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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fwiw, I think $160 for a 3800 square foot house is low.  I pay $200 for a smaller house.[/quote]
  
Maybe.  There will always be people who pay more or pay less.  This doesn't convince me that she's being reasonable.  I am now thinking she doesn't want to clean my house anymore, but feels bad saying so.  She works full time at Target, and I just read  somewhere they are paying people $24/hour,  maybe she doesn't need to clean houses anymore![/quote]
Do the math in full time @$24/hr. Does she own a home, have school loans, children, etc? Food prices were way way up before gas prices. Her rate seems low. If she’s asking so soon after a raise, she probably needs it. (Over time, I generally give my cleaning person the same level of raises I get. Have you kept up with that?)[/quote]

OP here. Of my friends that I've recently compared rates, I pay more, so I'm just not moved by that particular argument.  I'm tempted to switch to one of my friend's housekeepers, but like another poster pointed out, I have history with this person, and I like her and trust her, so I'd feel terrible letting her go over this.  I have to just go with the 2nd raise or counteroffer with maybe $5.[/quote]

OP, how many miles away does she live?[/quote]

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