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A  typical day at work for security it depends on what the site you in. Sometime the company will put u in a public or privite area .

A public area for a work day can be ok dealing with alot people also being aware of anything that suspicious customer service is always needed patrolling area and personal protection.

A privite area can be ok there still alot to do such as building and garage tour reporting proprty damage and reporting any emergency situation monitorig cameras answering phone but less people to deal with it.

What I learn from security is monitoring cameras 
guarding institutional, industrial or commercial property against 
fire, theft, vandalism and illegal entry.
Where to locate fire pump rooms boiler rooms electric rooms.
how to deal with trespassing and demonstration.
How to act and take constructive steps to solve or settle an issue. 

The hardest part of security is emergency situation.
Most of the time security have to interviewing witnesses 
and write a report to the manger. calming people down when people 
get angry or upset. Also when people try to trespass break in property, stealing and breaking the property policy for security to act
fast.

The enjoyable about security is time go by quick when there nothing do to beside tours and monitoring cameras.

This is a nickel and dime operation through and through. The only way to make any money at all is as a tier 1 floater and that means you have to say yes to anything. If you turn them down a couple times you automatically go to their negative list. 

And you will go from 40 to 50 hours a week to 20 or less. If you call them and ask for more hours they will tell you nothing is available yet other floaters who dare not ask for any time for themselves ever will always get theirs. The only response you will get from them is we will call you when something is available. I would not expect that call anytime soon.

Management was ok to a certain degree, but the pay is bad and the benefits are so lousy and overpriced. They go through employees like crazy because most people leave after seeing what a nightmare this company is. 

If you have to work here get out as soon as possible. But if possible avoid it all together.

Don't bother. I worked here for 3 months before I couldn't stand it anymore. The training was awful. You feel like your learning then they put you on the floor and it's NOTHING what they taught you. I've asked for help multiple times only to be responded with attitude. The managers here are uptight and no help to anyone in the office. My first day in the phones was awful. They put me into their mailroom which was a separate room from everyone else. So I had absolutely no help and when i asked for help I got nothing but attitude again. What really killed me is I come back from a weekend and suddenly they switched over all my prods to another prod. Which was stuff I wasn't taught due to neglect on SSCs part. And their communication to each other is truly laughable I had told the same person what was up about 5 times before anyone could give me an answer.  If you want to work in a place where it feels like highschool then this is perfect. But if you want to be fulfilled keep on looking. 

A typical work day is 8 to 4 and will fly buy when you are busy dealing with whatever the current situation is at the time. I've learned a quite a bit on running payroll, a little bit of data entry and basic billing. I've also learned to navigate between a bit of workplace drama. The culture can be very friendly and inviting but since it is a small company it is very easy for people to step on each others toes since there are not many workplace process and procedures set up to deal with daily/new issues. That is the hardest part of the job, the lack of consistency. Getting different answers from several senior co-workers on how a situation should be dealt with. The most enjoyable part is that the company is very lenient with a flexible schedule since COVID and I do believe that this will continue on going forward.

Terrible  company to work for. They will practically hire anybody in order to fill in  certain positions.  I have had to deal with inexperienced supervisor with lack of organizational skills and motive to help make the team better. Also dealt with lazy,  complaining, unqualified coworkers. Management Is a joke, dont always answer your calls and  they are awful at recruiting new hires to join resulting in  coverages to be very difficult and for you to work excessive overtime hours which has turned into having no life almost.   SSC has a call command center that is very useless and unhelpful. Basically there to pick up the management slack at times.  Benefits are not that great , only dental seemed to be decent. I would not reccomend anyone to work for this company.

This store is THE WORST dispensary to shop and work at in the Redmond/Kirkland area, inventory team takes sick days off to play Harry Potter and other games when they release then talk about accountability, the store has seen 3 store managers come and go in 6 months for a reason, the store is one of the slowest and least profitable stores in a 10 miles radius, they rely on 30 percent off sales everyday to see any business but never peak over 200k in sales a month, without the west Seattle location they would have 4 employees and that’s for a reason. AVOID AT ALL COSTS! Management demands you come in even if you are sick, Hashtag is down the street if you are desperate! Best of luck to current employees 

Management is literally the worst. no communication, supervisors cannot do their job properly due to the operations manager having the final say. Even small things such as moving days with another guard can’t be done even if there is no schedule conflicts. They hire anyone off the streets so every guard you get has a chance to be someone who doesn’t want to work and be lazy. They also say they provide uniforms and good pay when they really don’t, this companies security standards are laughable and they do not care about your well being at all. I contracted covid from my site and they didn’t even compensate me for it, it became my fault for getting it and almost got fired

The main issue with this company this company is more specifically in the management level leading up to regional mandatory regional manager, regional director et cetera. Their focus is more on licking the boots of the client, Then it would be finding out exactly what the core of the problem is is when it pertains to issues. For example, A client may not like you for a trivial reason. But instead of investigating, Finding out what the situation was from both sides, And properly assessing the problem and making a solution. They would rather much listen to the client and terminate the employee just to secure the contract. I know full security teams that lost their jobs with this company well company just because the client did not like these people. 

Great place to work, students are respectful, like any other job on the planet if you just do your there's zero issues. Management is respectful and cares about it's employees. Been working here for almost a year and have no complaints aside from one individual who tends to put a speed bump in the face lane. Things can get pretty hectic at times which I personally like, I enjoy the challenge. Hours are good. Supervisors are great to work along side of. All in all a great work environment and fun place to work.  

I was mostly based in Shelton CT. I would recommend anyone to work for SSC. Been working there since 2012 (currently 2024). If youre a hard worker, show up on time, have respect for others time, do what the job asks of you, and have a professional friendly demeaner you can easily land some really nice sites. Been at a site in trumbull for 6 years and its the happiest Ive ever been. If you are going to request PTO however, make sure you do it with more than enough time for them to find you coverage. If you do that, theyll be happy to find you coverage. If you do it last minute out of neglect or being lazy (for non emergency related instances) then good luck getting coverage. Overall, I loved and still love SSC

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Security officer 243 salaries reported	$19.71 per hour
Shift manager 15 salaries reported	$21.48 per hour
Security supervisor 13 salaries reported	$24.23 per hour
Site supervisor 7 salaries reported	$26.17 per hour
Campus safety officer 6 salaries reported	$20.58 per hour

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