security officer

screener

security supervisor

human resources assistant

traffic controller

American Corporate Security, Inc.

A typical day starts with signing in, you get your equipment, and report to your post and relieve the guard there.   Depending on your terminal, there will be so many posts , each with different tasks.  Depending on your coworkers attitudes, teamwork can be key to having a smooth experience on your shift.  You will interact with various kinds of people, longshores, and management .  It may seem overwhelming at first, but it becomes very familiar over time.  The hardest part of the job , was dealing with traffic control , especially at night, it can be a dangerous atmosphere, but exciting.  Because there are different posts, I challenged myself to master them all. I recommend that to any new hire, master all the posts it will benefit you in the long run.  The most enjoyable part of the job, is having your own patrol vehicle, and getting to drive all over, and enjoy all the scenery.  From the industrial part of the terminal, to the ocean views.
I loved my experience, and would gladly work for them again.

I’ve worked for the company for a long time, and all it has done was decline. Upper management picks and chooses who they decide to implement rules too, and creates rules out of no where. The company only takes cause of its managers, and post commanders. You are a replaceable number on a spreadsheet. There is an increase turn around rate that allows the company to bank more money on the new hires. No respect as a guard or worker unless you conform to their lack of morals and integrity ways, cannot have a voice and stick up for yourself or they will target you to terminate on petty accusations. Great place for decent pay and great port experience, but would not recommend as the mental toll is very high.  Human Resources does not take into account employee needs, and often is not willing to help you in anyway. Did not help employees during the pandemic as far as masks, and other PPE equipment. Very dirty environment to work in, trucks are in horrible condition and are very unsanitary. 
Upper management lacks communication with headquarters and does not know how to properly give guidance to officers. 
would not recommend at all!!

Title says it all, place went from being managed by tough but in the end fair people who had their flaws but in the end had your back, even if you were in the wrong in certain situations. Since they brought in a couple of heads who were previously cops (who clearly failed in that area and/or got caught up in some nonsense) this company has fallen off big time. Management & even human resources are nothing but petty/miserable individuals who get rid people for as little as looking at somebody wrong, & the ones they get rid of are the best workers and keep less intelligent lazy workers in order to make themselves look good for the client. They clearly get off on screwing with peoples livelihoods over the smallest things & are too clueless to realize their poor managing and poor leadership are the reason they lose good workers. Went from
being a decent company that paid decent money to a toxic environment ran by toxic people. 

I worked there for less than a year and it was one of the most miserable experiences i had. they don't teach you anything when you start, just driving around the port for hours expecting you to know everything within a day
and no matter what little inconvenience happens, you get shamed for it and get severe consequences (for instance i got fired with no chance of redemption) management needs to change there asap
people have a bunch a stories about management but never speak up. its a shame to be scared to go to work everyday with the chance of being fired for little instances
nobody there with a lead role has no human passion what so ever. the pay may be nice but its not worth your dignity. dont work for this place until management seriously changes. they need to investigate that manager because its unacceptable that she can keep getting away with the BS she puts those guards through

Had a great post and was very happy with the day to day job/coworkers. Steady hours, ample OT (voluntary), and a fun, fulfilling job. Management was generally well run, but it felt to me as if they promote based on favoritism. (Speculation, I wasn’t there long enough to find out lol.) Dealing with the corporate staff, however, was a nightmare. Corporate/admin does not care about the individuals working on the ground one bit. My post was terminated with no warning and they offered me a different post, which would have cut my hourly earnings by nearly 30%, as well as change my hours to work overnight 5 days. This place is great if you manage to stay long enough for seniority benefits, but don’t think they’ll keep you until then. Also they force you to shave 👎

Poor treatment from management makes you feel bad that you did overtime. They are unable to keep employees due to their lack of communication and professionalism overall. At a point where they literally show up to the main guards to pressure them even more about how things are being mishandled. There is no enjoyable part over it and you will feel disrespected everyday in regard to the managers, their favoritism between themselves and some guards too since ACS cannot even keep up with the demand of getting things done, making you look and feel guilty over other guards not being relieved on time or hearing their testimony about their unconformity.

The company does not care about you or your personal life. They don’t care about how good you do or if you didn’t miss any days or late, they don’t give you the satisfaction. The guards are rude and obnoxious, they are super unprofessional, their appearance is unprofessional and they walk around taking anger out on everyone. The managers are scared too approach a guard about what was complained about them so the problems never get solved. The pay is so disrespectful for the amount of work they want and expect you do do. I recommend not too work for this company unless you like being walked all over on and not cared about as a person. 

Almost never see management above supervisor, HR is in CA, Take weeks just to get a safety vest ( part of the uniform), but the job is easy, mostly checking IDs and giving directions and standard patrols. ACS specializes in port security so no dealing with bums, drug dealers and no pretending to be cops.
.Pay is low. but the industry standard is low.
We were understaffed for over a year and asked to work more hours (part-time people working full time) and always being told that a new guard was on the way.
No training outside of your day to day job. Then the state would audit and suddenly we all have to take tests on training we never got.

Full of rude people.  Even the ones complains about their co-workers rude to them.  Expectations is very high but the incentive is low.  Worksites sometimes required high level certification skill training.  However, employees wound up working at place they aren't yet qualify anyhow because so often their staffing is low.  Lots of work to do you ll forget your family.  Poor treatment from management makes you feel bad that you did overtime.  All because they couldn't retain employee. So what ends up is to cover a post or stay extra length hours waiting for relieve to show up so previous shift can go home.

Checking TWIC cards of terminal personnel and making sure the Port is safe. I learned to cover myself when it came to submitting paperwork and doing my regular duties. Management doesn't help solve employee issues. I had great co-workers, but only a few worked together as a team. The hardest part of my job was dealing with some of the angry Longshoremen that came into work at terminal and the stress of the job. The most enjoyable part of the job was making friends with some of my co-workers and going home after a long day at work.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Security officer 42 salaries reported	$20.41 per hour
Screener 2 salaries reported	$20.88 per hour
Security supervisor 4 salaries reported	$21.91 per hour
Human resources assistant 1 salary reported	$21.50 per hour
Traffic controller 1 salary reported	$20.75 per hour

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