How Having Clean Office Washrooms Boosts Growth

How Having Clean Office Washrooms Boosts Growth

Say, you have a meeting post-lunch. So you have your lunch, use your office washroom and suit up a bit. For some ungodly reason, the mirror is unclean and hampers clarity. You have a cursory look and go out thinking all is fine and dandy.

You end up mortifying your team with pepper bits in your teeth.

This is just one example of an embarrassing situation caused by unclean washrooms at your workspace. It gets more perilous when similar problems pop up in client meetings! Arguably, having clean toilets takes priority. This concern is ubiquitously echoed by the Swachh Bharat Campaign in India. Let us elaborate:

• General Satisfaction

No employee would be happy to use a washroom brimful with odour, dirty floors, and disorganised toilet equipment. Plus, washroom is an area in your office that each employee of your organisation is bound to use everyday.

Having a clean and aesthetically pleasing washroom is hence, key to a healthy satisfaction level of employees.

• Employee Health…duh!

This one is rather obvious. An unclean washroom spawns an ideal breeding milieu for harmful bacteria and infections to thrive. According to ISSA, business losses worth more than $200 million stem from sick leaves. A recorded productivity drop of 54% is also witnessed for the same reason. Interestingly, the quest for clean toilets among employees and restaurant visitors is evident from the rising popularity of bathroom locating apps.

Less sick leaves means more productivity. Of course! This makes taking care of your office washrooms a critical routine task for your organisation.

• Brand Image

Many people other than your employees visit your office, and consequently, your office. Suppliers, prospective and present clients, prospective employees and partners. You do not want to lose crucial deals and efficient employees just because you failed to manage a simple area? Hence, maintaining an effective cleaning routine becomes critical.

• Favourable For Women

Clean washrooms are a salient concern specifically for women. Three simple reasons:

• Women have complex concerns. Their biological needs differ from that of their male counterparts and hence, merit different facilities.

• Cleanliness is a huge priority for pregnant women. Women bearing babies need to avoid the slightest of the infections, owing to their then vulnerable condition. A risk-free toilet is the least they can expect from a responsible organisation.

• Satisfied female employees will help balancing the sex ratios at workplace. Female employee retention becomes a problem when lack of salient toilet facilities compels them to leave. Chiefly in developing countries like India, we need cleaner washrooms to combat the said problem.

A responsible organisation must ensure regular toilet cleaning, additional facilities for women, checks on odour and general bathroom management for happy, healthy employees. If your office lacks the same, put this on your ‘to-do-asap’ list!

If you are overwhelmed by the task of managing your workspace along with washrooms, rent a coworking space! It takes care of the most basic yet critical office operations so you can comfortably focus on the productive ones!