So, the interviewing process is finally over and I have decided on who I am going to hire as the new janitor. He was a very young kid but very ambitious and ready to work and that was what really caught my eye when interviewing him. This would be my first time training someone for the janitorial position so I wanted to try something a little different. I have a lead janitor who has been with the company for about two years now so I split the training days up so that he would have 8 hours of training with me and 8 hours of training with her. My part of the training was to show him the basics of what needs to be done and how to do it on a day to day basis. What I wanted my lead janitor to go over with him was how to get in detail with his cleaning. I think going over the details with her instead of me was a lot better because she is there doing the work every day and knows exactly what the members like and how they like the gym (members are not afraid to express their opinion if they do not like how something is being cleaned at the gym). Training is probably one of the most important aspects of being a manager at any position and I don't think people realize how important it is until they actually have to go through it or train someone.
Training is very important to me because I am able to show my employees how things should be done and how I like things to be done in order to be successful. If an employee is improperly trained, the flow of the day to day operations will be skewed. If you have to retrain employees, it will also slow down the flow of your company which ultimately leads to losing money for that period that you must train them.
Training is very important to me because I am able to show my employees how things should be done and how I like things to be done in order to be successful. If an employee is improperly trained, the flow of the day to day operations will be skewed. If you have to retrain employees, it will also slow down the flow of your company which ultimately leads to losing money for that period that you must train them.