We employ a local cleaning company to come into our home bi-weekly.
They are exceptional workers. Upon their final clean of 2020, a few days before Christmas, we gave both ladies a year-end bonus.
They were both deeply appreciative.
Too appreciative. This prompted me to ask them if they’d received any other bonuses.
To my shock, they had not. We were the first.
These ladies are currently cleaning my home while I sit on my arse writing to you. I just finished asking how many other bonuses they got for the end of 2020. One. One, people.
We can do better. These workers are not paid an excessive wage. They clean our toilets. All year, they clean our urine, feces, and pubic hair off our toilets!
Perhaps that deserves a $20 or a $50 or a $100 bonus at the end of the year?
Please treat these workers with the respect they deserve.
Karen Suttie
Squamish
