I own a cleaning company & have fired employees for the worst reasons – you should hide your toothbrush for starters…
HAVE you ever wondered what cleaners get up to when you’re not looking?
Well, one woman revealed that as the owner of her own cleaning company, she’s caught her staff red-handed doing some questionable things.
And Libby revealed some of them in a video on her business The Cleaning Company’s TikTok page.
“Four or five years ago there was this young girl, I hired her, she’d been working for me for a week,” Libby began.
“I’m downstairs cleaning the kitchen and she’s upstairs cleaning the bathroom.
“I go upstairs and check on her as she’s only been working for me for a week.
“What do I find her doing?
“Cleaning the customer’s grout, with THEIR toothbrush!”
Next on Libby’s hit list were two of her cleaners who decided to use window cleaner to clean a bathroom on an end of tenancy job.
“I mean who uses window cleaner to clean a bathroom?” she raged.
“This is why I have PTSD when it comes to staff!”
And she concluded her video with a “bit of a dodgy” one.
“I once found out that one of my cleaners was (texting) one of my client’s husbands,” she said.
“So she got (fired) – off you pop, love!”
“I’ve had a very, very bad experience when it comes to staff,” Libby added.
“Hence why I tend not to employ many people now.
“And if I do, I’m watching over them like a hawk!”
People were quick to comment on Libby’s video, including some who also worked in the same industry.
“Ex cleaning supervisor here- why is it SOOOOOO hard finding good cleaners,” one wrote.
“Totally get this, hard work!!!!”
“We stopped employing people because of that,” another admitted.
“Too much stress and hassle!”
“It’s so hard getting reliable cleaners,” a third sighed.
“Hardest part of running cleaning business is getting staff, nobody will do it like me,” someone else said.
“I only have family work with me as I can shout at them!”
“This is why I’m so scared to extend my cleaning business,” another admitted.
As someone else revealed that the toothbrush tale had made her “jaw DROP”, asking: “What was her defence?”
“She couldn’t be bothered to get our brush from downstairs,” Libby replied.
“I’m so glad I put my toothbrush away,” another person joked.
“Could have been worse – could have used the toothbrush on the toilet!” someone else pointed out.