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Those people driving for those gig apps often value the flexibility of not having a set schedule. I don't think that style of work is very compatible with hotel

Those people driving for those gig apps often value the flexibility of not having a set schedule. I don't think that style of work is very compatible with hotel housekeeping.

Zigurd 4y ago
They also get paid reliably. Gig apps advertise for workers, in part, by touting their fast reliable payouts. Hotel cleaning is often contracted out to shady operators.
fishtoaster 4y ago
Some do, some don't. On the margin, higher pay incentivizes people to compromise their preferences. As a silly example, imagine if all hotels started paying $200 an hour to their cleaning staff. I think we can probably all agree that they would be flooded with workers and have no shortage at all. Given that there is a shortage now, we can infer that there's a pay point between the current prevailing wages and $200/hr that would cause enough people to want to work in hotels to solve the staffing issues regardless of people's preferences.
- zxcvbn4038 4y ago
  Benefits would help - the quickest way to get royally screwed in the US is to need medical help without insurance.
  - illegalsmile 4y ago
    Even with benefits you're probably still going to get royally screwed if you're a housekeeper or anyone with a low paying job that offers benefits. When your deductible is $6k or more and max out of pocket is sky high you're screwed when it comes to a health emergency especially if you're already living paycheck to paycheck. Even with the most basic insurance the US health care system will rake you over the coals and leave you with debt.