Evenings, in empty offices, on a set route.
The same one or two buildings each week, after the staff have gone. Bins, restrooms, floors, glass, lights out, lock up. No weekends unless you want them.
- $22 an hour to start, W-2 from the first hour
- Paid weekly by direct deposit
- Typically 2 to 4 evenings, 2 to 4 hours each
- Start around 6pm, done before 10pm
- All equipment and supplies provided
- Two shirts with your name stitched on
- Reliable. Tell us early if you cannot make a night. Nobody is ever in trouble for saying so early.
- Your own transport. There is no bus at ten at night.
- Able to be on your feet and lift a vacuum up a flight of stairs.
- Legally able to work in the US. We complete Form I-9 on your first day.
We would rather teach a reliable person to clean than teach an experienced cleaner to be reliable.
Fourteen things we promise, and every one is something this trade routinely gets wrong.
Not values on a wall. Each one is either true in your first week or it is not.
You know your schedule two weeks ahead
Not changed by text at five in the afternoon.
The same building, the same nights
You learn the place and it gets quicker. You are not shuffled about to plug gaps.
The job you were hired for is the job
The building and hours in your offer letter are what you get. Any change is agreed with you first.
Your hours are your hours
Extra shifts are offered, never assigned. Saying no to one costs you nothing and is not remembered.
Working kit, or it gets replaced
A vacuum dies, you tell us, we sort it. It never comes out of your time.
Trained on everything you touch
Four colours, four jobs, and nobody mixes anything. Gloves and protection provided. You will not be handed a chemical and left to guess.
Tell us early and you are never in trouble
Cannot make Thursday? Say so Monday. That is the whole rule, and it goes both ways.
Report a problem and you get thanked
A stain you could not shift, a door that would not lock. Told tonight, it is nothing.
Somebody answers at nine at night
A real person, not a voicemail. You are never on your own in a building with a problem.
The rate is written down, never promised verbally
$22 an hour to start, with a pay review at 90 days and again at a year. Our scale runs to $24. Whatever is agreed goes into your offer letter.
Managers come from the crew
Chosen on judgment, not time served. We do not hire someone in over you.
Daytime work is the promotion
Day porter shifts are longer, better paid and go to whoever proved out on nights.
Your name is on your shirt
And on the card you leave on the desk. Our clients know who cleaned their building. You are not a shift.
Paid every Friday, without fail
Direct deposit, real payslip, taxes withheld properly. A paystub gets you an apartment; cash does not.
Is this employment or contract work?
Employment. W-2 from your first hour, taxes withheld. We do not use contractors and we do not pay cash.
Is there an unpaid trial shift?
No. Every minute you work is paid, including training. Anyone asking you to work a shift free is breaking the law.
Will I be sent somewhere different every night?
No. The same building or two, the same evenings. Being shuffled around is what makes this job miserable elsewhere.
Will there be a background check?
Yes, before you are issued keys, and only with your written permission at that stage. We are not asking on this form and we are not allowed to.
How soon would I start?
Be honest with you: we are growing and we build a list of people before the work lands, so it may be a few weeks. We will tell you where you actually stand rather than going quiet.
Can this turn into more?
Yes. Our part-time managers come from the crew, chosen on judgment rather than time served. Cover a shift nobody could fill, spot a problem before the client did, train the next person well.
Two minutes, no CV.
We read every one and reply either way, including when the answer is no. Being left guessing is the worst part of applying for work and we are not going to do it to you.
Not spelling, and not experience. Whether you turn up, and whether you say something when it goes wrong. Answer the last question honestly and it will do you more good than a polished one.
Job application
Two minutes. We reply either way.