Cleaning Charlie After graduating from a diploma of business administration in Victoria, BC, Charlie got hired as an executive assistant to Francine, the HR Director of a local manufacturing company. He has been working at the job for the past three months. His role includes scheduling and attending meetings, sending emails, and coordinating interviews and applications on job opportunities. He works part-time 3 days a week from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm and is paid about $38,000 a year. During his free time, Charlie volunteers as a cleaner for a non-for-profit organization called Harmony Caregiving. The organization supports seniors to age-in-place helping to keep their homes clean. The organization is run by donations made possible by large corporate donors and community partners, as well as volunteers like Charlie. Although he enjoys the structure of the corporate environment, Charlie feels much more satisfied by his volunteer work with Harmony Caregiving. Sensing that he may not be happy in his assistant job, Francine has offered Charlie a full-time position with the company, upping his salary to $62,400 per year plus benefits which equal approximately 18% of his salary (paid vacation, pension, medical and dental benefits etc.). At the same time, due to his enthusiasm and great effort at Harmony Caregiving, the President of the non-for-profit organization has offered him a full-time position in the advancement (donation) department. This position would entail working directly with prospective and existing donors. His starting wage would be $20 an hour but he would be entitled to a 5% bonus equal to all new donations he brought in. Even though Charlie is excited about both offers, he has always wanted to work for himself. Therefore, he is contemplating starting his own cleaning business. Charlie sees a trend of individuals getting busier, and consequently, lacking the time or energy to keep their homes clean and organized. With his home cleaning/organizing business, he could help people maintain tidy and organized homes. To kick things off, he has done some research and gathered some numbers. Admittedly, accounting was his worst subject in his diploma, so he is seeking your help in analyzing his options. If he were to start her own housekeeping business, Charlie forecasts these figures:

Type Cost Frequency Average Tasks Time House $70/hour Once a week 2 hours General Housekeeping, dusting, cleaning for bathrooms, kitchen deep scrub, individuals mopping floors, and vacuuming. Professional $50/hour As needed Minimum of | Organizing pantries, garages, organizing 4 hours closets etc., setting up a home after a move, packing and decluttering Estate $1,200 per As needed 3 days Clean out homes of seniors organizing job needing to downsize, moving to continuing care or recently deceased, donating and recycling generic "non sentimental" goods to make the job more manageable for family members Social media $50 to 3 -5 week 2 hours to Record and edit content, engage content $100 per create and with audience post edit