Almost none will mention the item that research suggests is silently taxing their payroll every single day — the physical cleanliness of their workplace.
The numbers are not small. As a company that cleans commercial spaces across one of the most competitive business environments on earth, we at Green Hands Cleaning Services Corp in New York City have watched businesses treat cleaning as a grudge purchase — the first line item cut when budgets tighten. The research says that instinct is spectacularly expensive. Here’s the evidence, and why the humble cleaning contract may be one of the most underrated productivity investments in business.
Your Desk Has 400 Times More Bacteria Than a Toilet Seat
Let’s start with the finding that made headlines around the world and still shocks every executive who hears it. Research led by Dr. Charles Gerba, a microbiologist at the University of Arizona, found that the average office desk harbours roughly 400 times more bacteria than the average toilet seat — around 10 million bacteria on a typical work surface.
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