Housekeeping is the major focus of facility management companies.

With many offices still shut and employees working remotely, with reopened facilities still struggling to inspire confidence in visitors, the drive of facility management companies has shifted from being distributed among a range of functions like security and dining to just one vital function which is housekeeping. Customarily, this aspect of FM has not been the prime focus. With housekeeping now at the forefront of FM, have FM companies finally focussed on budgeting for cleaning extensively? Where have expenses reduced or increased? How will things stabilise in the future?

Having said that, what should be the approximate percentage increase in the housekeeping spend post-pandemic. The mass adoption of remote working technology has increased to an all-time high. There is a significant change in skill levels required, along with consumables/toiletries for maintaining hygiene.

How facility management will change in the near future:

There will be around 20% more fund distribution towards housekeeping, considering the additional burden of sanitisers and increased usage of toiletries. But industries will try to restrict the budget hike within 5-7% by squeezing of manpower, which will gradually come down in days to come.

Housekeeping budgets will also need to include skilled manpower to implement and execute the housekeeping programmes. Which again is an inevitable investment.

On the other end, clients engaging FM services have mainly added cleaning in the management budget over the past two decades; a mindset that has arrested the growth of professional cleaning in the FM area. Will the mindset of the clients change to accommodate housekeeping as a separate vertical in the budgetary plan?

Nevertheless, there is a line of doubt where further investments in housekeeping sends are concerned owning to the lack of business over the past months. On a positive note, the technological evolution will help ensure that the additional amount spent on hygiene is compensated for in some way.

Covid 19 has opened the eyes of industries to look for more mechanised or skilled manpower. An uncertainty, safety of the workforce and business continuity are the biggest challenges of this period.

Housekeeping is all about cleaning and maintaining cleanliness. This will include sanitizing as well. Even though that’s an added cost for companies, the health and welfare of the employees and staff has also become a major goal.

Many companies make the mistake of not bothering with a professional team of housekeepers to handle their cleaning jobs. Why this is a mistake? Here’s why:

• 3rd party Housekeeping team have fixed jobs for cleaning and pantry upkeep.

• They focus only on cleaning and sanitizing.

• Their job is only to clean the property and maintain hygiene and disinfection.

The facility management companies just focus on getting their housekeeping and other working staff rightly trained and skilled for the job. With the ongoing circumstances, the corporate world can really function better with outside help.

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