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Why Cleanliness is Important in The Workplace: A productivity opportunity
Have you ever walked into a cluttered and dirty office for an appointment? What type of impression did it give you? Were you tempted to...
Harmful Chemicals in Commercial Cleaning: Why You Need a Green Clean
Toxic chemicals wreak havoc on our workplaces and health. Inhaling harmful cleaning chemicals over a long time causes substantial damage...
14 Problems To Look Out for When Hiring A Commercial Cleaning Company
It can be a nightmare to get stuck in a contract with a terrible cleaning company. A clean facility is essential for happy and healthy...
Facility Cleaning Protocols and Office Disinfection (to Reduce Allergies and Illness)
No one wants to think about germs lurking around the office, but the reality is they are everywhere. Office cleaning and disinfection are...
Mold Damage Restoration: When To Call A Mold Remediation Technician
Mold can be a nightmare. It's never a good feeling to discover mold, whether in a home you just purchased, your office, or the back...
7 Steps to Choosing the Perfect Office Cleaning Services Company
Perhaps you have tried working with an office cleaning company before, but it wasn’t delivering on promises. When cleaning staff is...
Winter is Coming (3 Easy Ways to Prepare your Facility for the Cold)
Whether we’re ready or not, winter is just around the corner.
For those of us not lucky enough to live in Cancun or Key West, there’s a pretty good chance we’ll be dealing with our fair share of frigid temperatures, icy walkways, snow, and of course, those Coca-Cola polar bear commercials.
Request for Proposal: 3 Steps to Nail It
If you are a property manager, facility manager, or just someone who holds the keys to the kingdom, you’ve probably had to deal with...
4 Simple Facilities Management Cost Saving Ideas
How many “hats” are you wearing? We all have jobs that require more of us than our title states. A stay-at-home mom is a caretaker,...
The Danger of Allergies (…and how to combat them)
After a hot summer, we all look forward to those cool autumn evenings- the ones that are filled with bonfires and trying to eat our weight...
3 Eco-Friendly Ways to Clean Your Office
Eco-friendly office cleaning methods are easy and just as effective a cleaning as their harmful, chemical counterparts.
Play to Your Employees’ Strengths
I almost fired an extremely valuable employee this year. I had raised her into a position that provided better pay, hours, and a less...
Is Workplace Burnout a Burning Issue?
Are your employees unhappy with the work they’re doing? Better yet, are YOU unhappy? You and those that work with you could be suffering...
Is Workplace Stress Killing You?
“The best time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.”Sydney J. Harris Read the title again. It’s a pertinent question: is workplace...
Commercial Cleaning Services- 3 Reasons it’s Worth it
There’s a stigma surrounding commercial cleaning services. The belief is that outsourcing our janitorial services will cost outrageous...
The Dirty World of Commercial Cleaning
The world of commercial cleaning is extremely competitive. Everyone from global companies to mom-and-pop operations are all vying for the...
Dress (Your Facility) to Impress
Whether you have the best commercial cleaning program in town or not, there are most likely details going unnoticed. In our personal...
5 Ways Your Janitorial Service Should Train Their Employees
Proper training of employees is crucial in any business. Understanding the importance of training in the workplace can help a company...
4 Questions You Should Ask Every Janitorial Company
Outsourcing isn’t always an easy process. It can be stressful, chock-full of pushback from executives in your facility, and feature bids...
The Dangers of Commercial Cleaning Products
As consumers, we’re always on the look-out for the wonder product. We want a commercial cleaning product that kills bacteria, leaves a...
The Importance of Floor Care
Your most important asset is underfoot. My grandmother was a salty lady. As a child, every time I came through the front door, she would...
What Facility Managers Want
Whether we realize it or not, we all live in a stress gap. No matter the circumstance, we all have the vision of what we want to happen and what’s really going on. For a facility manager, that gap can be a monster that defines what their days, months, even years tend to look like.
Three Ways to Keep Your Restrooms Clean
Restroom cleanliness tells a much bigger story than the difference between clean and dirty. It paints the picture of your facility as a whole. By implementing these actionable steps, you will be able to see results right away while making things easier for your staff, customers, and everyone in between.
Is Your Current Cleaning Service Giving You a Headache?
When you partner with a commercial cleaning service, the hope is singular: you want a company that will be able to keep your facility...
The Cost of Culture
At Zoë, we sell two things. The first is right there in our name: facility services. This is what pays the bills. We assess a facility,...
The Best Cleaning Tool You Already Have
“What’s the best thing to clean with?” This is the first thing people want to know when they discover I work in the janitorial...
3 Ways to a Cleaner Facility
Cleanliness. That’s the answer everyone is looking for. However, knowing the answer isn’t enough. In 10th grade, my Algebra...