Agathos Commercial Cleaning

Agathos Commercial Cleaning operates with industry best practices daily, but what does that really mean? Are they practices that are best for us, best for you and your facility or perhaps both? For you as the facility manager, whether you contract for office cleaning, industrial cleaning, school cleaning, healthcare cleaning or commercial cleaning, should our industry best practices even matter to you? ​ What do commercial cleaning in janitorial services Best practices even mean? ​ First, let’s define what a best practice is generally. A best practice is defined as a method or technique that has consistently shown results superior to those achieved with other means. Because it is the better way to do something, it becomes a benchmark, or something that serves as a standard by which other things may be measured or judged. Likewise, a "best" practice is often a malleable, flexible process that can evolve as improvements are made or even better ways of doing something are uncovered. Also, best practices can define the process of developing and following a standard way of doing things that numerous organizations can use. Finally, best practices are used to assure a certain level of quality without mandatory legislated standards. Best practice is a feature of accredited management standards such as ISO 9000, ISO 14001, and CIMS. How Janitorial Services Best Practices Impact Your Facility Maintenance ​ Janitorial services best practices include many methods and practices that range from things done in your facility to management practices that help guarantee responsive service. What elements of services have been identified as commercial cleaning best practices? ​ First, any quality cleaning company must have commitment to consistent, responsive service. This means your janitorial services company should utilize things like janitorial inspections and formal communications to make sure that they know and do what is needed. And systemized communications mean that when something goes off track, as it can, it can be communicated quickly and resolved with little interruption in effective service. Second, people and people processes are fundamental to any service business. This means every process regarding people must be systemized, professional and consistent. From hiring to screening to training and managing, a janitorial services company must work hard to find and keep employees who are a good fit for the job and effective. This matters so much because we know that high janitorial turnover impacts your service and essential point. ​ Third, transparent pricing is among the most important janitorial best practices. Transparent, clear pricing means you understand precisely what you are buying with your janitorial budget. Janitorial bids should be clear and precise allowing you to compare competing janitorial bids in a meaningful way and hold your commercial cleaning company to the promises they made you. ​ Finally, the best janitorial companies are committed to health, safety & environmental stewardship. This can encompass many things from adequate employee training on both the methods of cleaning for health and Smart Clean and methods of cleaning that protect their health and safety and that of your building occupants. Likewise, it means a janitorial company understands both science and chemistry so that they use the right products in the right way to both eradicate disease-causing germs and use green cleaning products wherever possible. Additionally, a commitment to green cleaning and environmental stewardship can encompass many practices from emptying trashes without changing a plastic liner when unnecessary to stocking restrooms with recycled paper goods. ​ ​ ​ ​.

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Agathos Commercial Cleaning was founded in 2000.

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​ Here are a few things you can hand off to Agathos ​ Class A offices and buildings Day Porter Multi or single locations OSHA, HIPPA, and Terminal Cleaning 7-day-per-week capability Carpet encapsulation Resilient floor care Tile/grout maintenance and restoration Window washing up to 1 stories Travertine Limestone Our full line of services includes: Energy management consultation Exterior cleaning, sweeping, and power washing GSA Cleaning Compliance Building audits Wet areas such as saunas and steam rooms Resorts/Hotels Restaurants Consumable inventory management Natural stone maintenance and restoration Granite Marble.

