What is the role of the office building owners?
A. While most office building owners do not employ janitors directly, they play a critical role in deciding the pay, benefits, and working conditions of janitors. Building owners decide which janitorial company they wish to hire. Owners set the janitorial services budget for the building, which of course determines the wages and benefits that contractors can pay. Sometimes, building owners hire separate property management companies to take care of the day-to-day details of running the buildings and hiring the contractors.