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Deployed Services

A typical day at work or deployed services:
A typical day at work, especially in deployed services, can often feel monotonous and exhausting. Long hours, unpredictable conditions, and a lack of proper resources can make even simple tasks feel like monumental challenges. The pressure to perform in high-stress environments can create a constant sense of urgency, but without adequate support, it sometimes feels like you're just going through the motions, rather than making meaningful progress.

What I believe you learned:
If we're being honest, the learning process in such environments can be slow and disorganized. While you're technically gaining experience, it's often reactive rather than proactive learning, which can feel like you’re merely trying to keep up with the demands instead of truly mastering new skills. Without proper guidance, the lessons learned are sometimes just survival tactics rather than genuine growth.

Management:
Management often seems disconnected from the realities of the job. Decisions are frequently made without considering the real-life impact on the people actually performing the tasks. This disconnect can lead to frustration and feelings of underappreciation, as management may prioritize metrics or deadlines over the wellbeing of employees. It can feel like they only focus on results, not the long-term sustainability of the workforce.

Workplace culture:
The workplace culture can often feel like a façade, especially in demanding or deployed environments. There's often a lot of lip service paid to team collaboration and open communication, but in practice, it can feel like everyone is just in it for themselves, trying to survive the day. Toxic competition or an overemphasis on hierarchy can create a stressful atmosphere where individuals are more focused on not making mistakes rather than innovating or working together effectively.

The hardest part of the job:
The hardest part of the job is often the lack of control over your environment and the tasks you're assigned. Working in a deployed setting can mean constantly dealing with issues outside of your control—whether it's unreliable equipment, unclear instructions, or insufficient resources. This can make even simple tasks feel like monumental struggles. The emotional toll of working in high-pressure conditions, with little to no downtime, can also become overwhelming.

The most enjoyable part of the job:
If I’m being honest, finding enjoyment in such a job can be difficult. The most enjoyable part might be the occasional moments of camaraderie when things are going well, but these are often fleeting. The shared challenges can create a temporary sense of solidarity, but it doesn’t always make up for the overall stress and fatigue. At times, the satisfaction of overcoming obstacles can be fulfilling, but this can be overshadowed by the weight of constant demands.

In summary, while there can be occasional moments of fulfillment, a lot of the experiences tied to these aspects of work—especially in deployed environments—are marked by frustration, burnout, and a sense of being stuck in a cycle with little real support.They are very disorganized there background check takes years and they will lay you off

Working for DS for a while has given me a firsthand look at its numerous shortcomings. While being part of a multidisciplinary team might initially seem appealing, the actual experience can be disheartening. The quality of your experience is heavily dependent on your position, but overall, the training provided is sadly inadequate. Many roles suffer from a lack of proper training, leaving employees to figure things out on their own, often leading to inefficient and frustrating workdays.

One of the most glaring issues is the company's disregard for having any coherent policies or Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). This lack of structure causes employees to be poorly prepared to perform their duties effectively. Without clear guidelines, there's a troubling amount of ambiguity that falls to managers to interpret, which only breeds confusion and inconsistency among staff.

The DS promotion process is also deeply flawed. If you don't fit in with the right crowd or if you don't have the personal approval of influential individuals, you're unlikely to advance in your career. Having experience threatens management, and you may find yourself sidelined. There’s a troubling culture of exclusion where those who are not favored or who challenge the status quo may find themselves cut off from opportunities for growth.

Another significant issue is the background check process. New hires are often required to start work before their background checks are completed. If you fail the background check, you will be immediately escorted out of the facility and will be unable to work until you are cleared. While this is not directly the company's fault, as it is due to customer clearance requirements, it places a considerable strain on employees. You may abruptly lose your paycheck, and in some cases, employees do not return to work for several months.

While the company prides itself on a particular workplace culture, this is largely a facade. The values and principles that are supposedly central to the company are often not upheld by those in higher positions. This discrepancy between what is preached and what is practiced can create a toxic environment where employees feel unsupported and undervalued.

In summary, working at DS can be both monotonous and challenging due to its disorganized approach, lack of genuine commitment to its stated values, flawed promotion process, and unprofessional treatment of staff. If you value structured guidance, clear communication, fair opportunities for advancement, and respectful treatment from management, this company might not be the best fit.

On a positive note, the mission and responsibilities are very rewarding if you enjoy and are passionate about helping people. The most enjoyable part of the job is meeting people.

