She hired me to do extra work, beyond what she had contracted with the cleaning service, during July. My work schedule was so unpredictable that I couldn’t apply for a second job, even though I badly needed more income. Most of the other housecleaning ads seemed to be husband-and-wife teams who had trucks for clearing out clutter to take to the dump. One woman hired me to clean out her rental property before the next tenant moved in. The apartment was grimy but not horrible, and during the walk-through she admitted that she’d never hired a cleaner before.

Source: New York Times January 12, 2019 19:52 UTC