Commercial Cleaning Blog

If you’ve been in business long enough, you’ve had one of those clients.

I’ve had to let people go. Yes some I really liked, but let's be honest, some I've just put up with way too long. There I said what I think a lot of us are thinking and possibly doing and it is not a bad thing.

When I was a teenager, my first job was as a cleaner in an abattoir. It wasn’t glamorous, but I loved it. There was something deeply satisfying about walking into a space that was dirty, doing the work, and leaving it clean. Something had changed because I showed up.

If you’re reading this, chances are something’s not sitting right with you about your current commercial cleaning company. Maybe your cleaner turns up, but the job still feels half done. Maybe things keep getting missed. Or maybe you've got that quiet frustration—the bins are empty, the floors are vacuumed, but somehow the place still doesn't feel clean. You're not imagining it.

I got a call recently from one of my suppliers. He works with a school on the north side of Brisbane. Over the last 18 months, they’ve switched their toilet paper and hand towel supplier three times.

In the last couple of weeks I had two very different conversations with two very different clients.

Have you ever gone down a path with full conviction... only to stop and ask yourself:

"Does it really matter if my commercial cleaner uses contractors?"

“What questions should we be asking when we meet with a potential commercial cleaning company?”