As a business owner or office manager, you need to ensure your office space is clean and healthy at all times. Without your employees help, it will be close to impossible to keep a clean and hygienic working space. Employees need to be part of maintaining office cleanliness, whether you use professional cleaning services or not. This ensures that your office is clean between professional cleans.
The first step to encouraging employees to maintain a cleaner office space is to write a list of expectations you have regarding office cleanliness. This should include basic tasks employees need to carry out. This list should be simple and clearly communicated. Expectations may include:
You cannot expect employees to follow your expectations if they are unsure why it's necessary. We often encounter this in office we clean, where employees know our cleaners come in daily, so why should they clean. It is essential, whether you have daily or weekly professional cleans, that employees maintain cleanliness between cleaning. Benefits you can discuss with employees include:
One of the successful ways some of our clients have encouraged employees to maintain a cleaner office is by creating fun challenges. When office cleaning is fun, everyone is willing to participate. Challenges can be friendly competitions where the winner is rewarded to taking the office out for lunch when the office is maintained in a clean and healthy manner for a set period.
While you can make cleaning fun, you should encourage teamwork, helping social relationships in the office and encouraging your employees to work together.
You cannot expect employees to maintain a clean office if they do not have the right supplies at hand. At Sloane Cleaning Services, we can provide you with a complete list of products and equipment you need to ensure your office is maintained in a clean manner. Essential items include mops, brushes, vacuum cleaner, cleaning products, and disinfectants.
When you put an office cleaning check-list and schedule in place, it needs to become routine in order to stick. You cannot expect to communicate your request once and for employees to keep it up. Some ways to communicate office cleanliness to employees is to provide a short speech that addresses all employees, communicating your expectations clearly. Follow up with an internal email and place posters on office notice boards and in communal areas. Ask your employees for feedback on how to make the processes simpler and more effective.
Office cleanliness is imperative to employee health and well-being, along with making a good impression on any office visitors. This requires employee participation. Following the tips above, you can ensure your office is maintained in a clean and healthy manner between professional cleaning. Get in touch with Sloane Cleaning Services now to find out more.