Anonymous wrote:yes it is natural they make a higher hourly rate because it needs to account for the fact that the cleaners string together many jobs in any given week and so have time between appointments or just slots they may not be able to regularly fill that makes the weekly rate avg out to less. I also do not pay my house cleaner when she does not clean because if she decides she's had enough of occassional skipping and drops me, that's ok w/ me and it's very easy to find someone to replace her. I do however guarantee my nanny's pay since i do not want to lose HER, even if I could find another nanny to hire.