Does keeping the office clean save the bottom line? Can a small office trust that the employees will keep the office in perfection condition? It is unlikely this is ever going to happen, and it probably should not. Employees are too busy bringing in the money and working on their productivity to be distracted with menial tasks and Janitorial Service.
There is a classic story that dates back to the early 90s. Crime hit a fever pitch in 1991 in New York City. State leaders, losing millions every month through rampant crime, attempted rather bizarre idea. They focused their efforts on ridding the city of graffiti. Graffiti is purely esthetic. It is the environment, and it is not a high crime.
A peculiar thing happened after NYC cleaned and washed graffiti in large numbers. Crime went down substantially. People felt less willing, it seems, to steal cars and break into homes. The environment had a direct impact on the population’s willingness to criminalize. It seems so simple, and yet it took decades to get there. A project that looked at the environment actually affected the behavior of the people. Psychologically, people felt that they lived in an environment that was nicer, and perhaps less willing to tolerate crime and bad behavior.
No one is comparing New York City to a small office, but there is a distinct correlation. The environment can provide an atmosphere of, well, anything. A clean office reviewed by a Janitorial Service can maintain a working environment free of graffiti (or, in this case, filled trash cans, ugly floors, dirty windows, etc). The logic is the same. When employees feel like they are in a pristine environment, the productivity sharply rises. There is less willingness to bend the rules and test the limits.
On a final note, how about a gift for mom after a year of hard work? Or are the kids rampaging through the house, and the only chance for sanity and recovery is a full professional cleaning? There are many reasons to hire a professional cleaning or janitorial service.