There's plenty of work if you look for it, and the pay is ok. What will drive you insane is the rules that constantly change. You can look at your phone during lunch, but now you can't.  You cannot have your phone outside of the breakroom in view, now you cannot have your phone in view inside the breakroom. You can sit outside, no you can't sit outside though you complied with not having your phone in view. You must sit here, don't sit here. Move left, look right, don't look left or move right.  Don't think, do think, etc. 
Then there's the background checks. I have worked on federal facilities before that don't require you to divulge you to have references from eons ago. I understand the mission of the facility, and yes these checks are necessary. But the execution of said check shouldn't be so onerous it causes almost all of the staff to be turned off by your company. 
This place is great if you want to be served bare minimum portions at lunch, and you enjoy cafeteria food. It's free, but you better bring your spice cabinet to make it edible. 
If you ever enjoyed being in boot camp this is the job for you! I have been working for over 25 years, and no offense this is the worst company I've worked for. If the mission of your facility means you have to treat your staff like the inmates your company doesn't deserve to be in business. 
I understand the mission, that you cannot have cell phones in open on the grounds because of the nature of the work. What is unreasonable is the expectation that people cannot have their cellphone to check on their family, their kids, or home situation. The staff should be able to leave if needed, and they should be allowed some personal freedom. And it is absolutely reprehensible that your company doesn't divulge employees are expected to work a 12 hour shift.
Many people have families, and a 12 hour shift will not accommodate someone with young kids, or pets. If you would divulge this to workers on the front end, you might have workers willing to stay long term. 

Your training and onboarding is the most ridiculous process and needs to be stream lined/more efficient. 
Update as of 03/25/2024:
You too can now use their upgraded portable toilet access across campus. Have medical conditions and need a bathroom? Find it locked and told we won't be able to use it for the forseeable future. Y'all that's  a health and safety issue. They do not care about you. The money isn't bad, but what's the point if you're not around to enjoy it. What if you have an accident on the way? There's not going to be soap and water to help you out and it's a really big campus. 

A typical day - have fun working and walking outside with a tracker that tracks your location. If you don’t move for a certain amount of time then it pings that you aren’t working and I’m assuming you are going to get fired.  They make you take it home and it has to stay with your badge. Also, if you don’t have ALL of your uniform you aren’t allowed to work that day. If you don’t have your badge you aren’t allowed to work. 
What I believed I learned - upper management is a joke, feels like I’m being spoon fed information. 
Management - only 1 person in management seems to give a f*** about our safety and sanity. 
Workplace culture - cut throat. People will lie to your face then go spread what you just told them out to everyone. People will step on your back to make it to the next level. Best advice Keep your mouth shut and don’t tell anyone ANYTHING. Period. 
Hardest part - dealing with wildlife meaning Deers, coyotes, rattle snakes and water moccasins, mosquitoes. Dealing with people not showing up and or doing their job properly. Honestly also worrying everyday is going to be your last day due to them finding anything wrong about you in order to fire you or they lose the contract if ORR shows up and says that they found the mold in the dorms or the bed bugs in the dorms. Or the having to be OUTSIDE in the elements the whole shift, have to ask to use the restroom and walk up to the cafeteria to use the bathroom which could be 100 yards away or a 1/4 mile away. 
Enjoyable part - 5 days on 3 days off, so far the free meal which is probably going to stop soon since they are running out of money and that’s if you don’t get sick off of it. Seriously if you enjoy this type of behavior then join the wild ride of Deployed Services in Greensboro. My class had 40 people in it, there are 10 left, some are at their wits end and only staying until the find a new job. It is easier to find a job with a job. More than likely you’ll be on 3rd shift. Good luck getting into 1st or 2nd. 

A typical day is clock in and go to your post very easy job, 
There isn’t much to learn when you’re only at a post, observe and report and the supervisor part is mostly just paperwork.
The culture there isn’t much to say just everyone just wants to get through there 8 hours and leave. 
Staying awake or fighting boredom.
Talking to some people is probably the most enjoyable part of the day.

Hours used to be great and used to be a 4x4 12 hour schedule. I have been grateful to work with great people and to have an easy job, the first 7 months of the job was great, then a lot of great workers got delayed due to background called eQip. Now a lot of new management here that have little to no leadership experience. Some are good most are not good. Then our schedule changed and hours got cut. 

Benefits are pretty much trash saying it bluntly. 
Hours have been cut down to 32-34 a week it’s not sustainable for a single family with rent and average debt this company works on a federal level with Border patrol so I’m not sure how they’re cutting hours. So expect a lot of change it’s a contract job and the certainty is very low. I’m still employed here because I have bills till I can find a part time job to make up hours or another job that’s back to full time hours or do there thing called carry over but they limit it to 46 hours a week, we’re scheduled 5 days on and 3 off but only get paid for 4 of those days on a pay period at a time due to how they rotate the  schedule 5x3 and pay period runs 7 days  instead of it being set days off on one pay period it’s weekly pay which is good but not so much when it’s cut down. So five weeks at a time our hours are on “short weeks” please change this already to bi weekly pay so we can have all our hours crunched onto one check.
This job is definitely for short term goals only and temporary work, have a plan b immediately within a year. 

From orientation, you are told this will be an amazing opportunity! With access to experience, growth and training like no where else!

It is a lie.

From the start, you are belittled and reprimanded for making mistakes that, at the end of the day, changes nothing. Any sacrifice you put into this job is never acknowledged unless like I said you make a mistake and get in trouble. Schedule changes happen with no notice and no consideration to your work / life balance. Any time you express your concerns to upper management, they simply brush it off saying "Per the government...". 

