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Typical day: Stare at monitors, walk three floors every hour, deal with unfriendly clients.

What I learned: The company cares more about the contract than their employees. They can place you in a life-threatening environment and if you defend yourself, you can be terminated. (not a joke)

Management: hiring chick is nice and funny, uniform issuer is kind, the onboarding section is a joke. they skip sections and take your word that you know something even if you're just trying to get through orientation quickly.

Workplace culture: Staff can be very kind; Clients are never the same and you constantly have to be on fight or flight in the particular station I was stationed at.

Hard part of the job: The constant knowledge that every shift had a very high probability that you would be put in dangerous situations that you couldn't use the right measure of force to defend yourself. 

Enjoyable: My co-workers and staff were the only thing that got me through every shift.  My supervisor was great! He actually cares about his guys and unfortunately the company could care less about him or his efforts. 


This review would be much less if it wasn't for the management of the district manager I worked for, he would take care of the people he worked with and is a great guy. The owners on the other hand and actual management at the office, I haven't met them and it has been over a year. We had a company meeting and they forgot so we all drove a hour away for nothing. My pay raise was pitiful and It took 3 months to get my second pay raise after becoming a supervisor, which the pay raise was also pathetic not even 50 cents. When I asked about my year raise they said, you just got one. This company would collapse if it wasn't for the people that have been here as managers for years and when the old owner was around, atleast he took time to come in and say hi, place is a joke. If you want to be treated as a body to just fill a seat then please by all means apply.

Overall it isn't a bad job, its actually very exhilarating at times especially if you aren't afraid of danger or people. However, as an LP your site is contracted and can be canceled at any time. My first 3 months my site almost lost its contract because there wasn't enough recorded theft but I managed to pull it back. Since then I've requested to be transferred to a store with more theft but that hadn't happened, and when asked about why my store doesn't have theft like others I didn't feel listened to. Management is, for the most part, fairly good people. We all do the same job so there is good camaraderie. Some are just much more abrasive than others but its to be expected. PTO is a hurdle in itself, and I had my own issues that took weeks to resolve regarding my PTO actually being paid. 

They care nothing about the comfort of their employees. They put guards in sites with no bathrooms and if there is no heat/air they wait on the client to handle it without doing anything about it and with most of the clients they dont really care so you can go months without heat/air. To them you are just a body to fill a shift not a person. Also they don't know how to hire people to cover new accounts or as backup for call offs so they expect you to work on days off no matter what or where and to work doubles. Management is very lazy and if you  have a problem they either don't answer or don't call back. You have to just hope you can catch them at another time. And it is very possible that you won't get your check on time. This is rare but has happened more than once.

I work with my buddy which is a big help, I'll brake it down long pro con details
We work by ourselves, 
high management never even talked to them,
Basic manager is far away and friendly 
Super super easy work 
Pay is ok starting out is 11$ an hour
Paid vacation after 6 month
Free health care
There are only 2 rules (don't fall asleep) (have good attendance) other that that is a cake walk
Sometimes pay is late by a day or two
Basically make your own schedule or they set your schedule 40hrs a week not allowed to work less than 36hr
My job discription 
(Sit all day watch cams, walk around if I want to, try to prevent shoplifting) 
4 days on duty 3 days off
The real devil of this job is a curse and a blessing 
(Boreing)


(This is a real deal review honest what to expect)

Current employee here and it has been pretty rough since I started here. I initially came to the site under the impression that it would be a steady schedule. After officially starting at the site I was informed by the site supervisor that I was lied to about the schedule being steady due to the constant changing of the vessel schedule. I accepted this fact and respected the supervisor for being upfront and honest with me with how the schedule would be. Over the past few months it had been great since there was very little involvement with the office, but it has recently changed for the worst.
We are severely short staffed and the lack of communication has become worse in the last few days. 

The job itself isn't hard, you just have to find a system that works for you and everything runs smooth.  During the day it is busy so the hours go by, but during the night shift it is so slow, the hardest part is staying awake.  Where you make the most money is the overtime and there is plenty of it!  The worst part about the job is "not knowing of what time you get off duty".  Yes you have a schedule, but if your relief is late or doesn't show up, you have to stay or you're fired.  The company doesn't believe in labor laws and guards have stayed up to 25 hours straight (including me).  Also, there is no lunch breaks, you eat when you work.

I had called the LPO manager to discuss why I wasn't going to receive a raise and while I was explaining myself, he apparently had enough of the conversation and hung up on me. I called the president of the company to tell him what had happened and how unprofessional it was, and he has yet to return any of my phone calls. After that, I put in my 2 week notice and carried on. 3 days after I submitted my notice, the manager called me and told me I was fired. This was, by far, the WORST company I've ever worked for (and I've worked for some evil people). I wish I could give it '0' stars.

I was overworked constantly! Gave my two weeks and had to call off sick within those two weeks and was told I was a no call no show when I had my shift covered and was fired. When I got my last check I had $600 missing by the company claiming I did not return uniforms! #1 why rehire me and provide me uniforms if I did not return the first ones! #2 This time instead of taking them to the site I shipped them UPS and they started saying they provided me with supervisor uniforms and other items I never received. Very unprofessional company and I do not recommend to work with the company! 

Lastly we had multiple jobs added on where another person was paid 40K a year to do the job added on and we got no increase in pay!

This job and the clients are like any job out there. If you do what the client needs us to do, then it will be smooth sailing. Unfortunately when doing contract work, it does take a very certain type of person to handle these challenges on a daily basis. Not being that person doesn't make you a bad employee or your supervisor bad. It just wasn't a good fit.  As a newer addition to their leadership team I strive to treat everyone with respect and fairness, with that said we too are bound by the directive of the contract we all agreed to abide by. One day, I too will be relieved of duty.  But as long as I'm here I'm going to do my best to create a brighter future for our staff, company & our clients.

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Security officer 169 salaries reported	$19.01 per hour
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Receptionist/administrative assistant 2 salaries reported	$17.50 per hour

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