3 Simple Steps to Avoid Costly Safety AND Cleanliness Errors Pre-pandemic, one of the things I would do when touring a potential job site is casually peek under the sinks in the break rooms, restrooms and in the janitors closets to scope their chemical sitch. Invariably, I found a conglomeration […]
Networking Isn’t Nearly as Hard as it Sounds and Sometimes it’s Even FUN One of the most daunting – and easy to ignore – tasks facing a brand new cleaning company owner is the thought of networking. Well-meaning folks are full of advice: “Word of mouth marketing is the best, […]
The narrative swirling around hiring right now is front page news. Business owners complaining people don’t want to work. Employees complaining that employers suck. Pundits pointing fingers. However, if you are a commercial cleaning company owner, none of this is news to you. Our struggles with hiring, as an industry, […]
I once had a Doctor’s Office call to come bid their cleaning. “We need a cleaner once a week on Tuesdays between 10am and Noon. Can you tell me how much that will be? You’ll need to start this week.” Like tomorrow, this was late Monday morning. Now I’m not […]
So. Funny story (hint: my kids will tell you they’re almost never actually funny) while I’m going about my business cleaning urinals and whatnot these blog topics just *pop* right into my head. If I didn’t write them down, I would never remember them later. Rather than stop and write […]
December 1, 2021 Before the all-consuming crisis that is Covid; way back in November of 2019, some of you may remember a heartbreaking article that splashed across headlines. Detailed in an article from US News, a Buffalo Wild Wings General Manager tragically died after being exposed to toxic fumes from […]
(the Real Question is Who Dumped it on the Floor and Stepped in it) The cautionary tale in the wildly popular 1998 business fable Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson details how various mice dealt with change. From whining to stubbornness to going with the flow. It’s all over […]
