Work as a Hotel Housekeeping Cleaner?

Have no illusions, serving as a hotel housekeeping cleaner can be a lot of hard work. You will often be the unseen magician that transforms a dirty, dust-ridden room into a shining example of cleanliness. If you like cleaning and providing a quality product in which travelers and vacationers can enjoy their stay, working as a housekeeping cleaner could be a great role for you.

On an average day, a housekeeping cleaner can expect to clean anywhere from 10-20 rooms. This number of course could vary depending on the size of room and level of cleanliness required. An all-suite hotel might require a lesser number of rooms to be cleaned, or a housekeeping manager may decide to assign fewer rooms if there are more checkouts (rooms requiring an all-inclusive cleaning) as opposed to a higher number of stay-over guests. The housekeeping cleaner may also have the option to pick up extra rooms for extra pay depending on the day.

There is more to cleaning a room than just making the bed and doing a little dusting however. There are often rotating cycles of deep cleaning to be adhered too, you must replace supplies within the room, check to ensure televisions, lamps and other items within the room are working, gather linen and towels to stock the room, make sure you have the cleaning supplies needed to clean with, and perform other duties as assigned by your supervisor or manager.

The pay levels for most housekeeping cleaners are typically not that high. For many hotels, the pay range varies between $8-10 an hour. Of course the salary range can change based upon a number of factors, but you should not be surprised to find that pay is somewhat low, especially compared to the level of work required of the job. You might find a slightly higher pay scale within larger hotels or more upscale hotels, or if a property is unionized. There are however often other benefits of work as a housekeeping cleaner which may include free uniforms and uniform cleaning service, free or discounted meals within the hotel at which you work, transportation discounts, and sometimes there are bonus programs based upon cleanliness and service factors.

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This article is for informational purposes only. Any action taken by the reader due to the information provided in this article is solely at the reader’s discretion.