A cluttered office can impact your productivity and your mood during your workday. Unnecessary paperwork accumulation makes it difficult to find what you need. But junk hauling and organizing refocuses your employees. Here’s how to accomplish a successful work cleanse.

How to Organize Your Office

1. Shred Papers

Devise a retention schedule to keep what you need and shred the rest. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) advises business owners to maintain income-related documentation for up to seven years in case of an audit. Small businesses can keep applications and other human-resource-related documents for about a year. If you don’t need paper copies of any required information, you can digitize them.

2. Find Locations

Keep your abundant paperwork in filing cabinets, so it’s not visible. Backdated documents that you need to keep may be expansive so that you can dedicate an entire room to them. High file cabinets save floor space. Line the perimeter of the room first. Then, use vertical open metal-framed shelving for the center of the room. And use open-top cardboard boxes in this shelving. An open style allows you to see and access documents from more angles than more than traditional, sliding drawer file cabinets. If you require more storage, consider employing an off-site facility. Or, review the items a second time for junk hauling.

3. Make Routines

Commit to hauling junk at weekly if it’s paper-sized to avoid heftier messes from infrequent cleaning. On Friday put papers in the appropriate cabinets and folders. And make a Friday employee schedule for the break room fridge. You can offer to reward volunteers with a 15-minute early exit the next workday. And quarterly, address larger items like shipping boxes, which can be junk hauling candidates.

If you’re concerned about uncontrollable clutter in your office, it’s time to put your trust in a professional who can truly help. Professionals throughout Chicago, IL, use the team at Red’s Hauling Service. They have more than 20 years of junk hauling experience, including furniture removal. Visit them online for information, or call (773) 616-0979.