You're Paying for "Professional Cleaning"
But Getting "Trash and Dash"
Monday morning. Trash empty, floor shiny. Looks clean. But grey dust covers every monitor. Spider webs under every desk. Last week's coffee spill mopped around, not up. You're paying for the appearance of cleaning, not actual cleaning.
The Janitorial Race to the Bottom
$30/hr
What you pay
Breakeven
What they make after expenses
Corners Cut
How they survive
Franchisee pays for chemicals, equipment, insurance, gas, mileage. They're breakeven at best. Cutting corners isn't malicious—it's survival.
What "Trash and Dash" Actually Looks Like
You switched to a "cheaper" service to save $1,200/month. Then Monday morning happened.
What you see: Empty trash. Shiny floors.
What you don't see: Dust on monitors. Spider webs under desks. Coffee spills mopped around, not up. Stale air. Light switches and door handles unsanitized for months.
Your employees touch those surfaces 40+ times daily. Your clients see the dust. You got used to it.
Calculate What "Cheap" Actually Costs
Your numbers. Your hidden costs. Takes 2 minutes.
Drives sick day and productivity calculations. Full-time onsite employees only.
Annual salary ÷ 2,080 hours. Example: $60K salary = $29/hour. Manager at $72K = $35/hour.
Your current janitorial service invoice. In-house? Estimate staff time × wage.
Visits per month. Daily = 22. Three times weekly = 13.
What "Cheap" Cleaning Really Costs
SICK DAY COST
Extra sick days from poorly maintained office (30% increase)
PRODUCTIVITY LOSS
Lost productivity from dirty, cluttered environment (15% drop)
CURRENT SERVICE
What you pay monthly for "trash and dash"
TRUE MONTHLY COST
Service + hidden costs = what you're actually losing
Gracchus Deep Clean: /month
2x/week: Floors + Restrooms every visit. Windows, baseboards, dusting monthly.
MONTHLY SAVINGS
What you save monthly: 2x/week deep clean vs. daily surface cleaning
"But They Clean Every Day..."
Why does my office feel dirty if they clean daily?
"Trash and dash" covers three things: trash, toilets, floors. Eye-level surfaces (monitors, desks)? Ignored. Below-knee areas (baseboards, under furniture)? Ignored. Daily surface cleaning never beats actual deep cleaning.
Why does quality decline?
Breakeven economics. After paying for chemicals, equipment, insurance, gas, and mileage, they're working for free. Corners get cut. Not malicious—survival.
How can 2x/week beat 5x/week?
We clean instead of maintain. Their daily visits hit trash, toilets, floors—same surfaces daily while dust and bacteria accumulate everywhere else. Our 2x/week includes floors and restrooms every time PLUS monthly windows, baseboards, and dusting. Research: Deep cleaning 2-3x/week = 30% fewer sick days than daily surface cleaning.
Research-Backed
Peer-reviewed studies. Not marketing claims.
- Professional cleaning reduces sick days 30% (American Journal of Infection Control)
- Clean workspaces boost productivity 15% (University of Arizona)
- Workplace illness costs $1,685 per employee annually (CDC Foundation)
- 94% of employees more productive in clean workspace (Staples survey)
- Office desks have 400x more bacteria than toilet seats (University of Arizona)
- Better air quality yields 11% productivity gains (Meta-analysis)
- Regular cleaning = 35% fewer sick days (NIOSH research)
- One sick employee infects 50% of surfaces in 2-4 hours (University of Arizona)
Office cleanliness matters.
How much is "cheap" cleaning costing you?
Your Numbers. Your Decision.
The calculator showed your hidden costs. Math, not marketing.
This is math, not a sales pitch. Free consultation. Honest assessment. If deep cleaning doesn't fit, we'll tell you. We compete against doing nothing, not other cleaners.