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Originally Posted by LeRoySmith
I don't know about inventory robots but I've replaced many cleaners with robotic vacuums or ride on vacuums. All those folks were at or below minimum wage. A $15,000 vacuum is a bargain compared to a handful of cleaners. Salary is a major factor in the decision making process.
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I've never worked in a place that had cleaners whose only job was to vacuum the floor. I can't imagine any office I've ever worked in, spending $15,000 on a vacuum, and still need humans to wash the toilets and counters and sinks in the bathroom, sanitize the front desk, empty all the waste baskets and refill them with bags, bring the trash down to the compactor and run the compactor, clean any windows between the foyer and the front office, sweep and mop all floors that don't have carpeting, shake out the rain mats...
Seems like a huge waste of money to me. But then, I vacuum my own house, I don't hire cleaners to clean my house for me, and if I did, I'd make them vacuum AND do the rest of the cleaning, for a set rate and not an hourly wage. If they can get the job done faster, then that'd mean their hourly pay was higher. If they are slow, then their hourly pay ends up being smaller. If it takes a two-person crew a half hour to clean my house and I pay them $50 for the visit, then they're getting $25 each. If they do 5 houses that day, they're earning $125/day. If they do that 5 days a week, that's $650/week. Four weeks a month is $2600/month. Not too shabby for a part-time gig in Florida.