[weetot]

Hi all

Anyone lost their Iceland store?  My mate lost his to-day, the manageress came out whilst he was finishing cleaning them, and was told each store were to clean their own windies from now on, and that the staff have to do it!!

There are buckets squeegees and telescopic poles on the way from head office for each and every store?

any thoughts on this?

[landy2]

like everthing now cut backs

[weetot]

Yeh, though he did ask her how she was gonna do the sign once per month??

[landy2]

they dont think of the full picture its like a house you clean say my husband going to do them so you can leave them but within a couple of months they ask you back and they have never been done

[d s windowcleaning]

ive just spoke to my mate whos wife works at iceland and the store she works in as allso got rid of there window cleaner , the reason they are now using in store cleaners IS NOT for cut backs .
she was telling me that most of the stores are designed the same with same amount of windows and the prices being charged by window cleaners as been looked at by head office , the price diffrence from store to store as made them decide to use in house cleaners .
the example she gave me was the store she works at was charged £35 for once a month , another store around 3 miles away was charged at £28 for being cleaned twice a month . both these stores have the same amount of windows .

[jarvy]

New manageress told me last week.
Can't see this going down too well with the staff,they have already had their hours cut,so cant see them being too pleased having to do their windows too.
It's getting worse by the day for commercial windies...........

[mark311069]

iam due at mine on saturday so we will have to see what happens. i do mine weekly and charge £15 per visit.  so £60 per month for me.

[Gav Camm lammy 283]

another chain i think will be
approching a national contractor soon
 

[jarvy]

I'm due at mine on thur so i expect good news.
Same price as mine,plus sign once a month.

[weetot]

another chain i think will be
approching a national contractor soon
 

Gav, Iceland went to a national for about 10 years between late 80's. I lost 2 of them then, but like I say it lasted about 10 years then the national got paid off, and the staff to go out and look for a bloke on the street with a soapy bucket, and its been like that up til'now

[jarvy]

It will be like it again when things pick up,their work is laughable at best!!v

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[dave park]

  i've got 2 to do tomorrow morning-can't wait they binned me when they went to a national years ago and then came and asked me to do them at same price as befor!!!!! yeah right. Any way, takes longer for the fat git manager at 1 to get my dosh than it takes me to do the windows so not too worried

[tacky]

told mine to b done by staff .in 2 wks time .olso told my waterstone store to b done every 2 wks instead of wkly .

[john the cleaner]

hi all i have just lost one of my mcdonlds same thing the maintanence man has got to do it it happening all round i think.

[mlscontractcleaner]

We cleaned a couple of Iceland stores today and wasn't told anything about this; just got paid as normal.

Maybe we're just too good to get rid of

[dave park]

went to my 2  icelands today binned of again, cleaner has to do them : she was well peed off about it. Apparently they are getting trained on friday by watching a dvd!!! Laughed my head off!

[weetot]

Sorry to hear that, its not good.

[Murdie window cleaning]

What may happen is the the staff may end up paying out there own pockets to save doing them therselves  

[weetot]

Could do, but theres nothing worse when you go in the shop after cleaning it, then the staff are having a whipround!