As an employer you want to get the best employees and get the highest quality work from them.

If you are based in London it is likely that you have had to try hard to attract the best candidates and part of that has been done by ensuring that the office environment is attractive and welcoming. So you have invested in the best office cleaning London services you can afford.

Did you know that according to some surveys only 37% of companies actually invest in daily office cleaning?

But do your employees appreciate the effort?

Many offices have more than their fair share of messy, untidy people. Their PC monitors are framed with layers of sticky notes, their desks are hidden under piles of paper, shopping bags and more piles of paper surround their work station and you can’t even see the chair provided for visitors.

Worse still are the unwashed empty coffee cups, discarded sweet or sandwich wrappers and overflowing waste bins.

Yet plenty of studies have shown that not only do colleagues judge each other’s efficiency and commitment by the tidiness and order of their work stations, but also that clutter overloads the brain, making it more difficult to be productive.

In an open-plan office the psychological effects can spread well beyond the limits of one person’s messy desk.

Then there is the impression given to visitors to the office.  How will they react?  Will they have confidence in your company’s services and your employees’ efficiency if they are welcomed into a cluttered and untidy environment?

So, while you are not going to stop using regular office cleaning services in London, how do you encourage employees to clear up after themselves as well?

You can use peer pressure – like labelling dirty mugs with the owner’s name, having a wall of shame identifying the worst culprits!

Or you could use a little coercion – hide their dirty mug and have them pay a small amount to recover it. You could even use inter-departmental competition. Which department has saved the most in their jar? Do they want to be known as the messiest group in the building?

Or how about some positive rewards?  Put the fines in a jar and when a reasonable amount has accumulated perhaps use the money to buy everyone a special treat to go with the afternoon coffee or tea break.  Have a secret stash of some sweet treat and appoint a monitor who can use it to offer a “reward” when they see someone washing their mug and putting it where it is meant to be kept.

Handled the right way, you could end up improving both office morale and productivity and with the outcome of an office that stays orderly and clean as it was straight after the day’s  office cleaning was completed.

At CleanForce we are always on hand to help with daily office cleaning with London businesses benefiting from our wealth of experience and professional approach.  If you think we can help you, then please get in touch.