That sounds like an obvious question and the most obvious answer is to keep it clean. But there are other very indonesian broomstick too. If an office is not cleaned regularly it can become a breeding ground for many germs and viruses. A dirty office can result in an increase in staff illness, which in turn means a reduction in work. You may even incur extra costs if you need to employ temporary staff.
Customer Health
In particular, if you run any type of food business from food manufacturing to a small local cafe your premises must be immaculate. Apart from not wanting to infect your customers in any way, you could be shut down if your premises are not maintained at the correct standard.
Returning Customers & Retaining Clients
If customers visit your premises for any reason at all, and they notice it doesn’t seem clean or it smells bad they are far less likely to return or even spend any money in the first place. Clean floors, sparkling windows and a shiny reception desk will make your customer believe you care about them and your business.
DIY Cleaning
Many small businesses decide that they can save money by doing the cleaning themselves. It does make sense. After all they are trying to make a profit. However how many businesses actually manage to do enough cleaning often enough? For example even a small office will need cleaned at least once a week and depending on the business the bins may need to be emptied every day. The toilets, kitchen, and staff room area will also need to be cleaned every week. The business owner may decide to do the cleaning, however what happens when they go on holiday, are off sick or have staff off sick so have to cover their staff’s duties? What happens when the business is busy? Some companies tell their employees it is part of their job but in most cases this doesn’t work. After all, who is going to want to clean the toilets in their office clothes that they wear to meet clients?
When our company has taken on new regular cleaning contracts we often find that this is what has happened. The company manages for so long but then they realise it is the first thing to stop when more important work matters arise.
Before they know it, a new client attends a meeting and the office looks a bit unkempt. It is one thing dashing around your home with the vacuum cleaner before a visitor arrives but it is not at all ideal at work.