Last week I just finished cleaning windows at a dentist office that I do every month and decided to go across the street to eat at one of the restaurants. When I walked in the first thing I noticed was how foggy and smeared the windows where. I asked the guy at the register who cleans their windows and he told me they do it themselves. I understand that most businesses will try to save a buck by having their employees clean the windows but, to be honest, it really doesn’t save them anything.
For example, lets say that you own a business that has about 15 storefront widows including glass doors. You have an employee clean them every week with a general purpose window cleaner and a rag and it may take him a couple hours each time (especially in restaurants windows get extremely dirty with grease and fingerprints). Minimum wage in Oklahoma is $7.25 an hour, so you are paying at least $58 a month on window cleaning and the windows still look bad. If a customer walks into a restaurant and they notice the windows are all smeared and greasy what are they going to think about the kitchen?
On the other hand, you could hire a professional window cleaner to come by every week and pay him about $15 each time. You will be spending about $60 a month on window cleaning and your windows will look great. So really you are only saving $2 a month just to avoid having really clean windows, not a very smart business choice.
Presentation is everything, if your place of business looks good that reflects well on you and your business. Be smart, do the math, and hire a professional to clean your windows.