Every business owner wants to increase their bottom line while decreasing expenses. This can mean doing things themselves. But sometimes it means outsourcing, especially for junk hauling. 

As a business owner, especially in the early years, you do much of the work yourself. Tasks requiring specialized skills require that you bring on more staff. Over time, you have a number of employees and, for the most part, can accomplish most everything in-house.

But sometimes there are tasks that are simply not a good fit for you or your staff. In other words, there are some things that would go faster and cost less if you have someone else do it. For example, handling the junk removal from your recent office clean-up or relocation. This can be true for a number of functions such as HR and even your payroll.

With every task in your business you have a choice of trying to do it yourself, or hiring someone else to do it for you.

New Flash: You Are Not In The Business Of Junk Removal

While you could have your staff do these things, for most businesses it makes for more sense to outsource these types of tasks. The bottom line is, if it saves both time and money then it is more strategic to outsource. Just because you and your staff are smart and capable doesn't mean everything should be a DIY project.

When it comes to hauling junk, however, the temptation is to do it yourself. But simply owning a truck, or having an employee with a truck, doesn't mean it's economical to do your own junk removal. Remember, you are running  business and - unless you actually are a junk removal company - you are not a junk hauling business.

A business owner needs to consider every decision that involves an expenditure with their bottom line in mind. Regardless of who does it, hauling unwanted junk and excess equipment involves time and money. But the truth is that outsourcing this job to a local professional firm is often far more cost-effective and saves you far more time. And, of course, time is money, right?

One other consideration: there are often some city or county restrictions on just what you can or cannot haul and dispose of yourself.

Five Tips for Benefiting From Professional Junk Removal

In addition to the P&L considerations of outsourcing your junk hauling, there are a number of other benefits that come from having a professional firm handle this for you.

Even if you seem to have good reasons for hauling your company’s junk yourself, or for hiring someone you know with a truck, there are other benefits that come from using professional junk haulers.

1. Measurable Cost Savings

When you factor in not only the time and wages spent on employees cleaning and hauling your junk, and the opportunity cost of other that’s work not getting done, it becomes an expensive proposition. Every hour spent cleaning or hauling is an hour not spent on their jobs. And it will take them far longer than a professional firm. The bottom line is that the time your employees spend doing this kind of work is time not spent doing what you actually pay them for.

2. Convenience is a Value Factor

When you calculate the amount of time involved in clearing out, loading, and then hauling and disposing of your business junk this can add up to a large number of hours. In fact, you may lose days of productivity. Even if everyone is not involved, it can be an inconvenience for those still trying to do their regular jobs. Having someone outside the company simply come in and take care of it delivers a high degree of convenience. 

3. Reliability and Efficiency of Outsourcing

There is huge value in having the peace of mind that your vendor is reliable and efficient. And while it may seem to be a simple matter of throwing stuff into the back of a truck, knowing what can be disposed of legally and how is what makes a professional firm the better choice. Efficiency includes the recycling and re-purposing of your materials that a quality firm will do.

4. Employee Safety

Even though you may only be dealing with just furniture, for example, the work of moving it can be hazardous for your employees. Getting banged up and suffering back strains are very real possibilities. Having your employees handle the junk hauling creates potential issues with injuries and lost productivity. In addition, there can be hazardous materials involved that need to be handled properly and legally.

5. Aesthetics and Storage Space

A common option for far too many businesses is to simply shuffle their excess equipment, furniture and other junk from one storage space to another. Sometimes these items end up outside their place of work, creating unsightly and potentially hazardous conditions. But the prospect of having to sort, load, haul and somehow dispose of all that stuff keeps them from doing anything about it. Yet having it removed quickly and safely by a professional hauling company will instantly improve the aesthetics, safety and appearance of a business site.

What About Your Old Computers?

When your office computers become broken or obsolete, they don't have to go out with the rest of the junk. They can be reused. In fact, there are a number of ways to recycle your old computers, including donating them or using them for parts salvage, in addition to simply recycling individual materials.

Computers can be given away to non-profits or to schools. And non-functioning computers still have many working parts that can be re-used by organizations to fix other computers. When a processing facility recycles old computers it separates them into plastics, metals, circuit boards, cables, and other parts. Many of these items can be melted or otherwise repurposed.

In addition, recycling your old computers helps prevent millions of pounds of toxic e-waste from going into landfills, where toxic chemicals may harm the soil and water supply.

Botttom Line: Outsourcing Equals Cost-Effective Junk Hauling

Looking for just the right professional team to help with your office clean-up? Junk King provides an efficient, safe and eco-friendly junk removal service so you don’t need to worry about the pick up or disposal of the debris after your office clean-up project is complete.

Whether you need our services several times during a cleaning project or just once after it is complete, our hauling professionals will ensure that the junk and debris is out of your way so that you can get on with the job of running your business.

Our team specializes in commercial junk removal. And we can be at your business in minutes, so call us today! You can be assured that our crew is fully insured and well-trained, so you can trust them to get rid of your unwanted items in a professional and courteous fashion.

One of the best things about hiring Junk King is that we recycle a much of the material we pick-up. We do this as part of our genuine commitment to being an eco-friendly removal service.

If you have questions about what we do or what we believe, give us a call at (707) 744-4254.