Home Instead reviews

crazy lifestyle-- not usually a 40 hour week job

The pay is terrible. Minimum wage for a few hours of companionship is understandable, but $7.80/hr is not reasonable for the home helper service. For $7.80/hr we're expected to clean house, prepare food, run errands, provide transportation and more. I am frequently assigned shifts and not told about them, or they are outside of my availability. The worst is when I am scheduled for a shift and a day ahead of time the agency calls me and says they've given the shift to someone else who was complaining about not having enough hours. Don't expect to get more than 8-10 hours a week. I am often asked to drive to client's houses that are more than an hour from my home, but it's not worth it for minimum wage. You have to work 2000 hours to get a raise, which will take forever if you're like most employees who are assigned 10 hours or less per week.