If u have a cleaning lady, do you tip her?

kayleebugs

We are hiring a girl to do a deep clean once a month. She'll do the bathrooms, floors, woodwork, windows....etc.

If you have a cleaning lady, do you tip her? All the money goes directly to her - she doens't work for a compnay.

Jaimers375

Nope.  She gets paid under the table, that's enough of a tip right there.  We give her a nice bonus around Christmas.

JLSBWG

No because she has her own business, so it all goes to her!

BinksMomma3016

Hmmmm thats a tough one. My mom uses a service and she tips them enough for the three girls to get lunch. Im just not sure about this one. Haha! I do all the cleaning around here, darn it! Wish I could talk hubby into a monthly deep clean.

thomas&lynn

I do believe the rule of thumb is you don't tip the "owners" and your cleaning person sounds like that. She set her own price, and employee of hers would likely just get an hourly rate and then a tip would be okay.

ebb7

Nope.

fIowerchild

No, she's independent so no need to tip. At Christmas I pay her double as a gift. 

MsKellDel

no, she is paid in cash

NYCred

When we used a service we did tip. Now that we pay the cleaning woman directly, we don't tip. 

We do, however, give her a bonus equal to one weeks' pay at holiday time and will give her a little extra on days she stays much longer than we've agreed to.  Also, if we cancel on her without notice - like we did this weekend when we were out of town and I forgot to tell her until the day before - we'll still pay her for the week.  It only seems fair since she's counting on the $$.

cosmogal7498

My MIL cleans houses for a living and she is her own boss and as far as I know none of the clients she works for tip her.  The only time she gets a little extra is around Christmas.  Hope that helps.