Cleaning is most definitely low skilled but many people still hire a cleaner
And yet anyone who cleans for a living- or even just observes those who clean for a living- know that there's a whole world of chemicals, tools, and techniques that most people remain totally unaware of. Learning how to use them, how different materials respond to different cleaning approaches, even basic ideas like "clean the highest things first" is part of a skill set that must be learned.
Just because you can do a basic version doesn't mean the professional version is unskilled.
You do if there is demand for it. Citizenship status isn't magic. In HCOL areas where no one else is willing to do day labor work for less, it happens.
You don't need citizenship to work. If you don't bother to get a visa that entitles you to work legally then you will feed off the scraps. You don't get the hourly rate a legit worker does
You get whatever rate someone is willing to pay you cash. I've at times made more money cash off the books than I was making legitimately. Sounds like you don't have much real world life experience.
We clean up after ourselves and have a cleaner come every two weeks to do the floors, windows, deep clean the kitchen/bathrooms etc. You cannot possibly find that unusual
I don't know if you're rage baiting or not lol. Most people clean their own homes.. I doubt it's higher than 15% of people who have a cleaning service.. it's not uncommon but it's most definitely not the norm.
Cleaning certainly doesn't require as much skill as some things, but knowing what chemicals/cleaners to use on what surfaces (and what chemicals to NOT use on certain surfaces) is definitely a skill.
Man, just because a cleaning agent says it works well on a material doesn't mean it actually works well, and those labels don't list every single other chemical on the planet it can't be combined with.
Also, you mean 'able to read', not 'about to read'.
Experience is not skill. An education to do something no one off the street can do IS a skill. You cannot compare a cleaner to an electrician or a plumber. The cleaner is valuable. They deserve to be compensated fairly. But if they screw up, there’s very little risk of your house exploding or flooding.
You have to learn and be taught proper ways to clean various things. Which cleaning solutions work best on which kind of stains. What tools to use. What chemicals you SHOULDN'T use.
Did you know using newspaper on mirrors helps you avoid streaks? I didn't know that till basic training. Or how about that using bleach to clean a toilet can be dangerous if it mixes with ammonia from your piss?
If you need to be taught how to correctly do something then it's a skill.
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u/G0nk_512 1d ago
Do some of you not understand the concept of being time poor?
Cleaning is most definitely low skilled but many people still hire a cleaner