Is My Hotel Housekeeping Job Worth the Pain?
So I have a housekeeping job at a hotel, the job requires me to bend and lift the edges of bed (sometimes by myself) and clean with chemical based products. My back gets board stiff, my leg muscles begin to burn and it hurts and I have trouble sleeping at night because I'm so much pain. I also don't have a set time to get off work. I could get off work sometimes as late as 7-8 pm. Im not meaning to sound like a baby, but I get so worn out that I don't feel like doing anything, and I can hardly even shower by myself because of the pain. I'm beginning to wonder if this job is even worth it 😞 and im wanting to start looking for a new job. Am I wrong for feeling this way?
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I was a house keeper at a nursing home for the first 2 months of my first pregnancy. It made me very ill. I miscarried. My baby was not formed right and I am hoping it wasnt all the chemicals I had to use. We got them full strength and had to dilute them ourselfs. They splashed a lot. I vomited almost daily in my housekeeper cart. I had to clean up poop and pee and that was not my job! I had to quit. I messed up my back bad and they were mad I couldn't work.
Ive gotten that way as well! I helped tuck a bed and almost puked on the floor because I felt so sick😕 I can't help but want to quit! I don't want to be viewed as lazy but I don't feel like it's worth the pain
I am also a housekeeper at a hotel and it's not wrong of you to feel that way. Sometimes I feel like just walking out and never coming back but I encourage myself and tell myself I can get through the day and in the back of my mind I think about the money for my son. But I completely understand how you feel. I hurt every day I never have help with any rooms and at the end of the day my lower back kills me I have contractions all the time when I'm working and my feet swell up really bad! Sometimes I feel really light headed and like I'm about to faint..
I'm thinking about asking if I can just work until 1 or 2 in the days they have me working. But they are really really low on help and I don't want to seem like I'm trying to "be lazy" or inconvenience anybody working there. But it's just way too hard on my body!
Duuuudeeeee i worked in housekeeping and it was really difficult even not being pregnant!!!! It's a very physically demanding job! I would definitely consider looking into a different department at the hotel or getting a doctor's note saying they can't work you as hard.
We use strong chemicals too, I can hardly do anything by myself other than dust and vacuum. They complain because I'm slow when they make me make the beds by myself. It's annoying. I haven't been there very long but I can't stand it. I can already tell it's not the job for me. But I don't want to be seen as lazy. At least I tried the job and I realized it wasn't for me and its too much for my body to handle.