5 Signs Your Office Needs a Professional Cleaner

It’s one thing to have a messy employee who keeps losing their pen in a sea of paperwork. It’s another thing to have a dirty work environment that all employees are dealing with.

For many small companies, hiring a cleaning service is not on the list of necessary business expenses. A closet full of cleaning supplies that employees have access to should be enough, right?

The truth is, it may be time to reconsider how needed cleaning services are for your business.

Keep reading to learn more about how to tell it’s time to call in a professional cleaner and to see some of the benefits you’ll gain by hiring one.

Let’s start by looking at some of the signs your office or workspace needs to hire someone to come in and professionally clean the area.

1. Visible Dirt

When you move something from the top of a file cabinet and get showered in dust or have seen the same bits of trash on the floor for a few days, it’s probably time to do something about it.

If you can see the general dirtiness of the office, so can everybody else. That includes your employees, clients that come to visit, and potential business partners.

2. Sick Employees

With many diseases, including the flu, you’re contagious before you start having symptoms. In a work environment, there are countless opportunities for bacteria and viruses to be spread from door handles, copy machines, and more.

If surfaces aren’t regularly cleaned and disinfected, there’s a good chance that more employees are going to pick up illnesses. So, if you start having multiple people calling in, this could be why.

Some people are also allergic to dust and other allergens that hide in dirt. This is another reason for more employees to need to take sick days, so you’ll want to make sure dirt is kept to a minimum by a cleaning service.

3. Decreased Productivity

Workers surrounded by dirt and grime will have a hard time concentrating on the work that needs to be done. This will decrease their overall productivity.

Additionally, if you’re trying to solve the problem of a dirty office by having employees clean, this takes them away from other important tasks that could be furthering your business.

4. Frustrated Employees

Employees that are frustrated also are less productive. They may also vent their frustration to other employees which brings down the overall company morale. This, in turn, can lead to a high turnover rate thanks to unhappy workers.

To avoid this, you want to provide the best possible environment for your employees. A huge part of that can be accomplished by simply keeping everything clean.

5. Unimpressed Visitors

Whether it’s a relative checking in on you at work, a courier dropping off a package, or someone important like a business contact or client, you want visitors to be impressed with your office.

Visitors may not say anything, but if they’re awkwardly neutral when asked what they think of the office or seem overly eager to leave without cause, there’s a good chance it’s the dirt.

Benefits of Hiring a Cleaning Service

No matter what problems you’re dealing with involving the grime building up in your building, a cleaning service can help you take care of it. Commercial cleaning services specialize in cleaning offices and other work environments.

1. Save Time

It’s not uncommon for business owners themselves to step up and take care of cleaning the workspace. However, your time is far more valuable than that and you could be missing opportunities to grow your business while you scrub toilets.

You’ll also have to maintain cleaning supplies. This requires time to inventory what you have and make sure more get ordered before you run out.

2. Save Money

For most businesses, it’s money that keeps them from hiring a cleaning service. However, the truth is that most can actually save money by taking this step.

The other option to hiring a service is to hire someone specifically to do all the cleaning. However, the hiring process itself can be expensive and time-consuming, as can paying another hourly wage plus any benefits.

Besides that, you’ll still have to maintain a supply of cleaning products which covers not only chemicals, but tools such as vacuums, mops, and brooms that have to be replaced from time to time.

Particularly for small spaces, hiring a cleaning company can save you a ton of money in the long run.

3. Save Space

Speaking of space, if you’re paying for your building by the square foot, it’s a waste of valuable square footage and money to keep cleaning supplies on hand. However, it’s something you have to do if you don’t hire a cleaning service.

4. Improve Company Morale

As you can imagine, being surrounded by a dirty environment, constantly getting sick, and hearing others complain about the situation can all lead to low company morale.

That’s why one of the fastest ways you can make everybody feel better about working for you is by hiring a janitorial company. With improved work conditions, you’ll also get better production and people that are happy to work hard for you.

5. Increase Professionalism

There are few things worse than walking into a place to do business and feeling like it’s not well-maintained. It can be hard to trust someone with your money if they can’t even keep the floors properly cleaned or the trash cans emptied.

With a cleaning service ensuring that your floors shine and your garbage cans smell like nothing but plastic, it lets everyone who walks through the door know that you are a professional and it will be worth doing business with you.

Ready to Hire a Cleaning Service?

Now you know the five signs that your business needs a cleaning service as well as five of the benefits you can gain from having professional cleaners hired.

If you’re ready to hire someone to take care of the cleaning around your office or workspace, contact us today. We’d be more than happy to give you a free estimate so you know exactly how much it will cost.