RicktimusPrime

I just wanted to say I really appreciate what you’re doing.

I’m 21 and started working a cushy desk job 3 days after I graduated high school. In July 2018 our head facilities manager asked me to work for his cleaning company. I’ve been cleaning a public works building for almost a year and I live in Maine. The floors are fucking rough in the winter, but luckily they’re getting better and hopefully our last bad snow is this weekend.

I’ve learned over the last few months that this is not a thankless job like I thought it was. I used to think of my school janitors as cool guys, but never really had any sort of profound respect for them (certainly no disrespect.) There’s a third shift at the buildings I clean and over the course of the winter, over a dozen men have thanked me for my cleaning and say I’ve the best they’ve had.

Honestly at first I was just in it for the money. But it has taught me integrity in the way of doing a good job because it’s the right thing to do. No point in cutting corners, that will upset everyone and likely cost you the contract/job in the long run. This job has also helped me create better habits and has increased my general productivity.

I personally think that janitors are typically the nicest folk in a company, and they all deserve to be treated the same way people treat coworkers or even the CEO. If your company doesn’t have a janitor and they hire contractors, be sure to thank them if you see them on their way in/out!

My question to you would be: what interaction with an employee of a company you have cleaned for has stuck out to you the most, positive or negative?

That can be a nightmare. Luckily I’ve only been asked to start vacuuming an extra stairwell, not too bad, honestly should have been doing it all along.

My boss told me to try to keep to a schedule that works for me. I had to go in really late one night and the third shift liked that because then the floors would look nicer when the first shift came back in. Boss said don’t do that often or we could get screwed into having to do it late at night. One time he had a contract change from starting at 5 to starting at 10 and had to give it up because he couldn’t find help for it.

Best of luck to you man!