The pay is good, that is it. Even then there are constantly issues with the timeclocks, and you will get written up for "stealing time" when the system is OFFLINE and UNABLE to record your time. Managements solution? "Check your phone every shift, before and after clocking in/out every shift". But remember, you can't have your phone with you while on the clock or you get terminated! See the pattern?

If you work night shift, you are not provided food nor can you leave for food. If you work weekends, you are also not provided food. BUT if you bring the wrong kind of food/drinks, like a canned energy drink, you get written up. No access to anything in the kitchen, and the microwaves are not cleaned. Poor poor communication between departments and managers leading to more miscommunications that then lead to MORE write ups. 

Don't ever get sick at this job either, if you call out or leave sick, you get written up for "violating policy x on absenteeism". Even if you have a doctors note. If you get sick due to working outside in extreme temperatures, you better call an ambulance because that's the only way this company will care! 

If you apply, you better get used to walking in single file lines, eating cold food, sheltering in tattered plastic tents in the rain, and getting in trouble for expressing discomfort! 

It’s a decent place, do not expect much from anyone, as soon you get to orientation you can tell how much communication sucks here. My first day I got a write up for not having the uniform and mind you they didn’t had uniforms for me, I come back before my start date and nothing, I only got an oversized pair of boots (if you were in the military or you still are in service use your personal boots instead). Management here is very unprofessional, you can tell who was in the military and left as a Balsy never deployed NCO, they pride themselves on being a super friendly military company but god forbids you have drill or an appointment with the VA because then they will be mad about you not being there, they always talk about being over staffed but by midnight the workload is so messed up you can barely sit for a minute. Take care of yourself because the conditions inside of their facilities are super unhealthy, how is it possible that they have a whole medical team on place and all they do is drink Starbucks and gossip about which Border Patrol Agent is the hottest, you will see a lot of favoritism around, management can be very unprofessional, there’s a lot of elderly people working and if you translate or help them write up, and don’t use anything to sit down after being on your feet for 3 or 5 hours straight because apparently this is an easy job, so easy you need to stand 12 hours straight walking in circles, and at the end of the day yes you see a good check, however, is it worth it? That is up to you to decide. 
Just a quick PSA 
they want to run this job like if it was the military, and I’m sorry but I don’t remember signing up for y’all to be salty and keep people in a formation for 20 extra minutes. Add more machines to clock in over formations. 

Every morning on my workshift I meet with all the Porter's, supervisors and management for a briefing. After our meeting we are assigned to the area we are going to begin our day. The experience and knowledge that I have acquired outside my job I implement them in my daily work routine. This is the reason why my job is easy and exciting. Every day their is a challenge. One of the job duties of a Porter I is to keep the snack tables stocked and packages organized, tables cleaned and presentable. Another area we are responsible is to keep diaper changing station cleaned, restock diapers and organized in the correct size. Some of the duties we assist in other areas of the facility are for instance organize DNA packages, hole punch printing paper, collect shred paper and dispenser in recycle bin, we pick up nails and trash outdoor. In the supply room we keep inventory and organize merchandise organized in their perspective shelf. There will be days when Deployed Resources our sister company will need assistance to clean outdoors and/ or repair maintenance around  the facility. If you are willing to take the challenge join our night or day shift. You will aquire experience with Deploy Services. Always keep in mind to do your best at work. Simply get along with co-workers to meet our job duties. We are here to work as a team. Personally I do not see nothing hard about my job. There is always a challenge and meeting my job duties at the end of my shift is the most enjoyable part of my job.  If you are  looking forward to apply for a job let it be at Deploy Services this is a great place to start.  

What is the best part of working at the company?
The best part of working at the company is that you grow in the workplace by observe and report. And With the children you learn to take care of them and help them by having them showered and giving instructions to the women to shower. Same with the other coworkers who work with the males have to give instructions for the Males to shower. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The most stressful part about working at the company would be that they are getting strict with the people who became flex due to not being able to become full time and they put you on call. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The environment would be that were a team and everybody has to put their part in order to look good to the people who come out of town to come visit. The culture at the company is that many immigrants come from many cultures and we have to sometimes speak both languages to people who may not understand instructions at the showers. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
A typical day would be at work come and be ready to open doors to agents and to people entering the pods. And how I mentioned observe and report. Depending on the department you are in for example if you are a porter the employer has to fold clothes that are given to the immigrants and feed them by passing out food.

Deployed Services stands out as the best company I've had the pleasure of working for. It is characterized by a supportive culture and exceptional colleagues. Under inspiring leadership, my experience in the talent acquisition department was incredibly rewarding. The genuine care and compassion shown by the leadership team fostered a positive and encouraging work environment.

While the role could be stressful due to frequent shifts in priorities and external inconsistencies, the opportunity to connect with thousands of candidates, build relationships, and expand my network was invaluable. The travel opportunities and the company's commitment to employee well-being further enhanced my experience.

I am immensely grateful for the experiences and opportunities at Deployed Services, and I hope to return in the future and work alongside this incredible team again.

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