable and most of all good at it.

Herman

We pay 12 euros per hour for our cleaner, who also does the ironing, in Paris

wetwang

Tricky one this.
Where we live in the Dordogne you can forget minimum wage for reliable performers. Apart from the rigmarole involved doing it legally which will double whatever rate you pay, getting someone to come to your home for anything less than 20 euros is not easy.
A neighbour of ours pays 40 euros for an apartment changeover on saturdays and still struggles finding good staff.
We had it our heads that the locals would be scrabbling at our feet for 10 euros an hour, not so. Our idea that cleaners were somehow peasants to be used for menial jobs and be grateful for a few Euros was so wrong. True,there are 16 year olds who think that 10 euros is worth turning up for but generally they were all useless and they were earning more baby sitting!

Le Chant

I'm so glad it was!

A good friend of ours offers her cleaning services for a gite changeover for €50. That equates to around 4 hours work, so around €12/hr. Pretty much the same as her husband charges for his handyman work.

Rue Pasteur

Thanks for the replies, have employed a young lady who was recommended for 13 Euros per hour.

Ka Ora!

True the world over, Unskilled children think they are worth more per hour than every one else. Last cleaning job my wife was doing that was casual she got 8 euros per hour, The person she worked for was a git a German that over rated him self and the premises. She found it very upsetting in a light way because in England with BT she was earning 45k.

wetwang

Is that on the 'black' or through the cheque system?
Bit of a direct question I guess!

onlyonebrenda

Think you ought to explain the cheque system to rue Pasteur.
Rates I've come across here have been between 10 and 12 € per hour.

Rue Pasteur

Thanks we are familiar with the cheque system.