"The cleaning was never a problem," said Quincy House resident Alex A. Athanassiou '01. "Dorm Crew does a great job. It was mainly a question of manpower."
Last year in Quincy House, Dorm Crew workers clocked an average total of 40 hours per week cleaning the House's bathrooms. This past semester, according to Dorm Crew supervisor Robert Wolfreys, that average has dropped to between 10 and 30 hours per week.
While Dorm Crew has attempted to send undergraduate staffers to the various Houses this year, its leaders realize that its staffing problems are forcing superintendents to turn elsewhere.
"It's unfortunate that Dorm Crew is not enough," Wolfreys said.
However, Wolfreys does not see the use of UNICCO as a threat to Dorm Crew in any way.
"It's not so much about them trying to get rid of Dorm Crew," Wolfreys said. "They just want to get their bathrooms clean."
Old Quincy dorms will still be cleaned by the House's five Dorm Crew workers, according to Jason J. Sunderson, one of Dorm Crew's two head captains in Quincy House.
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