Jonathan Bergstein News Today

The cleaning industry has a reputation for low wages and poor benefits, though owners say they're trying to pay staff more amid the labor shortage.

The owner of a dog-walking company in Atlanta, Georgia, said she got, on average, four new enquiries a day, "and we have to turn all of them away."

Multiple companies told Insider that some candidates accept a job but don't turn up for their first shift or end up quitting a few weeks later.