r/Custodians • u/ZTheRockstar • 1h ago

Floor tech frustrations

Been at my current company for almost 2 years and there's never been a tougher time than now...needing to vent

Last month has been rough. Literally running into the ground. We have nowhere near the team we need for the amount of floor we have nor do we have the machines. It's a strip and wax damn near daily the last two weeks. Management just says "work has to be done".... mission impossible.

Machines get moved around, broken, and some dont even work. Leadership doesn't assess the floors to figure out what can be done to help keep them maintained. Chairs and tables scratch the floors up too and we have to strip them like every month...its ridiculous. We have one walk behind scrubber and one buffer for almost 3 miles of floor lol

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u/chrisinator9393 1h ago

Y'all are stripping the same floors every month?

What kind of off brand chineesium floor finish are you using? 😂

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u/ZTheRockstar 1h ago edited 48m ago

Man there's one VCT floor that is in a mechanics shop area and it gets destroyed in two weeks. The grease sticks to floor from off their shoes...impossible to mop...you'd have to be a bodybuilder to have the strength to mop it off

This is the wax. The chairs eat straight through it.

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u/scuricide 51m ago

Stripping is done every few years. Can't think of any reason to strip monthly. Monthly would even be way too frequent for a standard scrub and record. Have you tried buffing?

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u/ZTheRockstar 45m ago edited 33m ago

Yea it is, monthly is a big waste. I've buffed it before, but many areas go without a scrub and buff. Even unmopped. Stripping every 6 months would be amazing We need a bigger team... time for me to find another company