It might sound obvious, but maintaining a clean workspace is critical to keeping your workforce feeling happy and motivated.
What’s more, beyond generally helping to keep people’s spirits up, studies show that clean workplaces actually enjoy major productivity and efficiency benefits.
In fact, recent studies have shown that a whopping 94% of workers say that they feel more productive when working in a clean workspace. What’s more, 77% of workers say that the work they produce is of a higher quality if their working environment is clean.
As you can see, your workspace maintenance can have a significant impact on your business operations, output, perception and staff wellbeing.
How can a messy workspace affect health?
There are many downsides to a messy or dirty workspace. This includes impacting everything from your brand image and business reputation, to the physical wellbeing and mental health of your staff.
Poor workspace conditions can have a dramatic impact on your workforce, and negatively impact their health in a number of different ways.
This includes:
- Increasing stress and anxiety – As this disordered environment can make the brain feel overwhelmed, and the discomfort of the surroundings can cause stress and anxiety to further build.
- Compromising focus and productivity – Due to distractions from clutter and their environment (and not being able to feel in control of their surroundings), teams can be left feeling unsettled or uncomfortable.
- Reducing motivation – As a disorganised or unpleasant space can make your teams feel much less enthusiastic about being in the office or completing their work.
- Affecting physical health – If dust, allergens and bacteria are allowed to build, these can all lead to an increased likelihood of illnesses.
- Fatigue and tiredness – Due to the combination of all these factors.
- Low mood and low job satisfaction – As the established workplace isn’t one that your team can take pride in or enjoy being in.
The longer that these factors are allowed to build, the greater the likelihood that your team feels disconnected, burned out and dissatisfied with their workplace and its culture.
The benefits of a clean workspace
By maintaining a clean, well-organised and clutter-free workspace, you can unlock significant benefits for both your people and your business.
The benefits include:
- Boosting team morale and employee satisfaction
- Ensuring your team feel proud of their workplace, and enjoy working there
- Improving workplace culture
- Protecting your team’s wellbeing
- Minimising the risk of workplace-induced illnesses
- Reducing the rate of sickness absences
- Reducing stress levels, by creating a consistent, predictable and orderly environment
- Helping teams to feel focused and minimising distractions
- Improving productivity and efficiency across the board – In fact, a recent HLW International LLP study found that employees who work in clean workspaces are around 12% more productive.
- Improving your brand reputation and brand image
- Ensuring your business appears professional and dependable (this is particularly key for any site visitors)
How cleanliness supports workplace performance
As you can see, maintaining a clean workspace goes beyond far more than just appearance.
By taking care of your workplace, you can support your team’s mental and physical health, improve day-to-day happiness and job satisfaction, and keep your business performing at its best.
So, to ensure you’re reaping all the rewards that come with a clean workspace, enlist the support of a specialist cleaning provider.
JMS Cleaning’s professional cleaning team provides commercial cleaning services of the very highest standard. We are trusted by businesses across the UK to maintain sites of all sizes, sectors and requirements.
To find out more about our services, or to implement a workspace cleaning schedule for your site, don’t hesitate to get in touch.