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Kristopher Brunelle, CEO & Founder of veteran-owned White Glove Janitorial Service.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Susan Elise Campbell<\/p>\n

White Glove Janitorial Service invites area businesses to enjoy much more than a dirt-free, healthier workplace. According to founder Kris Brunelle, his \u201cgrime fighters are cleaning up the community and making a difference.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The veteran-owned company opened in October 2022 and now has seven staff cleaning offices and medical facilities, as well as manufacturing spaces, dealerships, and gyms. Brunelle also offers post-construction cleaning services and residential cleanup for homeowners moving in or out.<\/p>\n

Brunelle is a former Seabee who has \u201cbuilt things around the world,\u201d he said. His career as a carpenter for the Navy\u2019s construction battalion took him to Spain, Croatia, Africa, Afghanistan, and Japan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After the Navy, Brunelle sold solar systems and then insurance, and while he enjoyed selling and relationship building, he said he needed something different to sustain his family. At the time that included two foster children in addition to their daughter.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw in sales that companies could not always deliver what they promise and that I had no control over the product,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The way to fix that problem was to start his own business and he chose cleaning services. After all, \u201cthere is always going to be dirt,\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>he said.<\/p>\n

Brunelle scoured the web for tutorials about commercial cleaning and watched every video. He also located a company nearby offering a master class that taught him all he \u201cneeded to know from the business side of things.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>Military experience taught Brunelle how to lead people. Now as a business owner, he said \u201cthe secret sauce is to supervise\u201d and to give staff \u201cthe extra motivation to do well.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t employ janitors, I employ \u2018grime fighters,\u2019\u201d said Brunelle. \u201cThe difference is the purpose behind it, which is cleaning up the community.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have better employees than other janitorial services, not because they started out better, but because an empowered and happy employee is a more productive and better employee,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Staff are paid well, he said, which can affect the cost of services. But Brunelle said that in the janitorial industry, if a client jumps from one service to another, \u201cit is never about price.\u201d It\u2019s about the quality of the service they received.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf employees are getting the respect they deserve, it will show in their work,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Staff who perform well receive a weekly bonus as an incentive to continue to take responsibility for their work and maintain quality. Of the seven staff, two are managers overseeing the work of their \u2018grime squads\u2019 on site. There are also random inspections by Brunelle.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the military, Brunelle said that \u201ceveryone is doing the most effective thing they can do\u201d for the benefit of all. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere will always be those who do not have the time, ambition or energy to clean,\u201d he said. \u201cThere are not a lot of CEOs out there cleaning toilets because that is not the most effective thing they can do.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Saratoga County and North Country businesses expanding during the tourist season, summer tends to be a busy time for White Glove Janitorial Service. Brunelle meets the need for staff by hiring during the vacation months and \u201ctrying to keep the pipeline full\u201d so new hires can be retained further into the year, he said. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI am applying lessons learned in the military by fostering responsibility,\u201d he said. \u201cThen as we get new accounts, staff can train new grime fighters and eventually be in charge of their own grime squads.\u201d<\/p>\n

The military also taught Brunelle patience.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t have the option of firing somebody. You have to learn to get along,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt does get expensive to hire and train the janitorial crew,\u201d he said. \u201cBut at the end of the day, I do get attached to my grime fighters and would like to keep them as long as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brunelle said he was \u201calways a big fan of the dirty jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe work has to get done and there is dignity in it,\u201d he said. And he dignifies staff by giving them a career path that is \u201cnot the most glamorous job, but it doesn\u2019t have to be a bad job either.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve realized that the difference between a good job and a bad job is the manager,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

As a disabled service veteran, Brunelle was able to qualify under New York guidelines as\u00a0 <\/span>a distributor for a number of brands of cleaning products that he sells online.<\/p>\n

White Glove Janitorial is looking for staff and encourages veterans and the disabled to apply.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe work with CWI in Glens Falls and some of those workers are my best workers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are getting more contracts and opportunities with construction companies, so we are close to a big hiring push and getting ready for camps, marinas, luxury short-term rentals and other seasonal customers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Brunelle is an ambassador for the Adirondack Regional Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Saratoga County Chamber.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Chambers have a saying, \u2018a rising tide lifts all boats,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cI have actively worked to bring other janitorial services into the Chambers because I have had such a good reception and there is plenty of business to go around.\u201d<\/p>\n

White Glove Janitorial Service currently travels as far north as Chestertown and south to communities between Saratoga Springs and Albany for routine cleaning. Visit 518whitegloveservice.com for more information or contact chief grime control officer Kris Brunelle at (518) 741-8046.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Susan Elise Campbell White Glove Janitorial Service invites area businesses to enjoy much more than a dirt-free, healthier workplace. 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