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What is a commercial cleaning company? A commercial cleaning company is the general term for a company that provides cleaning services for businesses such as offices, shops, factories, restaurants, etc. They generally perform cleaning services after hours to avoid interruption to business operations. However, some settings require daytime cleaning as well, such as the common areas of high traffic buildings. Standard cleaning tasks can include trash and recycling, dusting, restroom cleaning, kitchen/breakroom cleaning, vacuuming, mopping, and similar tasks. More advanced services can include commercial carpet cleaning, machine floor cleaning, and window cleaning services. A full-service commercial cleaning company can build custom cleaning programs for end-to-end facility requirements. Points to consider when hiring a commercial cleaning company. If you run an active business, it is unlikely you will have time to add cleaning to your list of tasks. Your staff will be employed for a specific purpose; therefore, they may not consider cleaning to be part of their job. Also, it may be more productive and make more financial sense to have your staff spending their time doing their professional job. A commercial cleaner will arrive at your business premises when contracted to do so and will carry out all the jobs in their contract.
1. REPUTATION AND EXPERIENCE
Trust is necessary when hiring a business facility cleaner. Cleaning company employees will be in your facility, often after hours, and after you and your employees have gone home for the day. Thus, your cleaning company is responsible for working diligently and in a professional manner with minimal direct supervision. How can you gauge a cleaning company’s trustworthiness? These evaluating baselines can help: • Years of Experience: Choose a company that is well-established in your service area and with years of experience. • Industries Serviced: Investigate the types of industries, buildings, and settings the cleaning company has experience servicing. • References: The most reputable cleaning companies will be happy to share references!
2. EMPLOYEE TRAINING AND SCREENING
The best commercial property cleaners view
hiring as a critical responsibility. They hire only the most qualified and trustworthy employees, and they provide their staff with formal and consistent training to ensure quality and safety.
3. CLEANING EQUIPMENT
The vast majority of businesses will have a broom, maybe a few dusters and some polish but if you employ a cleaning company they will arrive with everything they need to carry out their work.
4. INSURANCE
A good commercial cleaning company will be insured to use their own equipment and to work on your premises.
5. RELIABILITY
A commercial cleaning company will have many trained cleaners, therefore will be able to complete your regular cleaning contract even during holiday
periods and staff illness. If you leave this task to your own staff, it is likely to get put to the bottom of the list of tasks when you are short-staffed during holiday periods or at busy times.
6. BUSINESS PREMISES CLEANLINESS
Maintaining a clean place of work is important for many reasons. If your business is customer facing, it must always be clean and fresh , or it is unlikely that customers will return. Your staff also needs to work in a clean environment. Not only are they likely to work harder, but they are also less likely to be ill if they are in a clean and tidy office environment.
7. CERTIFIED IN COVID-19 CLEANING
Be sure to choose a commercial cleaning company that is certified and experienced in COVID-19 cleaning. This will help to ensure that your facility and staff are safe and healthy.
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