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I've cleaned hotel rooms. I think we had 20 minutes a room (it was a long time ago). You get good at it. Different people did different parts of the job, wit
by jlokier 5y ago
I've cleaned hotel rooms. I think we had 20 minutes a room (it was a long time ago).
You get good at it.
Different people did different parts of the job, with only one in a room at a time. For example, one person removed all the bedsheets, cleaned surfaces, polished mirrors, replaced toilet rolls etc and tidied things that were out of place including the resident's items. Another brought in and fitted clean bedsheets and placed clean towels. Another went around with a vacuum cleaner after them.
The total time per room when you count each person probably exceeded 20 minutes.
When not cleaning rooms I worked in the kitchen.
I was 17 at the time, and this job helped pay my living expenses subsequently at university, because the government grant was sufficient for rent, but no food.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoI have cleaned rooms too, and am very familiar with the metrics at hotels. I know a lot of the fancier, big union operated hotels have near 20min standards for their housekeepers to meet, but they pay very well and have more young, healthy housekeepers. And have redundancies that can take care of the trashed rooms that pop up. On the other hand, there are lots of motels and franchised hotel operators trying to squeeze 20min per room from housekeepers at low pay, and I would not believe they can keep that pace up and delivery a quality product for 13+ hours in a day.