Corporate Hell

Hey guys,

So every week I drive in or past a fedex office in my town and the windows are filthy. As in they haven’t been cleaned for three months now. Supposedly the DM was fired, they just hired a new one. I’ve tried the GM who give the whole"corporate makes those decisions" speech. Even the employees are getting tired of it because they want them to clean the windows. That would be impossible, it’s a lot of glass even for me.

The next one I have issues with is a Mens Big & Tall store. They are filthy dirty windows but I spoke with the GM yesterday who told me that they don’t have enough windows to have corporate hire window cleaners. The employees are supposed to clean them themselves.

Sometimes I wonder if people are making stuff up but I also know how corporate can be.

How do I go about getting into corporate accounts?

Million dollar question.

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I’m currently employed by Mitsubishi and work part time on my window cleaning run. Now I know for a fact how much these BIG companies take pride on image.

Image in an industry that is selling something understand the importance of a CLEAN IMAGE. The first thing a customer sees before entering a building/shop is the windows and doors.

If a potential customer notices how horrible the condition of the windows or even building are. Will they judge the product or item(s) that’s being sold? Absolutely!

You want into a company explain the importance of image while selling and you’ll get your clients.

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Timing is everything here. IF you walk in the week before a corporate inspection and address the image thing then, you can get the work on the spot. It’s amazing how fast corporations can get things done when THEY want to. I left my crappy little photocopied flyer at a Dollar General once and got a call a week later with the whole “but it has to be done tomorrow” speil. I told the guy ok but I’ve got appointments it’ll have to be early. District manager called the store manager to arrange someone opening the store at 6am the next morning. Because i took care of it for them I got that and four or five other jobs with them. They won’t ever be a regular scheduled thing but I’ll hear back when window cleaning “just has” to be done again.

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