Do your cleaning people steal stuff?
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Anonymous
| We finally found some great cleaners but they steal stuff. Nothing major, just little items. Some are a bit odd like a bottle of shampoo and other odds and ends. Does that just come with the territory? |
Anonymous
| They don’t sound very great to me! |
Anonymous
Yes |
Anonymous
| Yep. |
Anonymous
| I would fire them for this. They will start stealing more significant items. |
Anonymous
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They are just testing the water. If you turn a blind eye on this, bigger items will disappear.
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Anonymous
| No, it does not. I would not hire them again. |
Anonymous
| Great cleaners don't steal stuff, full stop. |
Anonymous
| I would be too paranoid to let someone in without being in the room while they clean. |
Anonymous
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No.
One time I had to report a “mysterious disappearance” of some diamond studs to oir insurance and got rid of that cleaner but otherwise nothing like that. |
Anonymous
Really? I am the opposite. Pre-pandemic I made sure I was never home and even now I swap rooms with them. |
Anonymous
| OP here. We did get rid of them. I just wondered how common stealing was. When I say they were great I mean they cleaned very well, much better than anyone else we’ve had. We’d like to get someone else but just worry it’s going to be the same. |
Anonymous
| This is why we have the nanny’s mother’s friend clean our house, even though she is slow as molasses, but she has never stolen anything during the 4 hours she is here cleaning. Close connections and trustworthy. |
Anonymous
| Most people steal from their employers. In my firm people were taking office supplies and food from the kitchen as if they were shopping at Staples and Whole Foods. . We got a new office manager and she has a system which reduced most of the stealing. |
Anonymous
| I get cleaning done only when I am at home. |