cleaner

laborer

area manager

janitor

floor care technician

Vonachen Group

The company VSI is contracting for is full of great people and friendly, helpful supervisors. There are a lot of processes in the facility that are fascinating, if you enjoy working around high-tech machinery. Quality standards are high, and adherence to those standards is appreciated. All PPE is provided, and there is a company cafeteria on site. For a factory, everything is remarkably clean, and safety is actually a huge priority.

There are always security staff on site, and they're nice people. They also have a nurse's station in the facility for any accidents.

All of the above is why I applied, but VSI has not been honest about job expectations. They will tell you that your schedule is set to the point that you don't have a schedule at all on the company ehub. Then they tell you on the last day of the week that you're working on your days off. If you need consistency and a life outside of work, don't apply here. Day shift employees regularly work 11-12 days in a row. Night shift employees work 50-60 hours per week or more.

Training consisted of having another employee show me what to do to meet high quality standards. There weren't any training videos, and orientation was an hour of someone reading through papers. A co-worker gave me a tour of the accessible areas of the building, but the process for the materials wasn't properly explained. 

The work load is either sprinting and busting your butt, or sitting around for hours waiting for work. Overtime is mandated even when there isn't work for those days. Both the client company and VSI have very high turnover. If you like last-minute overtime, enjoy sitting around without work, and don't have a life, this is a great job.

Breaks are 10 minutes, and walking to break areas takes a minimum of two minutes of that time. If you smoke, you'll spend enough time walking that smoking an entire cigarette will make you late returning to your station. If you work overnight, and want to get food from the cafeteria, you'll be going to lunch past state law requirements (5 hours) because the cafeteria doesn't open until 2am, and shift start time is 8pm. Bring your own food, or count on not eating until your second break.

I worked with VSI for over a year. I had work in almost every position in my building, from doing garbage routes to general cleaning. Once you get the hang of everything its not a difficult job. The hours are always consistent and if you wish to work extra theres always other building to cover for. The staff and management are good. I've had issues with not getting proper hourly pay before and my manager has always been available to help fix those issues or any other issues I may have had. 

Though despite all of that the way the company is structured make it hard to advance or find a real career within. Wage raises are completely off of the table, even for workers who have put in hours of overtime and covering for other employees. As well, they'll typically only start you off with 4 hour days. Asking for more hours will have you working in multiple building only adding 2 extra hours each and having you work late into the night and early morning. As well the staff you'll be interacting with is always a revolving door, and employees leaving will often require you to cover multiple shifts in on day. There is as well no PTO, no holidays (unless the building you're working in has those days off), and no benefit to speak of. 

Overall, it's not a terrible place to work. But just keep in mind that the wages are low, the hours are low, and the repetition can wear you down. But if you're looking for a side job or a part time job while going to school, you could do worse. 

I was an Area Operations Manager for a little over 2 years. I met a lot of great people and created a few hopefully long term friendships. Be prepared to work long days. I worked mainly 2nd shift accounts but if you have a day account and there is a call in you have to try to find someone to cover it or do it yourself. If you cover then you still are expected to do your regular shift also. There is no such thing as being fully staffed.  People are constantly leaving and you have to keep hiring, training and hopefully retaining people. The company phone is a nice perk but it also means that you are basically on call all the time. You are required to use your own vehicle to travel between accounts and deliver supplies with. The company does have a mileage reimbursement but it is well below the federal standard and hasn’t been upgraded in over a decade.  Regional managers and above receive vehicles and company gas cards. Area managers do not.  Don’t make the upper management mad without paying the price.  They do hold grudges. There is a disconnect between upper and lower management. I had to fight to get training that I was promised. There are promised trainings that rarely happen.  The e benefits aren’t bad. HR seems responsive but takes a long time to answer or come up with an answer. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Worst cleaning business I have EVER worked for. If you are one that actually does your job, you DON'T want to work for this company. There is one cleaner per shift and the shift before you will leave you with everything to clean. Why? Well, because they leave work after about 3 hrs and never clean a thing. They even clock out from home. The supervisors hold no one accountable. They don't anyones work, you can tell by the way the place looks. There's no way the shift before you could possibly do their job, leave at the correct time, an vs the place be as filthy as it is you when you show up. Awful AWFUL  place to work. Now if you are one that don't care .. This is the job for you. They don't give raises either. What you got in at is what you will make the whole time you are there. There are better places to work....DONT DO IT!!! Read their reviews. They are so exact about this company....I wish I had.
There is not ONE  thing I can say good about this company.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Cleaning twice as much as you should is because the shift before doesn't do their job at all.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The company that hires Vonachen Cleaning business, their employees are great. Never had a problem with them at all.

