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Clean Large Areas Faster With Stand-on Machines
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Stand-on Cleaners Lead To Satisfied Employees
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Feedback from Barton鈥檚 employees using the stand-on equipment has been very positive. In fact, he says employee satisfaction with the machines is one of their biggest 鈥� yet least talked about 鈥� benefits.鈥淸Janitors] enjoy using them,鈥� Barton says. 鈥淚t keeps them engaged and focused on what they鈥檙e doing. And strange as it might seem, I鈥檝e found my employees prefer using this equipment over sit-down scrubbers or similar models that perform the same function but from a seated position.鈥滲arton says employee satisfaction is an essential component of any successful building service contracting business. And since a commercial cleaning business can be a challenging business for which to hire staff, Barton stresses to his managers and supervisors the importance of employee retention.Stand-on machines fit into that puzzle.鈥淲e should consider anything we can do to retain employees, even something as small as purchasing a piece of equipment,鈥� says Barton. 鈥淲ould I purchase this equipment specifically for that reason? Probably not. However, if it鈥檚 something that they find to be an advantage, I鈥檓 definitely on board with that.鈥澨鼳lthough Barton has never encountered an employee that didn鈥檛 enjoy using stand-on equipment, he acknowledges that some people in the industry point to operator fatigue as a potential problem with stand-on units. Some BSCs contend that standing on a piece of equipment for eight hours is more tiring than sitting.Barton has a response prepared for that argument as well.鈥淭hat could be an issue if I asked them to work on that piece of equipment for eight hours,鈥� he says. 鈥淏ut the beauty of stand-on equipment is that even as large as this facility is, it doesn鈥檛 take eight hours to service the areas that need to be serviced.鈥漎es, servicing MCO is a 24/7 operation, but since Flagship doesn鈥檛 operate powered equipment during first or second shift, employees aren鈥檛 constantly using the stand-on machines. The company uses the stand-on equipment from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., but rotates them to different areas to be used by different employees.Barton has been in the business for 20 years and says that he鈥檚 used stand-on equipment since it first came on the market.听鈥淪tand-up equipment is the gold standard 鈥� and it鈥檚 standard at all our airports,鈥� he says.In fact, 85 percent of Barton鈥檚 large, powered equipment purchases for MCO are stand-on units. Flagship uses sit-down machines on the exterior of MCO, because they鈥檙e safer in an outdoor environment, he says.Going forward, Barton plans to buy additional stand-on equipment to service future accounts.鈥淎 stand-on unit is cost-competitive with the seated-position unit,鈥� he says, 鈥淚t delivers the results, it delivers the efficiencies, and the equipment is easily maintained at the same cost point as like and similar units.鈥澨�Kassandra Kania is a freelance writer based in Charlotte, North Carolina. She is a frequent contributor to听Contracting Profits.
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