Bharat SainiLast Updated on May 7, 2019 by Bharat Saini
Most startups and small businesses don’t think too closely about the cleanliness of their offices, but they should. It’s just as important to keep offices and workspaces clean and tidy as it is at home. In the beginning, you might be the one with the vacuum cleaner and a toilet brush after-hours, but as time goes on, it’s not practical to do the office cleaning. Nor is it appropriate to delegate the task to a junior employee.
Here are a few reasons why hiring a commercial cleaning company for your business is a smart investment.
Make a Good Impression on Visitors
Ask a few local Office and commercial cleaning companies to give you a quote for the job. Go over each quote and check what exactly is included in the price and how long they estimate the work will take.
Hopefully, you’ll be able to find someone to come out and clean your premises but, if not, you have a problem on your hands. Clients are likely to be deterred if your place of work or commercial premises is dirty and untidy. They will assume that you can’t run your business in a professional manner. Sure, you may be busy, but that’s really not a good excuse to neglect sorting this out!
Health and Hygiene
The health and wellness of you and your staff are important. It doesn’t take long for desks and restrooms to become hotbeds of bacterial and fungal growth. Indeed, the average desk is a breeding ground for germs and recent research indicates that 66% of office workers are at-risk of sickness because of filthy desks.
Many employees eat at their desk and throw the remains of their lunch in the adjacent trash can. If the area isn’t cleaned at least once a day, it won’t be long before your team is calling in sick.
Increase Productivity
It’s a lot harder to work in an untidy, unclean workspace. Mess and filth contribute to falling productivity levels. Employees won’t feel valued if their boss doesn’t want to pay for an office cleaner. You could end up losing vital team members and customers. Is that really what you want?
Cost Savings
The benefits of hiring a commercial cleaning company like Ace Cleaning Systems far outweigh the costs. For one thing, the cost of hiring cleaners is tax deductible. And for another, it makes more sense to hire a professional team than doing the job yourself – or asking someone else to do the honors. Commercial cleaners are fast and effective, and they provide their own cleaning equipment.
Hiring the Right Crew
Ask a few local cleaning companies to tender for the work. Go over each quote and check what exactly is included in the price and how long they estimate the work will take. The cheapest quote is not necessarily the best one. Beware of cleaning companies that hire an endless succession of low-paid workers. These people are not incentivized to do a good job, so are unlikely to do more than the bare minimum.
Monitor the standards of any commercial cleaning company you hire, and if you spot standards slipping after a while, call them out on it.
