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For cleaning-business owners

The True Cost of a Bad Hire

A new cleaner who doesn't work out costs far more than their wage. See your number below — then take the free scorecard that helps you screen out the next one.

What one bad hire costs you

Pre-filled with low, defensible figures. Change any number to match your business.

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Other costs from your situation (optional — damage, theft, a bad review, whatever you faced)
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Your cost per bad hire
$1,075
The conservative starting figures alone total over $1,000 — before a lost client or anything specific to your situation.

Honest by design — these are conservative industry estimates (US BLS wage data and published cleaning-industry turnover-cost figures), shown low on purpose so you can adjust them up to your business.

Free tool · instant

So the next hire isn't the $1,000 one

Get The Cleaner Interview & Red-Flags Scorecard free: a fill-in tool that scores every candidate on what actually predicts the job — reliable, honest, coachable — with a 5-minute phone pre-screen, the questions to ask, what a strong vs. weak answer sounds like, and the red flags to catch before you hire. Enter your email and it's yours.

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The scorecard is one step. This is the whole system.

A bad hire is rarely a bad person — it's a missing system. One bad hire runs about $1,000. The First-Hire System is $99 (about a tenth of that), and it's the entire hiring pipeline, editable and yours forever.

The First-Hire System · $99

Make the next hire stick

Everything around the interview — so you attract, screen, onboard, and train cleaners who actually pass your walk-through and stay.

30-day money-back guarantee · instant download · yours forever

Get the First-Hire System — $99

Prefer to start with the work itself? The Spotless Standard ($39) is the cleaning systems — SOPs, room-by-room checklists, and quality control. See the $39 system →