Looking for a housekeeper/cleaner in Highbury/Islington

[Gemma]

We are looking for a housekeeper to come in once a week to start then possibly once every 2 weeks after the first months. Hourly wage.
Please email me if you have experience and are interested. Thank you!

[KeithD]

Hourly wage.

That'll be AT LEAST £5.52 then!!

[andypaul]

psssst guv

http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/..._feature.shtml

[KeithD]

That's not 'legal' though.

[andypaul]

Sorry boss first site that came up showing that the minimum wage is 5.35 but does raise a good point that it does not have a london allowance.

Im sure 5.35 goes further up where the friendly people live down here in moody london it hardly pays for a pint

[fred]

We pay a Filipina cleaner a tenner an hour(cash) in London and she is very good at her job..
To be honest if we wanted we could get a number of people to work for less than a fiver (cash)in London with no problem at all..

[joebloggs]

a friend i use to work with, he works with 3 others, and his boss has just employed 8 poles, he told me he lets them live on his premises, i wonder if they are on the minimum wage

[fred]

his boss has just employed 8 poles

Perhaps he is a scaffolder Joe..
Whats the problem?

[joebloggs]

, no hes not a scaffolder, his boss is in the same industry as the company i work for, the problem is cheap labour, paying them minimum wage or less, same reasons why my boss was looking to employ a couple of eastern europeans instead of local people. but a local guy starts a months trial with us on monday, who got off his and went around the industrial estate were on asking for work, and we already employ a polish guy, hes a good worker, but i know he is also the lowest paid

oh i mean't £10 an hour in the hand is good, but then if its only a few hours a week , not enough to live off, unless she can find more part time work

[Shifty-Sidney]

Hi, i looked for my housekeeper for many months.....
i finally found her in bed drinking my beer

[fred]

, no hes not a scaffolder, his boss is in the same industry as the company i work for, the problem is cheap labour, paying them minimum wage or less, same reasons why my boss was looking to employ a couple of eastern europeans instead of local people. but a local guy starts a months trial with us on monday, who got off his and went around the industrial estate were on asking for work, and we already employ a polish guy, hes a good worker, but i know he is also the lowest paid

oh i mean't £10 an hour in the hand is good, but then if its only a few hours a week , not enough to live off, unless she can find more part time work

No..She has lots of work..Works all day long. Sends most of her cash back here though..(silly woman..What a waste!)


I know,It seems to be getting worse Joe..
I think I`ll stay where I am.
Do you reckon my "honeymoon period" is over yet"?