How can I implement an employee bonus for office cleaning?

Question

Our small office has 6 employees who are expected to work as a team to keep the areas maintained (emptying trash baskets, vacuuming, cleaning bathroom, etc.). Unfortunately, one employee seems to end up doing everything, and we need an incentive program to fairly distribute the cleaning responsibilities. The bonus should also reflect employee performance as well as attendance. Any suggestions??

Answer 1

One option would be creating a chart to delegate tasks to each employee. So if there are 6 tasks that need to be done, assign one to each employee per day so all 6 would get done, and rotate through the lists of tasks so one employee is not stuck doing the same tasks every day. You could also reward someone each week for doing the best job - a more subjective system that would encourage good performance.

Answer 2

My bro-in-law was tinting windows at a sugar factory in Alabama, and he said every day at 3pm a bell rang and all the workers, including a sizable office staff picked up mops, buckets, windex, all that stuff. Each person had a designated area to clean. They cleaned the place from top to bottom in about 10 minutes.

The answer is yes, you legally can add cleaning and what to clean to their list of duties. I'd make it a certain time and have all do ti together, they will never do it individually, it'll stay on the back burner forever like it is now.

Answer 3

If you have a raise system, you start by giving those who deserve it an appropriate extra amount on their paycheck, and work out this money from their future raises, meaning that raises are now smaller and spread further apart, so that in the end those who are making the most money are also the ones who earned it.

Answer 4

make it a part of each employee's job description.If they don't clean ,give them poor evaluations and fire them.