Should I Report The Company I Work For For Not Using Cleaning Products Correctly?

[Cindy1302]

I've been working for a commercial cleaning company for a year. The disinfectant we use is called alpha hp. The first time I was trained, the guy who was training me just sprayed it on the bathroom counter, the sinks, and toilets, and then would do things like empty the trash. Restock the paper towels and toilet paper, and sweepso it may have been 5 minutes, and then he wiped it away. On the desks and stuff "we were cleaning a bank" he would just spray some alpha hp on a rage, and wipe the desk. I asked if I need to wait 5 minutes so it has a chance to disinfect. He just said that the disinfect stays on for 5 minutes after wiling it anyways. I don't think it stays on for 5 minutes. Mote like 2. The second guy who trained me was way more thorough. He sprayed a lot more of the surfaces, and he said that ideally you should give the disinfect 10 minutes to work before you wipe it, but I can do 5 minutes. I can easily do 10 minutes, but he's training people to do 5 minutes. I just looked on the bottle and it says give it 10 mins ro disinfect, and 5 minutes to sanitize so he was just sanitizing things. When he was wiping the light switches and door knows down, he would just wipe it, and ge said we are to just sanitize the light switches and doorknobs, and we don't have to wait. So don't these practices seem kind of dangerous, especially during a pandemic? Like I said, I could do it my own way, but they are training people to use the products incorrectly

[Redhelen72]

Cindy, you sound like an old woman in a young head.

[barry1010]

You asked a similar question 12 months ago.
Who would you report the company to?
Speak to him about your concerns first, clarify the situation

[1ozzy]

//So don't these practices seem kind of dangerous, especially during a pandemic//

I thought the pandemic was over years ago.

Silly me or is it just more *** posts to keep AB alive?

[Cindy1302]

I'm afraid that if I alert my supervisor, and they choose to do nothing, then when I report them then they will definitely know it was me.

[barry1010]

Who would you report them to? What would be the likely outcome?
If the company was forced to close down or lost its contract you would have no job.

Looking at your other posts you appear to be very anxious about many things that are not your responsibility and do not directly affect you. Maybe meditation and relaxation techniques will help.

[johnny.5]

YES

[david small]

No names, no pack drill. Never volunteer. Keep your head down, and your mouth shut. In a word NO. Go with the flow, chill out, stop this worrying.

[NYAD]

Reporting your concerns would most likely change nothing except a possible negative point to report to a future employer.

Do your job as you were trained by the method you find the most responsible. Remember, only in last couple of decades were such thins as disinfecting a part of office cleaning. It's a good thing but not essential. For the first 50 years of my life, there was no such thing as hand sanitizer (unless you were a surgeon).

We all develop resistance to disease and infection by small doses of germs and bacteria picked up daily. Situations like the pandemic are out of the ordinary. So just relax and do your job.