The simple answer to whether you need a commercial cleaning service is yes!
Read on and find out why…
Impressions count - how you treat your property/space speaks volumes about an organizations character. Is your waiting area dusty and dirty? Is there uncollected garbage in receptacles? Are the glass doors and entryways grubby with old fingerprints and spills? Are the washrooms tidy and fresh smelling? Are staff lunchrooms, kitchenettes and lounges clean and tidy? Is the staff fridge clean? Take an objective walk through your commercial space. Pretend you are seeing it for the first time and ask yourself how someone who had never been there before would think or feel entering your place of business.
If you don’t have your place of business cleaned properly and regularly by a commercial cleaning service, germs can spread through a facility rapidly. In fact, most pathogens can live on a surface for more than 24 hours, and considering that work absences cost the Canadian economy approximately $16 billion a year its something you can’t ignore. Are you really taking care of your employees and their ability to work in a safe and healthy environment if no one is cleaning your commercial space properly?
A clean work environment improves worker morale and productivity. A tidy and clean commercial space reduces distractions (and illnesses) and provides the best possible atmosphere for your employees to work. Studies have shown productivity is higher in commercial work environments that are clean.
If you don’t have a commercial cleaning service and your employees are doing the cleaning, is that the right way to spend worker wages? Is it fair or does it make sense to have a paid professional on your staff cleaning your toilets? If you were the person responsible for that “extra”, how would you feel? Leave the cleaning to cleaning professionals, and let your staff do what you hired them for.
A good professional cleaning service will get into the nooks and crannies for you. They will work efficiently and diligently to deliver on contracted promises and contribute to your businesses success.
When hiring a commercial cleaning service, here are some things to consider:
Are they local? The further your cleaning service has to travel to get to your location the more potential there is for missed cleaning times and dates.
Have you researched them? Do they have positive on-line reviews?
Can they provide local references? Make sure you call their references and ask the tough questions.
Are they reasonably flexible in scheduling cleaning when you need it?
Are they insured?
Do they offer an opportunity to cancel cleaning services (even if under a contract) with reasonable notice?
A little due diligence will help you determine the best commercial cleaning service for your business.