Clean Team
Officials need to keep people informed

We need to save money. There needs to be a higher level of effectiveness and efficiency.

Or so the university says.

University officials could be talking about anything on campus, from the cost of running an academic program to the way the university recruits students.

But we’re talking about cleaning.

We’re talking about the people we see daily cleaning up what we leave behind and doing the tasks we take for granted.

To save money and increase effectiveness and efficiency, university officials have decided to move housekeepers from the area they have been cleaning, call them “specialists” and assign them specific tasks to do day in and day out.

Granted, officials say this little idea may save the university $2.5 million over 10 years.

But more importantly, the university really isn’t sure what path it is going to take. This “team cleaning” idea is still in the working stages.
And there’s another “idea” weighing on housekeepers’ minds — the idea of bringing in contracted work. Officials say it isn’t in any of the plans, but it’s been thought of and talked about, otherwise people might not be so worried.

The big problem here is that officials keep feeding the housekeepers and the departments different information. Sometimes people will shrug their shoulders at the news, and sometimes they will go into a frenzy about those they care for and work with.

Whether the housekeepers stay in their areas or are reassigned, we need to be informed of changes to help smooth the process over.

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