Some companies that offer janitorial services will refer to their company as office maintenance services because all their company does is clean the offices. This may include dentist, doctor, real estate, attorney, and other offices. The people who work in these offices are usually too busy to do any office maintenance except keeping the break room clean. This is where these types of cleaning services are needed. The employees of these companies will make sure that the offices are clean and ready for the next day. Offices must be kept clean for health reasons and to ensure that they make a good impression on their customers every day. When you work for a janitorial service that does office maintenance, you’ll typically work five days a week at night after the offices have closed for the day. The hours you would work depends on when the office closes. If it’s a small office, there’s usually one person doing the cleaning and they can clean two offices a night.

When performing your job, you will perform general cleaning tasks such as:

• Empty all trash cans
• Vacuuming
• Clean the computer monitor
• Clean and restock bathroom, including cleaning toilet, sinks, and mirrors.
• Mop any tile floor
• Cleaning of the employee break room

Depending on the type of office you are cleaning, there may be other jobs you do. In addition to daily janitorial cleaning services, there may be other office maintenance tasks that you perform less frequently. For example, many times the office manager will want the windows to be kept clean, especially the ones that people passing by see every day. During your office cleaning, you may need to clean the interior windows, but the exterior can be done before the office opens for the day. This can be done once a week or even twice a week. The janitorial service you work for may have a special team that only cleans windows, so you can work one morning cleaning windows. For some offices, this is a crucial part of office cleaning.

When you read the description of office maintenance and required jobs, you may think that working for a cleaning service is an easy job, but it is not always easy. If you have two or three offices assigned to clean each night, you must have a schedule and stick to it to finish on time. There’s also the strain on the arms from pushing the vacuum, bending and reaching when dusting and cleaning. It is important that you are in good physical shape.