“It’s So Much More Fulfilling.” A Well-Paid Maids Employee Shares Her Experience

Before Amy Shoaf joined Well-Paid Maids in January, she worked for a large home-cleaning company. (Let’s just say it’s an international franchise.)

There, she earned a 20% commission per home. The model went like this: The more houses you cleaned, the more you got paid. She was told to dedicate only one hour to each home — we’re talking about 6,000-square-foot homes in some cases.

In other words? “There’s no thoroughness. Just a quick swipe, swipe, get out of the house,” Amy says. “I didn’t like doing it. It wasn’t actually clean, and these people were paying money for it.”

Another problem: She wasn’t getting enough work. She’d clean seven houses by 1 p.m. then that was it. She didn’t have other opportunities to make more money. On average, she’d bring home $500 a week. That equates to about $26,000 a year.

“It wasn’t going to cut it,” she says. “I would literally get paychecks and cry.”

One day, Amy was looking for a job for her husband, and she came across Well-Paid Maids.

“I was reading everything about them and how they actually take care of their employees,” she says. “It’s not commission pay. They offer benefits and paid time off. With any other cleaning company, you’re not getting that.”

Amy also loves that she can take full responsibility for all her cleans. 

“Things I couldn’t do with my last company, I’m getting praised for at this company,” she says. For example, with Well-Paid Maids, she spends about three hours cleaning a 1 BD/1 BA apartment. She’s not just wiping things down — she’s really able to get in there and do a thorough job.

“It’s so much more fulfilling,” she says. “The clients are so appreciative of the work and effort, and you can actually take pride in it.”

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