Lucilia Carvalho Ribeiro, 45, moved to Switzerland at the age of 18 from Vila Real, in northern Portugal. After several years working in hospitality and the food industry, she settled in Zurich, where she now works as a cleaning professional. <\/p>\n\n
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When I arrived in Switzerland, I wasn\u2019t quite sure what to do at first, since I had stopped studying. I started working in a restaurant in 1998 when I arrived in the country. After that, I worked in a vegetable store, packaging, sorting, a bit of everything. Then I moved to Zurich and started working in cleaning. <\/p>\n\n
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I start work at 6 a.m. That\u2019s not related to my quitt clients, I work two hours every morning for the SBB as a cleaning staff. After that, I continue with my quitt clients. Everything goes very well, and I feel good throughout the day. <\/p>\n\n
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Very good. On weekends, I work for maybe 8 or 9 families, everyone is kind to me. I\u2019m really happy. <\/p>\n\n
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Yes, I worked at Mamiexpress. That was good too. But at one point, my brother was getting married, and they didn\u2019t want to give me time off to attend. I thought that was unfair, so I resigned. Later, they changed their mind and offered me the vacation anyway \u2013 but I said no, it was over. <\/p>\n\n
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When I left Mamiexpress, a friend told me about quitt. I didn\u2019t know it at the time. She said, \u201cWhy doesn\u2019t everyone just sign up with quitt?\u201d I did some research, signed up, and that\u2019s how it started. And it\u2019s been going well with quitt ever since. <\/p>\n\n
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I like to leave things clean and tidy so that people come home and see right away that I was there. I love it when they are happy with my work. <\/p>\n\n
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I like to be at home, especially when I’m tired, even on weekends. I like to watch TV or go for a walk with my husband. <\/p>\n\n
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I already have almost everything I wanted. My son has a job now, so we\u2019re just waiting six more years, then we\u2019ll move back to Portugal. <\/p>\n\n
Lucilia Carvalho Ribeiro, 45, moved to Switzerland at the age of 18 from Vila Real, in northern Portugal. After several years working in hospitality and the food industry, she settled in Zurich, where she now works as a cleaning professional. How did you become a cleaner? When I arrived in Switzerland, I wasn\u2019t quite sure…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":160521,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[391],"tags":[],"post_series":[],"class_list":["post-160479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-employee-news","entry","has-media"],"yoast_head":"\n