House cleaner, not caregiver... - Anonymous employee Home Instead Employee Review

2.0
Jun 5, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

They are typically flexible about working a schedule, if you want lots of hours and are willing to drive there are always plenty.

Cons

Gave them a copy for my CNA license and said they would increase my pay to the correct amount... called for two months straight and lost out on money because they never got it right. Most clients I worked with just wanted their houses cleaned by you. I was asked numerous times to drive an hour to work a shift. When hired I was told they had clients near me... but later found out none of those clients had open hours.

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Cons

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