How facilities management directly impacts employee satisfaction

1. Better general cleanliness

Nobody wants to walk into work and see stains on the carpet, overflowing bins and dusty desks. It gives the impression that the company doesn’t care – so why should the employees themselves care about their work?

Consistent cleaning, maintenance and restocking regimes help to ensure employees walk into a clean, welcoming workplace every day. This demonstrates to staff that they work for a company that cares – and will reciprocate that by improving their own performance.

CAFM software can help facilities management teams better coordinate and structure these cleaning regimes. Without a central solution in place, it is easy for cleaning routines to be superseded by urgent tasks, and then forgotten about altogether. Placing everything into one, easily manageable hub makes it much simpler to plan and execute all cleaning duties.

Consider Cleaning Now – through this application, cleaning teams are empowered to:

• Scan specific locations using QR/barcode functionality

• Upload ‘route information’ on patrol tasks to give cleaners safe, correct paths to perform tasks

• Create adhoc incident/patrol tasks on the go – even if the user is in the middle of a patrol task

• Take/upload images from the device to tasks

• Complete audit questions quickly with simple yes/no answers

3. Improved office services

Employee expectations are higher than ever. With competition for top talent extremely high, organisations must go above and beyond the call of duty to keep team members satisfied and encourage new team members into the fold.

One way these expectations can be met is by providing access to useful services that matter to your employees. They might appreciate being able to book a car wash during their afternoon shift, or to arrange their dry cleaning so it can be picked up the moment they leave.

That is where an FM app like @yourService can be incredibly beneficial in upholding employee engagement and happiness. These applications keep employees informed about events and updates relevant to their building, and provide access to additional services to make both their work experience and overall daily routine much more straightforward.

• Support and status updates provided directly through a single app

• Immediate connections between employees, service desks and FM workforces

• Employees can select suitable dates and times for desired services

• Events taking place within a workplace can be set up and shared with all users

5. Automating the mundane

For facilities managers, engineers, cleaners and other personnel responsible for looking after a building, life can become mundane in a hurry. It could be manually inputting asset data into a spreadsheet, completing regulatory compliance audits, or overseeing the progress of internal projects.

This endless cycle of inputting, replacing and recycling data can become tiresome in a hurry, and negatively impact the happiness of your FM team. It is important to remember that they are a core part of your team – if their productivity is hurt by low morale, it will impact the quality of your workplace.

In this situation, facilities management software is a useful way to streamline workloads and automate data gathering and organisation. This frees up time across your workforce, giving them more capacity for strategic thinking, and ensures your organisation benefits from up-to-date information.

• Accurate, comprehensive asset management can be conducted in a fraction of the time it would be taken to complete manually

• Potential cost savings and risk areas can be identified and addressed in real-time

• Straightforward task grids, with all planned and reactive tasks listed, making project management much simpler

• Streamlined management of purchase orders, quotation management and sales invoicing