With the number of hours we spend in the office everyday, it could easily be considered as a second home to employees. The workplace is mainly an area where people are busy with tasks. Here, everyone is on the edge and doing their very best to accomplish their duties and responsibilities. Cleanliness is very important and can bring a lot of benefits like better health, productivity and morale. Hiring a professional cleaning service is necessary especially if you have a big office but you could also make small improvements to effectively keep the office clean. Here are 5 of them: 

Suggestion Board

Make a suggestion board where employees and staff could provide information if they found an area that needs cleaning, or if they have any suggestions to improve cleanliness, they could express it there as well. This helps improve employee cooperation and increases their initiative and accountability for promoting workplace cleanliness. 

Basic Cleaning Supplies

Encourage your employees and staff to take the initiative in keeping the workplace clean in their own little way. However, it’ll be impossible to do any actual cleaning if supplies are inadequate, or unavailable. It’s best to keep basic cleaning supplies at the ready, to further encourage everyone to clean the office. Basic cleanings supplies that should be available are: 

1. Detergent and sponges (if there’s a kitchen in your office)
2. Disinfectant surface spray
3. Plenty of clean cloths for wiping work surfaces

Leave the heavier, or more time-consuming cleaning tasks, to the professional cleaning service because they are the ones responsible for the overall cleanliness of the building and office spaces. 

Scheduled Cleaning

It’s important to have a schedule where the employees are required to have a bit of general cleaning. Set up a date and make it into a weekly, or a monthly assignment. Task them to clean out their desks and throw away any unnecessary papers and stuff. This activity will also help them develop camaraderie and be able to work more efficiently as a team. 

Potential Hazards

Boxes, packaging, papers and other potentially hazardous material should be stowed away, or be disposed of. This would allow the office to have more space and minimize accidents that would cause damage to the equipment, or injure anyone. Safety and cleanliness are being accomplished at once, not to mention clearing up valuable space. 

Garbage Disposal

Garbage disposal is very important and it should be done in a regular basis. There’s no need to wait of the trash bin to brim full with paper, coffee cups and plastic wrappers. If left alone, it could also attract pests like rats, which are notoriously known for chewing on things, putting office equipment into harm’s way. The cleaning service crew are the ones tasked to take out the garbage and time-consuming cleaning chores, which is a great advantage for everyone. However, maintenance isn’t solely in their hands because everyone must work hand in hand to keep an area clean. Cleanliness is a team effort and these rules will certainly make everyone in the workplace realize that each of them is responsible for it.