housekeeping 101: the struggles of being a housekeeper 

I’m in housekeeping I just started and I absolutely love it I worked at FedEx and nothinggggg is harder than FedEx when it comes to working consistently for hours 😭😭😭I love housekeeping so far I would rather fold 600 towels than lift 400 30 pound chewy boxes for 4-6 hours 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

I did housekeeping in a hotel for about a week and quit it was very particular. Housekeeping in the hospital is a living hell. Cleaning offices is much better if you want to get into cleaning.

i used to do all sorts of housekeeping - residential, hotel, and for a retirement home. while the retirement home was the grossest, the hotel was definitely the hardest. sometimes i miss housekeeping in general but this video reminded me of how hard it is. i freaking HATED making the beds and tucking the pillows! and the beds used to be so gross--i would see pools of period blood, sweat, hair dye that rubbed off onto the pillows, crumbs and spilled beverages, piss, dirty underwear, CONDOMS,,,, it really wouldn't be so bad if there were no beds.what i do like is that you're always moving and doing something and you get to go home early if you finish early.

OMG as a new housekeeper since i started at the beginning of the year i literally laughed when you said sone rooms look like the scene from carrie cause i swear rooms like that are horrible and take forever to clean

I worked in housekeeping at Hyatt for two years. We only got 29 minutes per checkout but 15 minutes for each over night guest. It was hard but the general manager had a good bonus system for us. There was a “particular “ card that you left in the room. If your name was on that card and it got turned in at any time by a guest, you got an extra $5 on your pay check for every card. It wasn’t a lot but it was worth it

Thanks for this video. I was thinking to try housekeeping for a 4-star hotel in downtown. On paper, the tasks asked seem easy and simple and the high salary was tempting. But someone who been giving me job advices, he told me I would need to manage my stress and time. I am kinda perfectionist but I know I am not the fastest, probably because I like to double check everything to be sure I didn't made a mistake. So I started some research before I make a mistake. I been working as a bakery clerk for 5~6 years, I started to think of trying something new and different. I worked for 3 different supermarket and unfortunately, when it seem to be a quiet and relaxing job, someone in the management decide to ruin it for my team and 1 by 1, everyone quit. But this is also the only work experience I have, so going in a unknown territory is scary.

We get 26 min per room. And they don’t care how messy people are…

I work Monday to Friday as a school custodian and it pretty much entails light duty cleaning the whole school year and then in the summer we do two months of deep cleaning/furniture moving/etc. I get compensated very well, have benefits/pension, am part of a union and also don't have anyone breathing down my neck checking my work. I was thinking of getting a part time job on the weekend doing hotel housekeeping but watching this video as well as other videos, I honestly think I would go crazy. Thanks for being so honest and upfront about the job. I think I'm going to pass and look for something else. Cheers!

Wow! You are such a talented speaker! You kept me glued and attentive with your extraordinary story and communicative abillities being so informative and so emotionally engaging, if that make sense. You should do more talks on YT or even consider doing a TED talk. You'd make a great educator, speaker, or content creator. You also know how to encourage and make people feel good, too. So, you would also make a great manager or training coordinator. Wishing you well!

As i was watching this I was so convinced you were older than you are in intelligence. I'm 21 and just started housekeeping and holy crap man, I couldn't have handled that at 17 kudos to you

Oh wow 17!? That hairstyle had me thinking that you were in your 30's. Total surprise! Thank you for teaching me that I need to tip more, they really do deserve it!

Hotel housekeeper here. What do you do now? You could easily work as a secretary or administrative assistant, or maybe tax prep.

Getting a room perfect in 30 minutes, every time, is stressful for sure. I've quit some housekeeping jobs because of this. I just couldn't clean to their standards, in the time they gave me.

I have never had a job and I love cleaning but I'm very anti social your video helped a lot I want to apply for it I'm just scared to

😭Girl now I don’t wanna do it anymore this sounds hard

I am happy i found this channel. Was feeling like i was alone in my feelings. One of the things thats making me want to walk out is when the supervisor adds extra rooms to my board when i have DND's or NS's. When i used ro supervise, i viewed NS rooms as a treat for the housekeepers. So if they wanted extra room I'd give it to them but i let them decide that. We have 16 rooms a day. We have to spend like 30 mins in the morning getting carts and linen, etc. Then the check outs take all morning checking out but its too early to knock on stay overs. So there's time wasted. So if two doors put up DND signs that's actually very helpful since we cannot get into the crap ton of check outs that are still therw but instead of considering how limited the time is, the supervisor decides to give you rooms to replace those rooms even though a whole hour just went by and you weren't able to start yet. Not to mention double bed rooms are kinda like two rooms worth of work but they add rooms anyway. And good luck with help getting rooms stripped. Bottom line, it's either quality or quantity. You can't have both in the small time allowed with all the other things slowing you down. However they demand both and that's why things arw purposely skipped and turnover rates are astronomical. No one ever stays.

