When you hire a professional to do a job, it comes with certain expectations. If you hire a mechanic, you expect your car to be fixed. If you hire and accountant, you expect your budget to be balanced. If you hire janitorial services, you expect your business to be clean. Your expectations, however, do not have to stop there.
You have a right to expect prompt, professional service on a schedule that fits your needs. You have right to expect to be provided with written documentation of cleaning that has been done. When thinking about good janitorial services, Jacksonville businesses also have a right to expect these services to be able to handle their specific cleaning needs, based on their industry.
Cleaning the Right Way
A professional cleaning service should be able to clean your facility better than in-house maintenance staff could—otherwise there would be little point in hiring them. This includes surface cleaning, floor cleaning, glass cleaning, restroom cleaning and moving furniture and equipment to clean under it. Surfaces should be disinfected, carpets should be vacuumed and regularly deep-cleaned as well. Of course trashcans should be emptied and recyclable waste should be dealt with appropriately, too. When professional service providers finish cleaning your workplace, there should be no visible dirt or dust anywhere.
Professionalism and Documentation
One mark of a professional cleaning service is if they are licensed, bonded and insured. They can also show professionalism by showing up promptly and treating everyone in your workplace with courtesy.
Many times it is necessary or at least helpful to not just have your workplace cleaned, but also have that cleaning documented. Sometimes industry regulations may require documentation. In some cases, you may hire a cleaning service once a week or once a month and supplement with your own in-house cleaning. In these cases it certainly helps to know what was cleaned and when, as documentation would show.
Special Cleaning Needs
Every type of facility has its own special cleaning needs. At a construction site, there may be a need to clean up paint spills or sawdust. A medical facility will have need of infection control through surface sterilization and possibly medical waste disposal assistance. An office may need extensive window washing and cleaning of computer monitors. Professional janitorial services should be able to handle each of these special circumstances and more.
