At Maid to Sparkle, a residential cleaning service in Richmond, Virginia, the workforce has fallen by roughly half, according to owner Jonathan Bergstein.
As a result, the company is cleaning between 15 and 20 houses a day, down from 30 pre-pandemic, he said.
He said that he had to turn down business and reschedule loyal customers, who he feared he could lose to a competitor.
At Maid to Sparkle, a residential cleaning service in Richmond, Virginia, the workforce has fallen by roughly half, according to owner Jonathan Bergstein.
As a result, the company is cleaning between 15 and 20 houses a day, down from 30 pre-pandemic, he said.
He said that he had to turn down business and reschedule loyal customers, who he feared he could lose to a competitor.
Imagine owning a business that "only" gives you $300,000 in profit from stolen labor every year, and you feel this is a crisis and you cannot sacrifice another penny of your stolen profits in higher wages.
Imagine owning a business that "only" gives you $300,000 in profit from stolen labor every year, and you feel this is a crisis and you cannot sacrifice another penny of your stolen profits in higher wages.