When it comes to school cleaning, why you should consider hiring a janitorial service vs a residential custodian

  We understand that many times school cleaning is  

   handled by in-house or  “residential” custodians that

   they hire directly through the district for different 

   reasons, but for the most part, the main reason we

   hear the most is “this is how we’ve always done it”.

So why not consider something new and money-saving and look at the benefits of hiring a

professional commercial school cleaning company to take care of maintaining your school

facilities?

If this is something you’ve been researching for a while or are just now considering, here’s a

short list of reasons why your school should hire a janitorial service:

School cleaning by a company saves money in the long run

When you break down the cost of hiring residential custodians, there are several large

expenses you’ll find that your school is having to absorb, such as unemployment insurance,

workers comp, employer taxes, retirement savings and health insurance.  These add up to tens of

thousands of dollars per year that have to be paid for each custodian you hire directly.  When

you hire a commercial janitorial school cleaning company, they take care of the employee

costs for you, which leads into the next benefit of hiring a janitorial service:

It saves time for your accounting and HR department

Your school probably has an amazing accounting department, but we’ve heard all too many

times how overwhelmed the staff can become when they’re constantly processing payroll,

balancing checks and authorizing time sheets.  When tasks become too overwhelming, even the

sharpest people tend to make mistakes, so why not simplify their process by letting a commercial             

cleaning company handle their own employees’ payroll and time sheets.

For your HR department, they’re going to have less work to address when trying to hire new

custodians on a monthly basis.  In fact, the majority of HR reps we’ve talked with have said their

main job is usually interviewing and trying to hire people.  When you outsource your custodian

force to a cleaning company though, you can empower your HR department to focus on developing

long term staff members and better quality throughout your school’s workforce.

It avoids the need for spending more money on new managers and assistance

We have a good friend who works for the school district in a larger city in Colorado where he

oversees every major project, including the facility’s cleaning and maintenance.  One of the major

concerns he’s mentioned to us is, as the Accounting and HR department becomes more busy with the

hiring of more and more residential employees vs contracted work, the need for more management

and assistance arises.  In his words: “More employees mean more work in these departments, and if

they’re already busy trying to serve the rest of the schools workforce, you have no choice but to

hire more management help, otherwise mistakes WILL happen.”

When you outsource the custodian part of the school cleaning, they will directly oversee the

management process and quality assurance of our team, which brings us into the last reason

your school should hire a qualified office cleaning company like The Office Cleaner of Northern

Virginia:

When you trust a professional school cleaning company in the industry, the quality of work is better

Commercial, office and school cleaning is our passion and we’ve spent years and years perfecting our

process so that every process and detail is completed with perfection and the best quality that

your school students, teachers and faculty members deserve.

To set up a time to discuss your school’s janitorial needs further, please contact us and we’d be

happy to answer any questions or concerns you have!

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