According to the latest news, during the
last few years, the wages of the superintendents of buildings in Argentina
For these reasons, the consortiums are
starting to let supers go and they are hiring cleaning companies to clean the
common areas of the building. Nonetheless, letting a super go is not an easy
thing to do, since the superintendents’ union "Suterh” would handle the
compensation fees and they enforce the super’s rights.
Another reason why the consortiums want to
stop depending on building supers is the following: the tenants whose building
superintendent has many years of seniority. Thanks to the negotiations done by
Suterh, Supers earn 2% more over their wages. Currently, Supers wages can go
from $3.500 to $9.000 pesos a month, according to their seniority. Plus, the
superintendent’s expenses on light, gas, telephone, TV cable service, among
others should be added to the maintenance fees. In contrast, hiring a private
cleaning business could cost around $2.000 - $2.400 pesos a month.
Another reason for not having a Super is
that the apartment where he/she lives may be rented and so general maintenance
fees can be divided into more apartments.
Moreover, nowadays, many Supers don’t do
their jobs completely, and they are not at the entrance door of the building as
they should. So, this requires hiring a private security service, which means
spending more money. Plus, the supper has one less thing to do.
Thus, maintenance fees are going up, not
only because of inflation rates but for the Super’s wages. For this reason,
among others, many consortiums are analyzing to let supers idle and hire private companies
for cleaning and security service. This new trend is becoming popular in the
new buildings.
