Is a Cleaning Service Worth It?

By: Hayden Bodiford
September 16, 2022

Business owners are always looking for ways to save money, and one area where many business owners try to cut back is cleaning. While next to no business owner wants to keep a dirty and unsanitary office, many business owners may question whether it’s worth it to hire a commercial cleaning company. However, those who believe they can handle cleaning services in-house typically soon realize that it’s simply not worth doing.

There are many benefits to hiring a commercial cleaning service and many downfalls to not hiring one, too. Read on for some of the main reasons why a commercial cleaning service is worth it. Afterward, remember to request your free quote from our team at 360clean!

When a Cleaning Service Isn’t Worth It

Before we dive into all the reasons why a cleaning service is worth the price, it’s important to acknowledge that some cleaning services simply aren’t worth it. To ensure that you make the best choice for your business, here are a few reasons to avoid hiring a cleaning service:

  • They are not licensed. It is required that a cleaning service holds a license in the state they operate.
  • They make you provide supplies. The purpose of hiring a cleaning service is to make this task easier on you. There’s no reason that you should be required to invest time in shopping when you’ve hired a professional to take care of it for you.
  • They won’t provide you with a free estimate. As a business owner who is weighing whether or not a cleaning service is worth it, you most likely want to know the cost without any surprises. Avoid encountering any hidden fees by only looking into cleaning companies that offer a free quote upfront.
  • They don’t offer satisfaction guaranteed. If you end up hiring a cleaning service that overlooks certain areas of your office, you shouldn’t have to deal with taking care of it on your own. Only consider hiring companies that offer a guarantee that your office will be cleaned to your liking.
  • They don’t carry liability insurance. Carrying insurance is essential for the protection of both your business and the cleaning service you hire.

5 Reasons Hiring a Cleaning Service Is Worth It

With the above considerations in mind, let’s move on to times when a cleaning service is worth it for your business.

1. You Can Focus on What You Do Best

Businesses are the most successful when they focus on what they do best. Whatever it is that you specialize in–products, services, or a combination of both–a well-optimized business is one where resources are dedicated to creating, improving, and nurturing what it provides. Similarly, everything possible should be done to outsource all other aspects of running a business that are essential yet not directly related to the end product or service. Cleaning is just one of those aspects that should be outsourced.

Whenever you attempt to handle cleaning in-house, you are also directing resources away from creating your business’ product or service. And if you hire an independent and/or inexperienced cleaner, you most likely will have to go back over areas that you already paid to have cleaned. In the end, it’s better to save the task for a team that specializes in cleaning.

2. You Ensure You’re Up to Standards

All businesses, no matter the industry, must abide by certain cleanliness and sanitation standards set by The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). These standards are set to ensure that people work in a clean and safe environment and that a similar environment is provided to people who enter your workplace. Some businesses may need to go the extra mile when it comes to cleaning. This includes restaurants, bars, and medical facilities.

One of the biggest benefits of hiring a professional commercial cleaning service is you never need to worry about whether your facility is up to OSHA standards. This fact alone can bring you peace of mind. By hiring an experienced commercial cleaning company, you’ll be entrusting the cleanliness, sanitation, and safety of your workplace to a company that knows what they’re doing versus guessing whether an internal group used the right products or techniques to properly clean and disinfect.

Professional commercial cleaning companies are typically well-versed when it comes to OSHA standards along with any updates on these standards. With that, hiring an outside company to clean your business removes much of the risk and liability from you when it comes to ensuring your business meets these standards at all times.

3. You Get the Job Done Right

Further to that point, when you hire a commercial cleaner, you know that the job will be done right. Experienced commercial cleaners should know what specific products and supplies to use for each area of your facility. This includes the specific disinfectant products that are needed for bathrooms, conference rooms, and common areas such as kitchens and break rooms. They should also know what products to use on other high-surface areas and more sensitive things such as upholstered furniture.

Leaving this task up to an inexperienced cleaner simply isn’t worth it. By going this route, you can’t expect this person to know which products must be used in a given area and why. Chances are that they may use a regular cleaning product in a bathroom, for instance, which would not properly disinfect the area–creating a potentially unsafe and unhealthy situation.

Inexperienced cleaners may also use a cleaning product on wood or upholstered furniture that could ruin the surface by causing a permanent stain or eating away at the material. The same goes for other sensitive surfaces such as floors.

Beyond the actual choice and application of the products, experienced commercial cleaners will also know how to properly handle and dispose of the supplies they use. For example, after using rags to disinfect a bathroom, bagging them up without using them again in other areas of the facility. Proper handling of cleaning supplies is essential to prevent the spread of infectious viruses and bacteria; this is just one area where professional cleaning companies have a leg up.

4. You’ll Help Your Workers Increase Productivity

Many studies have shown that employees are more productive when they work in a happy and healthy environment. If the office is dirty and uninviting, employees might feel anxious, stressed, grossed out, depressed, and unmotivated to work to the best of their ability.

It’s no secret that a lot of internal motivation for employees comes from how well they feel they are being taken care of at work. If they enter the workplace and see a shiny, clean, and pleasant-smelling environment, they are likely to feel better. In many ways, keeping a clean and tidy office shows that you care about the workplace experience of both your employees and visitors.

5. You’ll Be Providing a Safe Environment

Following the COVID-19 pandemic–and with flu season quickly approaching–cleaning services should be at the top of everyone’s list of priorities. After all, it is the best way that you can protect your employees and keep their families safe.

When you hire an experienced commercial cleaner, you ensure that your work facility is a clean and safe place for all those who enter. You’ll be able to communicate this to your employees, too, so that they can feel confident that you have done your best to provide a clean workplace during one of the most vulnerable times of the year.

Commercial cleaning companies can properly sanitize and disinfect all areas of your facility to prevent the spread of harmful bacteria and viruses. After working in an office for even a short time, you’re likely aware of how quickly these viruses can take off and spread.

By handling the cleaning of your commercial space on your own, or with an inexperienced cleaner, you take a major risk that your facility is not being properly sanitized and disinfected.

Prevention measures such as social distancing, being outside, and keeping six feet of distance in between everyone are simply not feasible at all times in most business environments. As such, the best short and long-term defense against spreading harmful germs is proper cleaning.

By taking on this task on your own, you increase the risk of your employees getting sick, falling behind on work, and missing time in the office. Thankfully, by hiring a professional and experienced commercial cleaner, you can significantly reduce that risk. As such, the cost of the cleaning service can be seen as an investment in the productivity and attendance of your workers.

Hire an Experienced Cleaning Service

There are many things to consider when you’re weighing whether a commercial cleaning service is worth it. You can’t just look at how much it would cost you to hire a professional cleaner, you also need to look into their credentials. While you could try to handle cleaning services at your business on your own, with an internal team, or through an inexperienced cleaner, you will end up paying more in the long run. That’s why it’s important to select a company that has the experience and expertise in handling businesses just like yours.

At 360clean, our team prides itself on years of experience and customer satisfaction. If you want to learn more about our services, contact us today for a free quote! We can’t wait to help you create a safer and happier workplace.

Hayden Bodiford

Social Media and PR Manager for 360clean. Based in Charleston, SC

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