A niggling complaint among some of us drones in the CBC’s Toronto Broadcasting Centre has been the varying cleanliness of the facilities. The elevators are usually spotless, for example, but the carpet by my workstation seemed to be vacuumed about twice yearly. Not good, in an environment where many people eat at their desks….
Well, the Death Star is getting new cleaners. Starting Dec. 1 we’ll be using Omni Facility Management to keep the place tidy. According to Marcel Gauthier, director of the real estate division, the new cleaners will treat different areas differently - studios, common spaces and workstations will get different schedules based on need, and newsrooms in particular will get better service.
They are also bringing in better equipment, “green” cleaning products and bar-code readers to generate reports on how often areas are cleaned.
And - music to my ears - annual steam cleaning, and WEEKLY vacuuming! (Sidebar: Erich, who sits in the next cubicle over, was so unhappy with our icky floor that in addition to regular complaint calls he brought in his own Dirt Devil… and it was stolen the next week.)
Rumours were circulating among staff that the changes were the result of the new once-weekly garbage collection program, and that some cleaning staff were given layoff notices. But the real estate division says that the old contract was simply up for renewal, and that current cleaning staff “will be offered employment with Omni, as dictated by Bill 7 legislation.”
As I write this, I’m dropping muffin crumbs on the floor and starting a stopwatch…
(OK, I know this was of no interest to anyone other than Toronto CBC employees… but at least I’m not writing about our washrooms any more! ~PG)
So, how clean is your office?
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While you might think this isn’t of interest to anyone other than Toronto CBC employees, the cleaning frequency you are describing is similar to other government buildings. I once was told how many times a week my personal area was supposed to be vacuumed (once) but now cannot get a number from those in charge. And cannot seem to get my floor vacuumed. And I have no way to “prove” that it isn’t vacuumed (besides the soynuts on the floor for weeks!).
Anyway, best of luck with the new cleaners!
I hope the new cleaners will stop by the conference centre on a regular basis!!! We had a meeting there a few weeks ago and it looked like the tables had not been cleaned in ages.
Great for Toronto - what about the rest of us in the regions who have to put up with the filth? Nothing’s ever dusted, floors are washed/vacuumed about twice a year, as you say, white dust falls from the ceiling, and plants drip sticky stuff - the walls are filthy (oh, yeah, they painted over that….) When can we get some decent cleaning?? What DO the cleaners do, anyway???
Who gives a rat’s ass?
Is this really all that CBC employees can think / blog about when the whole place is going down the s–tter? I guess the rot that started at the top has made it pretty far down the organization. Maybe the Corpse really does deserve to be put out of its misery.
Nobody’s watching, half the shows are ripped off from the BBC and Alliance Atlantis, you don’t promote the few decent programs that are left, and you’re about to start airing Wheel of Fortune. In prime time. After CTV dropped it.
And you’re worried about how often your workstation is cleaned.