Getting organized with the cleaning of company premises

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Cleaning on a company’s premises allows employees to work in good conditions and receive their customers. With the news on COVID-19, hygiene guidelines are even more strengthened, to avoid the maximum risk of the virus spreading. While some companies choose to hire dedicated maintenance staff, others choose to outsource this service. A simpler, less restrictive solution.

Strict cleaning in a strict sanitary context

After several months of containment, the companies are gradually resuming their activity. This also means the return of employees to the premises, and therefore more contact in the enclosed spaces. Certainly, managers tell their employees about health procedures in order to limit contact and contamination in the company. The use of the mask if the employees are close, the provision of hydroalcoholic solution or the ventilation of enclosed spaces… All these elements, well followed, prevent the circulation of the virus. However, this is not enough, because throughout the day, employees are in contact with all kinds of surfaces. The office, the corporate kitchen or the toilets are spaces where teams meet, and where contacts are multiple. To keep offices clean, business leaders do not hesitate to use cleaning services.

And more and more of them are using outside companies, rather than recruiting qualified staff in-house. This can be explained in a number of ways. On the one hand, the temporary freeze of certain sectors of activity has prevented the re-entry of money into companies. According to a Statista study published on 24 April 2020, 10 million employees are affected by partial unemployment, a direct consequence of the shutdown of the activity. It therefore seems difficult to recruit people to carry out the cleaning of the premises during this delicate period. In addition, it is necessary to be able to equip maintenance personnel, and therefore to invest in equipment and cleaning products. In this way, it is easy to find a cleaning company in Nancy,Bordeaux, or Paris very quickly.

Cleaning companies, between flexibility and efficiency

By using a cleaning company, the entrepreneur can be serene. He doesn’t have to worry about buying equipment and cleaning products, as the majority of external companies already own them. In addition, employees of these companies are trained and made aware of rigorous cleaning, both basic techniques and COVID-19 rules. So, no need to explain what is expected, you only have to tell the company the slots to come and do the cleaning, and everything is done outside the work hours. Moreover, economically speaking it may be more advantageous for the company, but also more flexible. Thus, the manager can ask the cleaning company to perform a service whenever he wants, and stop the contract if he no longer wishes to benefit from his services.

In this type of situation, notice is applied, as is the case with an end to a contract, but unlike internal recruitment, no compensation is to be paid. This allows the entrepreneur to realize the savings essential to the resumption of his business. All this while allowing its teams to be able to go to the office every day in optimal conditions. As a result, cleaning companies can intervene several times a day to disinfect different spaces. They are also used to working shifted hours, thus avoiding disturbing employees during their working day. But in the current context, this trade is among the trades considered to be on the “front line”. Maintenance workers handle products that can be potentially harmful to health, especially to disinfect surfaces and soils.

In Bordeaux, clean-up at the heart of concerns

The Metropolis of Bordeaux, like France, has taken important measures to ensure the safety of all. The cleanliness of the premises, public transport and all places that welcome the public is essential. On the eve of the summer holidays, the New Aquitaine region and the Gironde are popular with tourists. Increasing vigilance on a daily basis is essential. It is a set of regulations for customers and users. For example, wearing a mask or respecting traffic lanes. So it’s not just in the offices that cleaning companies do. Shops, shopping malls and public spaces are also affected. Regular and rigorous cleaning, to meet important health constraints. To this end, the offers to be filled are multiplying, in order to be able to meet the needs and the higher maintenance rate than before.

Like many other industries that have had to continue operating during COVID-19, maintenance workers have experienced a lack of protective equipment. The lack of masks and hydro-alcoholic solution has made their intervention more complicated. To this end, many initiatives are emerging in the region. A linking platform has thus been created across the Region for professionals. On the one hand, equipment-requesting companies, such as cleaning companies, are expressing their needs. On the other hand, companies able to produce these missing goods quickly. A solution and a beautiful proof of solidarity for all the employees who exercised throughout the confinement.

An indispensable sector, but too obliterated on a daily basis

Maintenance workers are as well as caregivers of our health care providers. Indirectly, but they are present. They clean all surfaces affected by people, greatly limiting the risk of contamination. This ensures that all employees work in a sanitized space that is safe for their health. But also to be able to move around public places with a greatly reduced risk. In short, the maintenance of public premises and areas is essential to the safety of all…

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Infographic: More than 10 million employees partially unemployed – Statista – 24 April 2020

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