Home Cleaning Professional - In this position, you aren't "just a cleaner!" You will be bringing happiness and a great sense of relief to each of your clients by professionally cleaning, straightening, and tending to the details so that everything shines!
This is a position where you really get to pamper and care for your clients. So, yes. You are a cleaner. But, more importantly, you are the reason 'cleaning day' is their favorite day of the week!
Let's talk PAY & BENEFITS!!
- Join our award-winning team & receive a full month of THE BEST training available in the Greater Northwest! Training pay is $20 an hour followed by regular pay at $22 an hour.
- Become a trainer yourself and you'll move to $27 an hour in as little as 4 to 6 months -- All cleaners who are reliable, communicative, kind, and efficient are eligible, without limitation.
- Plus, we offer 2 WEEKS of PAID TIME OFF YEARLY or 3 WEEKS if you become a TRAINER
- $1/hr Pay Increases Annually = End of Year-1 Trainer's Pay is $28 an hour, non-trainers $23 an hour. And every year it gets better!
- SUPER GENEROUS bi-weekly gas stipend after training, plus $75/week stipend upfront during training!
- Paid bereavement leave, for the loss of loved ones(this includes Pets)
- Earn weekly $20 cash bonuses
- We offer Medical, Dental and Vision Benefits at 60 days & ALHC pays half (Coverage begins on the 1st of the following month after the 60 days)
- $150-$200 monthly stipend available to spend on something fun that's just for you! Or, let it pay the employee portion of health/dental which can make these benefits free!
- Keep 100% of your tips
- Your Birthday is a Paid Day Off
- We run multiple contests with excellent prizes like all accommodations paid vacations and more!
- Enjoy a yearly 3 day company camp with us. We treat all our employees to an all expense paid vacation near Seattle
- Enjoy a yearly Christmas party, that includes white elephant gift exchange and catered dinner
- Enjoy happy hours at April Lane's that include picnics, karaoke, and paint & sips!
- Trainer appreciation dinners
- We always, always promote from within
.... and what else?
- We work from 8am-5pm, 5 days a week (Monday-Friday)
- We hire for full time only (32-40 hours per week)
- We hire you as our employee. No I-9 subcontractors runaround here!
- - We provide you with all the training, tools, and support needed to clean 2-3 houses a day
- We provide a tablet for you to use both at work and for personal use
- You get a strong, caring leadership team supporting, encouraging and advocating for you always
- We offer lots of opportunities for personal growth and self-development
- We ALWAYS maintain a positive and supportive work environment. Our job is to pamper our employees so they are inspired to pamper their clients
- We all get to feel what it means to be truly appreciated and valued on a daily basis
- We maintain a sincere and welcoming open-door policy
- We encourage our people to build relationships with their management team, coworkers, and clients as a way to enrich your life. Work should be a place of joy, laughter, fun and growth
- In short, we hire the whole person (not just a worker bee). We truly care about you and your life. We will be your biggest cheerleaders as you work towards your personal or professional dreams.
Fun Facts:
- We are a local Seattle business, not a chain.
- We are proud to be a recipient of the Seattle Mayor's Small Business Award
- We are proud volunteers for many charitable efforts/events
- April Lane has sat from time to time on Seattle Mayor's committees as an advocate for services industry employees and their employers
- April Lane is a veteran Board Member of the Association of Residential Cleaning Services International (www.arcsi.org), which provides continued education and innovation for house cleaning companies nationwide
- April Lane's Home Cleaning has been one of Seattle's favorite locally owned companies for over 30 years! We pride ourselves on doing things differently than other employers by offering something rare and hard to find - an employee-first approach to everything we do. We value our employees and vow to treat them like the unique and wonderful people that they are. We offer a unique and spirited company culture along with great benefits and dependable caring leadership. This allows us to deliver unparalleled service to our clients.
What we are looking for:
- Have your own car and be comfortable commuting throughout Seattle to different job sites.
- Be able to fluently read, write and speak English.
- Be open to growth and personal development and a new way of being an employee.
- Be positive and outgoing by nature.
- Very resilient with sporadic anxiety inducing or stressful situations.
- Love pets of all shapes, colors and sizes.
- Love humans of all shapes, colors and sizes.
- Have a keen eye for detail.
- Value the feeling of going
- above and beyond to knock your client's socks off.
- Drama free and not only appreciate but actively create a positive, supportive community at work.
- Enjoy being in service to others and strive to make your clients feel pampered.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $22.00 - $26.00 per hour
Expected hours: No more than 40 per week
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Fuel reimbursement
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Mileage reimbursement
- On-the-job training
- Opportunities for advancement
- Paid time off
- Paid training
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Morning shift
- No nights
- No weekends
Supplemental pay types:
- Attendance bonus
- Bonus opportunities
- Commission pay
- Monthly bonus
- Performance bonus
- Tips
- Weekly bonus
Application Question(s):
- Do you own a reliable, insured, smoke free vehicle that you do not share with anyone?
- On a scale of 1 to 5, 1 being you very much dislike it and 5 being you enjoy it very much, how would you rate your love of house cleaning?
- Are you available Monday - Friday from 8am until 5pm, with a 7:45 am start in South Seattle on Wednesdays?
- If you love your new job, are you willing & able to stay for at least one year?
- Have you maintained a full-time job continuously with the same employer for a year or longer within the past 2 years?
- Our pre-hire drug test does not include drugs which are legal in the State of Washington. Will you pass this test?
- In the past 7 years have you been convicted of a crime involving drugs, theft or violence?
- Do you live in Seattle, Shoreline, Burien, Tukwilla or SeaTac? And, in which zip code do you currently reside?
Experience:
- Leadership: 1 year (Required)
- Customer service: 2 years (Required)
Language:
- read & writes English at a high school level or above (Required)
License/Certification:
- Driver's License (Required)
Shift availability:
Work Location: In person