Some businesses are hesitant to consider a commercial cleaning service for their office and other facilities. In most cases, this is due to the fact that they do not want to add the cost to pay commercial cleaning prices to their budget. Companies that do not hire a commercial cleaning service are forced to have their employees do the cleaning themselves, or they may choose to hire a janitor on staff to clean the office and other buildings.However, although such alternatives can get a company out of paying commercial cleaning rates, any money a business or other organization saves by not paying office cleaning prices is not worth it in the long run. There are, in fact, many cost benefits to hiring a commercial cleaning company. Here are just a few of them: Paying Cleaning Services Rates Can Help Businesses Attract New Clients Without question, a commercial cleaning company can do a far better job of cleaning and maintaining an office than company employees who are not professional cleaners. When companies pay commercial cleaning rates to get a qualified commercial cleaner to clean their buildings, they end up with a more professional-looking office and one that is more inviting for prospective clients. Clients who are impressed with the appearance of the company are far more likely to give their business to said company than if the office is less than perfectly cleaned. In the long run, this means more business for the company, which makes paying commercial cleaning prices worth it. ​ Paying Office Cleaning Prices Can Prevent Employee Turnover Every business knows that hiring a new employee introduces costs for training and more. It is better to retain qualified employees than it is to find new ones because there are always hidden costs associated with training new workers and getting them up to speed on company policies. The process can take months, which can hamper productivity. Fortunately, paying cleaning services rates for a professional commercial cleaning company is one way to prevent employee turnover. Employees who do not have to clean their offices themselves are more likely to report satisfaction in their work, which makes them less likely to leave and work for another business. ​ Paying Commercial Cleaning Rates Saves Money On Employment Costs Some businesses choose to employ on staff a part-time or full-time janitor. On the face of it, this can seem less expensive than paying office cleaning prices. Yet given the cost to provide benefits, to get a replacement when the janitor is sick, and so on, having a janitor on staff is not necessarily more cost effective than hiring a commercial cleaning service. Hiring a cleaning service means that a company avoids paying benefits for one or more employees, which can save the company a lot of money in the long run. ​ Paying Commercial Cleaning Prices Results In A Healthier Office When workers get sick, a company’s productivity declines, at least temporarily. A professional cleaner can help reduce the number of illnesses in the workplace. When companies pay cleaning services rates, they get a service that provides thorough cleaning, which kills germs effectively and can reduce sickness in the office..

A Guide for Leadership in Commercial Cleaning Green ​ cleaning— high performance cleaning that protects human and environmental health—is in demand. The procedures, products, and training that services utilize can enhance our health and well-being if managed responsibly. Both in-house and contracted cleaning services can protect tenants, workers, and the environment by following the requirements in Green Seal’s Standard for Commercial and Industrial Cleaning, GS- 42. ​ The Scope of GS-42 The standard — establishes leadership environmental requirements for all activities that cleaning services typically perform when cleaning indoor areas and entryways of commercial, public and industrial buildings. The standard also covers the cleaning of hotels, hospitals, dormitories, and similar properties with residential and common areas, and the cleaning of common or public areas of apartment buildings and similar properties. GS-42 does not cover the maintenance of any exterior areas such as parking lots, grounds, or picnic areas; residential homes or areas, or specialty cleaning services. ​ Key Areas Addressed GS-42 establishes criteria for the most important and impactful processes of cleaning services: ​ Cleaning Operations | Communication | Purchasing | Training | Labeling Cleaning Operations Requirements (Summary) ​ • Building-Specific Plans: Have written standard operating procedures and schedules that are specific to each building • Floor care: Follow specifics for routine and restorative maintenance of floors and carpet • Restrooms: Clean and disinfect; do not mingle equipment with other areas • Dining areas and break rooms: Clean and sanitize surfaces daily • Entryways: Criteria included for walk-off matting and frequent cleaning • Disinfection: Use EPA-registered disinfectants only where needed and as directed • Trash and Recycling: Inspect and pull as needed, work with management to support their program • Vulnerable populations: Identify vulnerable populations and develop plans that reduce their exposure to cleaning chemicals • Indoor plants: Keep plants away from carpet and vents ​ Communication Requirements Develop a plan to ensure good communication with cleaning personnel and facility managers. • Provide feedback on issues such as pest control and construction and building improvements • Make a list of all cleaning products used, provide material safety data sheets and provide a cleaning contact person for building • Obtain from the manager any special needs of occupants and have a mitigation plan Purchasing Requirements • Purchase certified environmentally preferable products in the following categories: ◦ General-purpose cleaners, floor cleaners, bathroom cleaners, glass cleaners, and carpet cleaners ◦ Floor finishes and floor strippers ◦ Liquid hand soap ◦ Toilet tissue and facial tissue ◦ Paper towels and napkins • Establish criteria for new powered cleaning equipment: ◦ Vacuum cleaners ◦ Carpet extraction equipment Cleaning Operations ◦ Powered floor maintenance equipment ◦ Propane-powered floor equipment ◦ Powered scrubbing machines • Purchase cleaning products and supplies in ways that minimize the amount of waste generated from packaging and containers. ​ Why Be an Environmental Leader? ​ Green Cleaning Helps Occupants Stay Healthy ​ • Green cleaning results in less missed work days and more productive environments ​ • Poor indoor air quality can negatively impact worker performance ​ • Polluted indoor air can contribute to or aggravate many respiratory illnesses Green Cleaning Helps Protect the Health of Custodial Staff ​ • Training staff in the use of safer products helps reduce injuries, decrease Workers’ Compensation claims, and lower insurance costs Green Cleaning Increases the Lifespan of Facilities ​ • Proper maintenance extends the life and performance of building materials and furnishings Green Cleaning Preserves the Environment ​ • Using less and safer chemicals protects air and water quality and aquatic life ​ • Buying recycled paper and plastic products helps conserve natural resources ​ • Maintaining equipment and using environmentally preferable products reduces waste This document provides a summary of GS-42..

