Orient your employee to optimize service time

At the time to choose an employee To work at home, it is essential to check if it fits the family profile, is communicative, efficient and knows how to perform, even minimally, the daily tasks necessary in the routine of the home.

After this first moment, it is worth investing a few hours (or even days) in some kind of basic training. What happens is that each person has their own way of doing things? And explaining to the new employee how you prefer the tasks to be done avoids a number of potential problems or difficulties in the future.

Upon arrival, the ideal is that she prepare breakfast. Explain how your family is used to eating this meal and the foods you usually eat at this time so there are no delays and other mishaps. During breakfast she can start washing the dishes from the night before and tidy up the room, for example.


After leaving the family, it may be a good idea to wash the dirty dishes and leave the kitchen organized. At the end of these tasks, the clothes should be separated and washed to allow time for drying until the end of the day.

As most homes today have a washing machine, tasks related to this are not usually time consuming, allowing rooms to be properly organized in the morning. Guide her to carry all cleaning products and utensils at once to the rooms so that she doesn't have to go back to the pantry or laundry at all times.

In the morning it is also important to clean the bathrooms so that the family can use them at lunchtime.


If you often have lunch at home, your employee also needs to be organized so that there are no delays and other inconveniences. If you find it necessary or she does not have extensive cooking experience, prepare daily menus in advance. This will make the routine easier and help to avoid delays.

While the family eats, she can roll out the laundry and start ironing the day before. As soon as lunch is over, she does the used dishes and cleans the kitchen properly.

In the afternoon, she irones the rest of the clothes from the previous day, and picks up the laundry on the day it is dry. You can also sweep and wipe the house, and prepare a shopping list if something is missing.

Organizing the your housekeeper's routine, she is not so lost and can perform daily activities according to her expectations.

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