I have had cleaning ladies for 10 years, and, Merry Maids is by far the worst. The employees weren't friendly and moved VERY slowly. Every week I had to walk around and point out things that weren't being done. I'm not talking about extra things, I'm talking about washing bathroom floors, vaccuuming, (they had to be asked to vaccuum under furniture with legs, such as coffee tables, chairs, etc...),they regularly put our sheets on sideways, even my daughter's, and hers have ruffles on the top! I don't think they ever totally cleaned the bathroom counters, I would find make-up, soap, and toothpaste on them regularly. The kitchen was TERRIBLE! The counters would have crumbs on them, The stove would still have food burned on them and the surface would be all smeared, and floors would be "kind of" clean. I expected a "professional cleaning team" an wound up with a bunch of lazy employees with bad attitudes. I would only recommend Merry Maids to people that I really don't like, or, people who are bored and like to clean after their cleaning people leave.