Having a clean workplace is one of the most important things you need to take care of. Not only for your businesses presentation onto the world but also to keep your workspace clean so your staff don’t get sick.
Having sick staff means they will take days off and staff taking days off is not good for your bottom line.
There is a lot of cleaning that needs to take place in a workplace such as carpets, computers, windows, computers, desks, furniture and many more like the staff kitchen. A good cleaning company is generally required to make sure your workplace is properly cleaned. It’s not advisable to have your own staff do the cleaning.
Hiring a Commercial Cleaning Company
The longer you run a business for the faster you realise that actually hiring a cleaning company is an investment vs a cost.
But then again as a business owner, you have a choice. You could hire a full-time cleaner or two and provide them with the equipment needed. Or you can contract a commercial cleaning company or janitorial services company to do all the work.
Regardless of what option you decide is right for your business you will need to ensure cleaning is done daily. Unlike a home, even one with a large family, a workplace gets a lot dirtier, faster!
If you only have a cleaning team come into your business once or twice a week you will soon learn this is not good enough when you see the mess that is created and from the complaints of your staff.
Full-time Cleaning Staff vs Contracting a Cleaning Company
Let’s explore the two options you have as a business owner. Hiring full-time staff and contracting a cleaning company to do the cleaning work.
We are not going to weight the pros and cons of each. The answer pretty much is that you should hire a cleaning company to do all the work and here is why.
If you hire full time cleaning staff that become part of your business you will soon realise it’s will cost too much and you will have to deal with these headaches:
- Paying a monthly salary
- Employees are entitled to benefits
- You have to deal with restocking cleaning supplies
- If the staff member is sick you need to hire temp staff
So, in the end, it’s just not worth it. If you have a small business, even at minimum wage, a full-time cleaner and all the cleaning supplies you will need to provide easily cost triple of what a commercial cleanin
g company would charge.
A commercial cleaning company will just your business more flexibility not only with the price you pay but also with just dealing with the cleaning situation overall.
For example:
- If cleaning staff are sick the contracted cleaning company has more staff on hand
- They bring all the cleaning equipment and supplies
- You pay a fixed monthly rate
- You don’t have to pay sick leave, entitlements or any other benefits
- About 2 or 3 times cheaper than full-time staff
One option that can be a great start is to get a cleaning contract with a professional company. A company that provides janitorial services and commercial cleaning. This way you should easily be able to start with a few janitorial staff. And then as you figure out your real cleaning needs for business office or business move to getting a more structured cleaning plan with more permanent cleaning staff, but still not full-time staff.
The other major element that you need to keep in mind is that a cleaning company will do a good job. If you have one or two cleaning staff on-hand full time then who is going to check their work to ensure they are doing a good job?
A cleaning company also have special equipment that is required for specific cleaning tasks that you might not have or refuse to buy due to the cost and being a small business.
In summary, it’s well worth the cost of hiring a commercial cleaning company to do the work that you require. If that is janitorial staff who come in and do cleaning a few times a week for your business or if that is cleaning staff who are in your business daily. To add to what has just been said when you outsource your cleaning it means you have one less headache to deal with in your business and you can focus your time and attention on your daily operations.
The same applies for residential cleaning. Hiring a professional domestic cleaning company is well worth the cost.