Q & A
Attention to detail sets cleaning company apart
Q & A
with Victoria Johnson
owner
and manager of Busy
Bee Hom Services in Prescott
Phone: 708-9233
What
is the service you provide in the community?
"We specialize in detailed residential cleaning. We are also licensed
to do other types of cleaning. We're licensed and bonded and insured. Weh
we go into the client's home for the first time, the worker completes a detailed
questionaire regarding precisely what the client wants."
How
many employees do you have?
"We have fife to seven workers at any given time. I do say workers because
they are independent contractors. I always say I'm the heart of the business
and they are the backbone."
How
is your cleaning service different than similar businesses?
"The competition goes on as a team. They have set things that they
do. We come in and ask the client specifically what they want done on this
particular job and that is going to vary from client to client. We do whatever
the client needs done."
How
did you get into the cleaning business?
"I started the business by doing it myself and then hiring other people.
I first had the idea in 1985 and I worked on and off as an individual in intervals
over the next 20 years. In 2005, my husband was injured and out of work. I
decided it was time to start Busy Bee as the business that I had envisioned
20 years before."
What
is your key to business success?
"Personalized service."
What
is your biggest business challenge?
"Finding dependable workers, someone who is reliable and dependable.
Someone who loves what they do and wants to stick with it."
Do
you do windows?
"We do whatever the client needs. We help make beds, we do whatever is
necessary."
Where
do you get cleaning supplies?
"We can use the client's supply or use our own because we'd rather be
to prepared than not enough."
Do
you work with any local charities?
"We support Stepping Stones Agencies and we try to hire people from there
whenever possible."
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Contact the reporter at jsoifer@prescottaz.com
