For schools I think it’s particularly useful, to teach kids both how to clean and the value of keeping things clean for everyone. In workplaces though there is at least a bit to be said for specialization of labor making that less ideal. The janitors can do a better job in half the time than me and my lab mates can, and also adding a few hours a week to our schedules for cleaning would be difficult.
Yeah for sure. Especially because most computer jobs don’t have a full 8 hours of work in a day anyway. But most things where you’re doing a real physical task, from factories to construction to labs, taking that time to clean means something else doesn’t get done. In the hour I could spend mopping the lab I could also run a PCR.
I’m a cook and like 35% of my job is cleaning. I would fucking kill for someone else to come clean up after on many nights but its also when thr bar staff sneaks you drinks management is gone and you can have conversations and stuff. Also I am the kind of person to clean up for the janitor.
Worked in a place that made vinyl and aluminum signs and fences. Everyday we had to clean up piles and piles of shavings from the saws and routers it 5 to 7 people about an hour. Granted we weren’t scrubbing toilets but it was something
Oh definitely. And half my job is cleaning up rat poop and chemical waste. But I feel like there’s at least a small difference between cleaning up the direct results of your work, and doing the basic maintenance cleaning that any building needs (mopping, cleaning the bathrooms, etc.). Different enough to have dedicated staff that’s way better at the latter at least.