I’m about take notes on this and ask my interviewer lots and LOTS of questions. I’m either going to make sure I’m being compensated correctly and treated well or I won’t even bother

You are such an amazing young woman, you always have something incredible that your working with, or creating, I'm so proud of you an thankful to have had the opportunity to meet . I'm sorry I haven't been in touch and would love for you to come by, when your plate isn't so full, lol... You keep up that hard work honey, and keep living " Sublime "💚 love you gabby 💚

I just started a housekeeping job and it is stressful bc of time constraint but sounds like the drury expects a lot more than holiday inn. I’m sorry they made you restock and take your own linens to laundry the holiday inn has housemen that do all that for us. I have 12 rooms a day not 14. I guess I’m lucky to be in a supportive workplace.

I treat the rooms like a mathematical problem. Break it down step by step.

14 rooms in a day is A LOT. I've worked at motels and never had this many rooms to do alone in one day, although I'm not in the USA. Even 10 rooms in a day is a lot.

Even doing 10 rooms a day could be like 20 beds to make and 80 pillow cases to put on in one day lol😅

you deserve much better job, regardless of your age.. it was sad to hear your struggle.. i hope you are doing some much prettier job now..

I love your eyeshadow, what brand and color is it?

Im starting tomorrow my first day as a housekeeper. Im a bit visually impaired. I hope i don't miss any hairs and get striked out. I might have to see if Home depot needs any cashiers lol jk

I living in London in the UK and I currently work in retail which I don’t particularly like as I’m not a people person. But I am considering to try this out. Although I have been asking a friend who does housekeeping and she said don’t do it lol. It’s tiring. The job I have now isn’t too bad but it’s kind of draining me talking to people so much. So I have to basically make the choice of being drained physically or mentally with people lol

You are so sweet and genuine

Would work on a cruise ship as a housekeeper

You had me rolling when you said they had blood in bathroom 😂

Working as hotel housekeeper just 4-5 hours a day is sooo exhausting physicaly. More exhausting than working 12.5 hours shift in hospital. Trust me, I cant barely move and never again. Just one month to go and asta la vista.

All facts!!!

Yes I'm about to work at a holtel get hired

This video was really helpful, thanks :)

Wow! I know you said you made the same amount as a cashier... do you know what Drury starts off at for housekeeping or a ballpark? Thanks!

Yup I work for Radisson and it sucks! Been there almost 2 yrs. I haaaate my job! Looking for a different one. We have issues not having linen most mornings and you do stayovers you need linen. Worst job I have ever had. They treat us like slaves,it's horrible. Would Def not recommend.

I will go abroad next month to work in Nashville as a housekeeper. I don´t do physical labor so I have a month to get ready. I was thinking bout doing 1 hour of cardio daily and cleaning the entire house daily to get custom to some degree of hard work before I gete there Any advice?

Thanks for the video I love the teaching

I work at winstar hotel and the housekeepers only get 15 min no matter the size or how dirty

Awesome my friend love it❤️👍👍....

This is my 1st room attendant job and I HATE IT. why are tourist so fucking nasty. I was crying by day 2 in the bathroom. My recent job before this room attendant job I was a Manager at a restaurant. People be shitting anywhere and just down right fucking disgusting. I'm sorry I started this journey. I am going to quit. I can't do this. I just can't.

Nice tips thank u 🙏

Thanks for video think you are awesome loved listening to your video

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You are 1000 right

Why were you working as a housekeeper at 17? No school?

How long did you work as a housekeeper?

i love your videos

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I just wanted to say that you're so pretty, I'm in love haha

Well I'm definitely not doing this job lol

35:37. I am a man thank you lol.

Does anyone try too flirt with you

My dear , I really liked the video but Honestly I was fast forwarding so much. You repeat the same things so many times. You really need to make your videos shorter and just get to the point without the extra talking. Much love from a Housekeeper in Germany