Starting a commercial cleaning franchise can be a game-changer for those looking to leave the 9-to-5 grind and gain financial freedom. But if you’ve looked into the industry, you’ve probably heard about one massive challenge that holds many business owners back: hiring and retaining staff.
It’s no secret that cleaning businesses often struggle with high turnover, unreliable workers, and the never-ending cycle of recruiting and training. Many business owners find themselves working long hours—not just to manage their company but to cover shifts when employees don’t show up. Before long, what was supposed to be a business that provided freedom becomes a time-consuming headache.
At the Assett Franchise, we knew that solving this problem was the key to helping our franchisees build a successful and scalable business. That’s why we developed a proprietary automated hiring system that keeps your commercial cleaning franchise fully staffed—without you spending hours every week trying to find and replace employees.
In this post, we’ll explain why staffing is such a challenge in the industry, how our franchise model completely eliminates this roadblock, and how this gives you the time and freedom to scale your business faster than the competition.
Why Most Commercial Cleaning Franchises Struggle with Staffing
If you’ve worked in or researched the cleaning industry, you’ve likely heard horror stories about hiring. Here’s why so many companies struggle:
1. High Employee Turnover
Cleaning jobs are often seen as temporary or transitional work. Many employees use them as stepping stones to other jobs, leading to frequent turnover. This means constant recruiting, training, and replacing workers—an exhausting cycle that keeps owners in “firefighting mode” instead of focusing on business growth.
2. Time-Consuming Hiring Process
Finding reliable workers is difficult. The traditional hiring process involves placing job ads, sorting through applications, interviewing candidates, running background checks, and onboarding. This alone can consume 20-30 hours per week—time that could be better spent growing your business.
3. Unreliable Workers and No-Shows
Even after hiring, many owners face the challenge of employees not showing up for their scheduled shifts. This forces owners or managers to step in, leading to burnout and limiting the ability to scale.
4. Expensive Full-Time Hiring Managers
Some companies try to solve the problem by hiring a full-time recruiter or HR manager, but that adds significant overhead costs—often tens of thousands of dollars per year.
The result? Most small business owners either get stuck in hiring mode forever or give up on growing their company beyond a certain point.
How Our Franchise Solves the Staffing Problem—So You Can Focus on Growth
Instead of forcing our franchisees to deal with these challenges, we built a system that automates and streamlines the hiring process—allowing you to keep your business fully staffed without wasting time or money.
1. Proprietary Automated Hiring System
Our franchise model includes a unique hiring system that automates the most time-consuming parts of the process. This system:
- Continuously recruits and screens candidates in the background
- Filters applicants based on key success indicators
- Uses automated follow-ups and scheduling to reduce no-shows
- Ensures a steady pipeline of pre-qualified workers that are ready to work
With this system in place, you don’t have to spend hours every week searching for employees—the system does the heavy lifting for you.
2. Interested & Screened Candidates
Unlike most independent cleaning businesses, our franchise provides access to a pool of interested and screened applicants. This means you won’t start from scratch every time you need to replace a worker.
3. Staffing Stability = Better Quality & Customer Satisfaction
Most commercial cleaning franchises struggle to maintain high quality because they’re constantly short-staffed or training new hires. Our automated hiring system ensures that your company always has enough workers, allowing you to:
- Train employees properly instead of rushing them into jobs unprepared
- Maintain consistency in service quality, which leads to higher client retention
- Focus on managing and improving quality instead of scrambling to fill shifts
4. More Time to Grow Your Business
Because you’re not spending 20-30 hours a week on hiring, you can use that time to:
- Win more contracts by networking and marketing
- Improve client relationships by focusing on customer service
- Scale faster because your workforce is stable and reliable
The result? More revenue, less stress, and a business that doesn’t require you to work around the clock.
Why a Well-Staffed Business Wins More Clients
One of the unexpected benefits of our system is that it doesn’t just solve the staffing issue—it also helps with sales. Here’s how:
- Most Cleaning Companies Struggle with Staffing—And Clients Know It Businesses hiring cleaning services often hear complaints about turnover and staff shortages. When you can confidently tell prospects, “We have a system that ensures we’re always fully staffed,” it builds trust and sets you apart.
- Better Staff = Better Quality = More Referrals Because your employees are well-trained and not overworked, the quality of service remains high. This leads to more satisfied customers, repeat business, and referrals.
- Business Owners Want Stability Clients want to know they’re hiring a company that won’t be short-staffed and unable to deliver. When you can offer that assurance, it makes the sales process much easier.
The Bottom Line: We Removed the #1 Obstacle, So You Can Build a Business That Gives You Freedom
At the Assett Franchise, we designed our commercial cleaning franchise opportunity for people who want to be their own boss and achieve financial freedom. We knew that for a commercial cleaning business to truly provide that freedom, it needed to eliminate the most common roadblocks—especially hiring and retention.
With our proprietary automated hiring system, you won’t be stuck in the hiring cycle that holds most business owners back. Instead, you’ll have a predictable, fully staffed operation that allows you to focus on growth, quality, and profitability.
The Assett Commercial Cleaning Franchise Opportunity
If you’re serious about building a commercial cleaning business that works for you—instead of consuming your time and energy—our franchise model might be the perfect fit.
Reach out to us and we will review your commercial cleaning franchise startup costs, marketing strategies, earnings potential, and more. We have a great franchise team and we’re eager to welcome you into the Assett brand!