Premier Commercial Janitorial Service What are the Qualities of a good cleaner? ​ It may be hard to see how several years in a cleaning company prepares you for anything else in life but cleaning. But the skills and attitudes needed to thrive in Agathos Commercial Cleanings or as a good cleaner at all, are universal, and prepare one for greater responsibilities. This is in no way exhaustive and is in no order. ​​ Discipline It takes an amazing amount of self-discipline to consistently deliver top quality performance to clients even in something as basic as cleaning, where performance naturally declines over time. It takes discipline to be always punctual, show up at clients’ premises rain, snowstorm or shine and follow assigned tasks when the natural tendency is to do otherwise. It takes discipline to pursue and complete a Masters full time while working 30+ hours a week in something as physically (and mentally) demanding as cleaning. Discipline transcends occupations. ​ Humility This is obvious. Cleaning up after people humbles you, for many reasons, especially if you attended one of the most prestigious Universities in the United States. For most people, cleaners are at the bottom of the chain and it is very hard not to see how “small” you are when you do cleaning. This is an attitude that I think all humans need, because only with humility can we consistently improve. Only humble people can grow and become more than they presently are. Only humble people can learn. Only humble people can keep an open mind to possibilities beyond their field of experience. Only humble people can create new things. Which occupation does not need humility? Servant heart As a cleaner, you are practically a servant. If you did not know how to serve others before coming on board, you would need to learn it in a matter of months. At Agathos Commercial Cleanings, our clients have the freedom to disengage without notice and so the servant heart is even more needed because we retain clients only because of our service quality. The world can only be made better by those who have the willingness and the heart to extend beyond themselves and serve, whether they stand to benefit significantly. As a cleaner, you learn to serve with all your heart, mind, and body for comparatively little financial benefit. At Agathos Commercial Cleanings, we are blessed to have people, who do it joyfully day in day out. Such people should lead because they have learnt to serve joyfully with little compensation. Confidence This may seem to contradict the idea of humility, but really, who is truly humble unless they have something to be proud about? As a cleaner, you need to be confident of who you are and can separate who you are from society’s conception of you, which is dependent on what you do. If you allow yourself to be defined by what society thinks of you, you are internally defeated and once you are internally defeated, the quality of your work suffers. As a cleaner, you need to take pride in the work you do and know that even if others do not appreciate you much for it, it is worthwhile. If a cleaner can learn to do their work as well as Shakespeare wrote poetry, they will most likely be able to do anything else as well. Discretion This is big. As a cleaner, you need discretion. We do work with task lists but as a cleaner you need that unique human endowment of personal judgement to know when to stick to the task list and when to set it aside. If you are someone who only follows task lists and loves routine, contrary to what most people may think, you cannot be a good cleaner. You need discretion to be a good custodian of people’s physical and information assets. That takes discretion and it is needed everywhere. In cleaning, you learn it if you did not have it. Presence A good cleaner needs to be present. At Agathos Commercial Cleanings, we always say that people should bring their whole selves to work. It is not just a physical activity. It is mental as well as spiritual. Discretion for example requires using your intuition, which is beyond mental. If you are not present, you must do a poor job. Cleaning allows one to practice being present. At Agathos Commercial Cleanings, after consistent complaints about your work, you either learn presence or leave. Don’t we all love people who are just present? There is a serenity about them that is contagious and you can be sure that when they are doing anything, they are not doing something else. When they are here, they are here, now. Trust This is perhaps the biggest quality in cleaning. Who wants to give anyone access to their space, their lives, their information, their assets if they cannot be trusted? No matter how good a cleaning company is in terms of quality of work, trust is what determines who consistently wins with clients and gets rave reviews. Intuitively, most clients know that it all comes down to trustworthiness and not the size of the company or the age of the company. Our clients must trust us to do a good job, to care for their space, their assets, their information, to be honest and open about what we can or cannot do and to keep our word. Our staff must be trustworthy for us to retain our clients’ trust. Trustworthiness is a quality cleaners need and it is a quality in very short supply in our world..