Horrible company to work for.
If you're working at the couple hours a week places it isn't so bad, but their big accounts are atrocious.
The management is horrible and slack, they will curse and yell at you if you have questions about things being run bad.
For example, 96,800 dollar a year building, they have 3 custodians to run this building. That's it. The building alone is worth $25 mil. If that says anything.
They refuse to get help in here when needed, or to even come in themselves, and force you into working over and killing yourself.
They will revoke your days off or vacation at will because they can, and there are no paid sick days or vacations.
Oh, and they are prone to change your schedule at will because it suits them.
And they break the rules as they see fit, between giving raises(not allowed according to handbook, used as bribery to keep employees) threatening termination if an employee takes vacation, and much more. But I've said too much already.
Basically, only take this if you're desperate, and if you have a family, make sure they can bear with you on it. You will also even on days off be called and texted constantly, when they allow days off.

Part time cleaner (Janitor)
Very fast paced, not enough time to cover the amount of work you're given. When you do get a routine down they change the requirements & responsibilities.
 Always reminded that you are a contracted employee and not to fraternize with the "REAL WORKERS" 
Never a pay raise!
 Management will tell you one story and then tell a different one to your Co-workers. Promise of promotion and then pass you by and give you the maybe "next time" line.
 They will give you employment if you have a low education and or a criminal record. Most part time employee's are getting some kind of government support. They keep your hours and pay low but then hand out gifts for your family at Christmas. When you want a day off you better have a good reason and have a story to justify it.
 The equipment you're given to complete the task is usually worn out making a 5 minute job last much longer than it should.
 The best part of my tenure with this company was when I completed the last day of my two week notice.

Cleaned surgical unit operating rooms.The company didn't supply enough mop heads or correct gloves for this job..The company forces employees to use same mop head on every area in the building..We used in the restroom the same we used in the operating room and when you bring this to their attention they fire you..The management screamed at a female employee in front of the contracted business employees..In other words, they make a person lead cleaner and when the lead cleaner knows how to clean operating rooms correctly from a former hospital job and brings to their attention we should not use the same mop head in every place in the building due to cross contamination you are fired to cover their own butts.I do not feel this company should be cleaning any medical facility and I would not seek medical care anywhere this company is contracted to clean.plus head cleaned pays for laundry out of their own pocket and will not always be compensated for their out of pocket expense

I was an account manager for Vonachen Group. My fellow managers were all very nice and extremely knowledgeable and helpful. My ROM seemed to do nothing but sit in meetings and write people up. She was very good at keeping employee turnover high with unrealistic expectations and an “I don’t care” attitude. My Director of Operations and my ROM would over promise and underbid just to push all the extra work on those beneath them, when they were the ones who mess up their contract negotiations. This company targets the weakest links in their ranks and purposely makes their job more difficult to make them quit, or have a reason to fire them. The blatant favoritism is also a huge issue within this branch I worked at. If you weren’t well liked by your employees or chose your own mental health over your job, they would do their best to make you quit. DO NOT WORK FOR THIS BRANCH

Never in my 50 years have I worked for such a deplorable employer.  They ration cleaning products to meet a budget so you run out of anything, you are out of luck. And the "budget" is on welfare. They expect you to cover areas that 3 people should be allotted for. You barely get the basics done but they expect deep cleaning. Unattainable expectations. 
Did I mention you are not allowed to schedule days off for any reason for 6 months, but you might as well just count on 1 year. You will have to call in. And you only get 3, maybe 4 call ins before you are fired. So tell everyone you love not to die unless it's after your shift. Don't get sick- but don't you dare come to work sick.
In other words- don't waste your time with this contract cleaning company. Most businesses REFUSE to use this company due to their inability to hire & retain employees. 
100%- please don't waste your time, keeping looking. HORRID.

This place is a complete absolute joke, they go through so many employees just from the short period of time that I have been here. 1 year. If you have a problem and you talk to HR (which is supposed to be confidential) they run back and tell the managers everything you talked about. You cannot work overtime not even 10minutes, you will never see a raise. And then everyday you are told that you have a new job duty on top of the work list you were given when hired. People quit all of the time because management likes to hire their own family and friend and then push their work off onto other employees, there is no proper training done what so ever. If someone quits instead of the supervisors and management picking up the slack now you are told oh this is your job now so no one really even knows what their job duty is. I do not recommend applying here

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Cleaner 1077 salaries reported	$15.80 per hour
Laborer 104 salaries reported	$17.17 per hour
Area manager 32 salaries reported	$53,563 per year
Janitor 42 salaries reported	$17.93 per hour
Floor care technician 25 salaries reported	$17.40 per hour

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