Positive Insights for the Cleaning Sector

The Good Work Index 2025 from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has just been released, offering valuable insights into how people experience work across seven key dimensions — including job quality, wellbeing, and management.

A striking headline from the report: 1 in 4 workers — around 8.5 million people — say their job negatively impacts their mental or physical health, with common causes including excessive workloads, strained workplace relationships, and poor line management.

However, the report also highlights some encouraging findings for our sector. Cleaning roles consistently appear among the top performers for employee wellbeing, scoring above average across multiple areas. Despite often being lower-paid, these roles are recognised for providing structure, physical activity, and lower mental strain — all factors that contribute positively to health and wellbeing.

Importantly, the report calls for meaningful improvements in management training, job design, and wellbeing initiatives — a direction that aligns strongly with our ongoing priorities at Glen. We remain committed to creating safe, supportive, and sustainable working environments, not just for our teams, but as a standard we uphold across every client site we serve. https://www.cipd.org/globalassets/media/knowledge/knowledge-hub/reports/2025-pdfs/8868-good-work-index-2025-report-web.pdf