A Reliable Family-Owned Cleaning Business

IsoJoo! - A responsible Finnish family business.

IsoJoo! Oy was originally founded in 2001 and is now a family business specializing in diverse cleaning and property maintenance services. We provide friendly home and business cleaning services, as well as yard and garden maintenance and boat cleaning in the Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Kauniainen, Kirkkonummi, and Sipoo areas—and occasionally beyond.

The world is full of pretentious declarations and unnecessary posturing (and far too few actions!). That’s why our operations are genuinely based on values that truly matter to us and are also important to our familiar customers who have experienced our cleaning services.

Responsible and Caring.

We take good care of our employees. All our professionals are originally from the Philippines, and they now live permanently in Finland, studying Finnish diligently. Each of them has grown fond of the country and wishes to stay here for good. Finland is a great and safe place to live.

In the Philippines, English is an official language and the language of education, so their English skills are excellent. They usually have extensive work experience in countries like Norway, Denmark, and Dubai. However, Finland has provided them with a much better future than before. Thank you, Finland! Finland needs good and hardworking people.

Fair Working Conditions.

We ensure that our employees have a stable and secure income and good living conditions, under the same terms or often even better than what native Finns would expect.

Cleaning work is physically demanding, so it deserves fair compensation that allows one to live and build their future. For instance, we pay significantly above the standard collective agreement (TES) wages, provide excellent benefits, breaks, recreational activities, and high-quality tools for the job.

The security of working conditions and employment terms is perhaps the most crucial factor, alongside good housing, when settling into a new country—especially since there are many natural uncertainties and new things to learn.

Arriving in Finland is not very different from the fate of the Finnish Karelian evacuees long time ago. People come with a couple of suitcases and a strong will to succeed. Everything else is built step by step. The support of the employer and the community is invaluable in such moments.

Although newcomers from the other side of the world may not know it beforehand, they are entitled to good occupational healthcare, sick leave, parental leave, paid summer vacations, overtime compensation, breaks, and other benefits—just like all Finns. It costs the company a lot, but when in Finland, we follow Finnish practices.

We encourage our employees to join the Service Union PAM, as it provides them with useful information about Finnish working life. We do not want anyone to ever take advantage of the kindness of Filipino workers.

Happy and Hardworking, Familiar Professionals. 

Our workers are known for being exceptionally hardworking and cheerful, honest workers whose smiles you can see on their faces. They have received a lot of praise from our customers and have become well-known to them.

You can communicate with our employees in English, which is an official language of the Philippines. They speak English very well while continuously studying Finnish, so simple conversations in Finnish may also be possible. Their language skills are improving rapidly, as it is also a requirement for obtaining citizenship.

No Roulette.

We thoroughly train our staff and always strive to ensure that the same people work at each site. We do not practice "cleaner roulette," meaning we do not rotate workers randomly. For example, you will have the same familiar cleaner or team for your regular home cleaning, whom you will also know by name.

We have sometimes experimented with temporary labor, but it doesn’t really work. High-quality cleaning is a demanding profession—it’s not just vacuuming. It requires extensive training and a thorough understanding of the client's and company’s procedures, methods, and tools to maintain perfect quality.

What is "IsoJoo"?

The company name was invented by one of our Filipino employees. Finns repeatedly say "joo, joo" ("yes, yes") in almost every situation, often without realizing it, which sounds quite amusing to foreigners. Meanwhile, there is a shopping mall called "Iso Omena" ("Big Apple") in Espoo, Matinkylä.

Our employee combined the words "Iso" and "Joo," which led to the name IsoJoo. When a thumbs-up symbol and an exclamation mark were added, the unique name and logo were complete. IsoJoo! In English, "BigYess!" Sometimes, a different name stands out in a positive way.

Of course, we appreciate clear and descriptive names, such as Pakilan Putki, Käpylän Lukko, Kokkosen Puutarha, or Hakaniemen Metalli, and we believe there should be more of them. However, in the cleaning industry, we couldn’t find a short and descriptive available name, so we had to come up with something else. This is what we’re going with. Together, we succeed—even with a quirky name.