What do you prefer w/Commercial Cleanings

[WillS]

Do you send out more guys to cut back hours on cleaning or less guys and more hours on cleaning?

We've been sending 5-6 guys total for large commercial cleanings. Instead of 6-7 hours for 6,000 sq. ft. carpet and 2,000 sq. ft. Tile, etc. it is taking us 3 hours with the higher staff. With more guys I believe our quality of cleaning per room is higher as they aren't getting worn out.

Any different recommendations for these large jobs? Or are you just cutting the large jobs into several days of work instead of long days/hours?

 

[Mikey P]

Send as much man and machine power as you got.

Get in, get out is what most want.

 

[Mark Saiger]

Send as much man and machine power as you got.

Get in, get out is what most want.

That's what we do and always did even when we were doing smoke and fire restoration too....

Now, we do it with carpet cleaning (2 vans a lot of the same jobs)

It works for us

 

[Desk Jockey]

That's how we do it too. We have the resources, why burn up a couple of guys when you can knock it out.

 

[Shane Deubell]

4-6 hour shifts is the sweet spot for us.

Good quality and they can make a high hourly rate.

 

[Desk Jockey]

We do a lot of Saturday mornings like that. Two or three crews can get quite a bit done in a morning.

 

[Shane Deubell]

We do a lot of Saturday mornings like that. Two or three crews can get quite a bit done in a morning.

Yes and everyone is highly motivated to get done.

They call it the magic hour for me, if I'm still hanging around after 1pm on a saturday...
Things are not going well!

 

[Desk Jockey]

Yep and they have extra change in their pocket when they'd normally be sleeping.

 

[ronbeatty]

We almost never work Saturday or Sunday. If I can do it at 5PM on a weekday we do it.

 

[hogjowl]

I do whatever I feel like at the moment.

You're obviously not in touch with your feelings.

 

[Shane Deubell]

Dam, i cant imagine taking saturday off in this industry.

 

[Desk Jockey]

We work every Saturday until noon. Sunday only for restoration work, which is pretty much a 24/7 business.

 

[mirf]

We work most saturdays here too. Larger crews here too. Wish my vans had three seats in them.

 

[Desk Jockey]

They sell them but it will run you around $600.00

 

[WillS]

Residential is very busy Saturdays. We don't schedule after 3 though on Sat. Sunday is always reserved for commercial properties and the guys seem to like starting early at 6 or 7 and being done by Noon.

If we could, I would only do commercial and would work at Midnite or 6am all the time. Alot of our commercial is at places that close at 11pm or Midnite and then we get in right after. It is nice having a large crew to bust it out then having to stress about how much you have left.

 

[Brian H]

We will send 2, 3, 4 trucks or more to a job depending on the size. As Shane says, 4- 6 hours seems to be the perfect time on job but some crews get greedy and would rather put in a long day for the extra money.

We work every Saturday and most Sundays. Every other Saturday is an optional day for 1/2 of our crews (the other half have the following Saturday as optional). Sundays are 100% optional. The crews are asked on Monday about the upcoming weekend as to whether they will be working or not. We then fill the day based on staff levels.

 

[Mikey P]

How about methods Brian


can you comment on how your crews are allowed to clean..

http://mikeysboard.com/forum/index....he-cleaning-or-to-stick-to-one-method.279173/

 

[ronbeatty]

Tell me you work on Saturdays when you have been working in the industry for 40 years. I think I earned them off

 

[Desk Jockey]

Tell me you work on Saturdays when you have been working in the industry for 40 years

"We work on Saturday's"
Been at since I was a pup. Now I'm an old dog. Nobody likes working Saturday's but ya gotta pay the bills.

Not all my guys but jump at the chance to work OT. I have a tech that is working Fire in the day and working from 5:00 pm-10:00 pm doing dust clean up with the crew that's working nights. 4:00-Midnight

 

[Brian H]

How about methods Brian


can you comment on how your crews are allowed to clean..

http://mikeysboard.com/forum/index....he-cleaning-or-to-stick-to-one-method.279173/

I did!!

 

[Ray Burnfield]

Residential is very busy Saturdays. We don't schedule after 3 though on Sat. Sunday is always reserved for commercial properties and the guys seem to like starting early at 6 or 7 and being done by Noon.

If we could, I would only do commercial and would work at Midnite or 6am all the time. Alot of our commercial is at places that close at 11pm or Midnite and then we get in right after. It is nice having a large crew to bust it out then having to stress about how much you have left.

Nobody there to watch over shoulder either

 

[Desk Jockey]

Wish my vans had three seats in them.

http://www.discountvantruck.com/vanjumpseat/vancenterseat.htm
We added one of these to our air duct truck since they often take 3-technicians.

 

[Art Kelley]

Tell me you work on Saturdays when you have been working in the industry for 40 years. I think I earned them off

I've worked most Saturdays these past 40 years. I like it and the dual income custys appreciate it. Now in the summers, the wife and I finish up (her knit shop is open Saturdays) and blast up I-75 to our beach place in Oscoda and take off Mondays. Unless I work Sunday. But to answer the OP question, commercial 1 (me) or 2 (someone holding a sign on the corner) work 12-13 hours two or three days until done.

 

[ronbeatty]

To each his own, I would rather work long days thru the week (8am till 11pm yesterday) and take weekends off. We have a surcharge that we quote if they request Saturday and they always seem to come up with someone to let us in and pay.

 

[Shane Deubell]

Yes, the question was which do you prefer....

No right/wrong answer.

 

[Desk Jockey]

I like both as long as they are paying, we will be there.

 

[mirf]

http://www.discountvantruck.com/vanjumpseat/vancenterseat.htm
We added one of these to our air duct truck since they often take 3-technicians.

Great idea but I dont think it will work because of the PTO shaft. I will check into it for the ford it has the apex diesel.
Thanks

 

[Desk Jockey]

We haven't done it on a Butler yet but I think there is room still. We need to add them to our Chevy water trucks. That is an advantage the cabovers have with 3-seats.