Carpet and Floor Cleaning Industry Chat Forum : Omni Facility Services https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 22 Jun 2026 07:40:36 +0000 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:05:45 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.06 360 https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=4800 <![CDATA[Carpet and Floor Cleaning Industry Chat Forum]]> https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/ <![CDATA[Omni Facility Services : I onlyhave a few contracts left...]]> https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4800&PID=140377&title=omni-facility-services#140377 Author: cmaster
Subject: 4800
Posted: 27/February/2008 at 3:05pm

I only have a few contracts left as well. I haven't bid on a contract since '97. We only do janitorial if we get paid what we want and that's very seldom. I really hate that racketThumbs%20Down]]> Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:05:45 +0000 https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4800&PID=140377&title=omni-facility-services#140377 <![CDATA[Omni Facility Services : How much can we save? Actually...]]> https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4800&PID=140352&title=omni-facility-services#140352 Author: cleanex
Subject: 4800
Posted: 27/February/2008 at 11:50am

How much can we save?  Actually a building manager I know said that to me we are saving a bundle even though our building is filthy  Reduced their cost per sq ft from 2.50 a sq ft to .79 cents for cleaning. I have not done janitorial for many a year the last contract that I had for over 15 years went out for bids and a large company under bid me by $75,000.00. I had 15 people in the building each night new company started with 8 and within a couple months reduced that to 6.
That was the end of janitorial for me, took all the equipment to the dump, to make sure I would never be tempted to re-enter the janitorial business again.l
]]> Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:50:43 +0000 https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4800&PID=140352&title=omni-facility-services#140352 <![CDATA[Omni Facility Services : Cuz to them it&#039;s a commodity,...]]> https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4800&PID=140346&title=omni-facility-services#140346 Author: cmaster
Subject: 4800
Posted: 27/February/2008 at 10:05am

Cuz to them it's a commodity, rather than a serviceOuch]]> Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:05:15 +0000 https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4800&PID=140346&title=omni-facility-services#140346 <![CDATA[Omni Facility Services : Why do the people in these large...]]> https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4800&PID=140343&title=omni-facility-services#140343 Author: cleanex
Subject: 4800
Posted: 27/February/2008 at 8:53am

Why do the people in these large corporations continually fall for the smoke and mirrors sales pitches from these large building maintenance contractors, when they know full well that there is no way the cost of cleaning a building can go down year after year. 

]]> Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:53:17 +0000 https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4800&PID=140343&title=omni-facility-services#140343 <![CDATA[Omni Facility Services : Exactly. I&#039;ve been doing...]]> https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4800&PID=140308&title=omni-facility-services#140308 Author: cmaster
Subject: 4800
Posted: 26/February/2008 at 8:50pm

Exactly. I've been doing janitorial for almost 30 years. Prices just keep dropping. Service levels are at an all time low and heading downOuch]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:50:01 +0000 https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4800&PID=140308&title=omni-facility-services#140308 <![CDATA[Omni Facility Services : $10.00 is high, most very large...]]> https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4800&PID=140274&title=omni-facility-services#140274 Author: cleanex
Subject: 4800
Posted: 26/February/2008 at 2:30pm

$10.00 is high, most very large contracts they are lucky to gross $10.00 an hour, so to compensate for that they cut corners to cut the hours, and it ends up something like this
Empty the garbage
Do the recycle
Make the washrooms smell clean
Vacuum our bosses area
If any time left over here is a list of 10,000 things we are suppose to do according to the contract.
]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:30:06 +0000 https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4800&PID=140274&title=omni-facility-services#140274 <![CDATA[Omni Facility Services : well they only pay their people...]]> https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4800&PID=140254&title=omni-facility-services#140254 Author: MR. STEAMER
Subject: 4800
Posted: 26/February/2008 at 11:38am

well they only pay their people $10 per hour... what do you expect.
 
a $10 person is almost the bottom of the barrel.
]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:38:58 +0000 https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4800&PID=140254&title=omni-facility-services#140254 <![CDATA[Omni Facility Services : Hammy wrote:I use to clean...]]> https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4800&PID=140250&title=omni-facility-services#140250 Author: cmaster
Subject: 4800
Posted: 26/February/2008 at 10:48am

Originally posted by Hammy Hammy wrote:

I use to clean for a large movie theater chain. The contractor would use electric blowers and only vac up the piles. LOL
 
That's what they do here. PricelessShocked
]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:48:06 +0000 https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4800&PID=140250&title=omni-facility-services#140250 <![CDATA[Omni Facility Services : I use to clean for a large movie...]]> https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4800&PID=140242&title=omni-facility-services#140242 Author: Hammy
Subject: 4800
Posted: 26/February/2008 at 9:15am

I use to clean for a large movie theater chain. The contractor would use electric blowers and only vac up the piles. LOL]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:15:22 +0000 https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4800&PID=140242&title=omni-facility-services#140242 <![CDATA[Omni Facility Services : There is a lot of business to...]]> https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4800&PID=140241&title=omni-facility-services#140241 Author: cleanex
Subject: 4800
Posted: 26/February/2008 at 8:50am

There is a lot of business to be had by subbing off some of the smaller janitorial companies, very hard to get work from the big companies, they will only use you when they are in big dodo]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:50:08 +0000 https://www.kleenkuip.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4800&PID=140241&title=omni-facility-services#140241