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Sentry Force Security LLC

If you are looking for overtime, this company will provide it. However, in my personal experience, the workload and scheduling expectations made maintaining a healthy work-life balance extremely difficult. I regularly observed employees working very long shifts, consecutive days, and dealing with constant staffing shortages, which appeared to contribute to burnout and extremely high turnover.

Management maintained a very strict and heavily micromanaged environment with constant inspections, trainings, and disciplinary referrals. In my opinion, employees were often treated more like liabilities than trusted professionals. I also found the disciplinary system overly harsh at times, especially considering the pay rates and working conditions.

Benefits were very limited from my experience. Employees were responsible for paying for uniforms and certain equipment costs, and I personally did not receive sick leave or vacation benefits while employed there.

Some posts were physically demanding and required extensive walking for relatively low pay. Communication and scheduling could also be inconsistent, which sometimes created unnecessary stress for employees.

To be fair, I personally never received any write-ups or disciplinary issues during my employment. However, after several months with the company, I ultimately decided the overall workplace culture and management style were not the right fit for me.

Sentry Force is a great company if you're just starting out in the security field. They will help you get your security license and will crosstrain you at their different sites so you can receive the most exposure to different types of security/different assignments which will make you well rounded. If you start off as unarmed like me, they will encourage you and help you to get your armed license which comes with better pay. They're up front with you when it comes to career advancement, if you want those $25-$30/hr+ jobs, they tell you that they don't have them, but they also tell you that it helps to get your experience in with them and build your resume, expand your training with them, and then after a year or so move on to pursue those higher paying jobs. Their sergeants are really some of the best supervisors I've ever worked with, and the operations director is the coolest guy. If you want to stay with them long term, they have lots of room for advancement too.

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My experience working here has included ongoing issues with staffing levels, which often results in employees being short-staffed and required to stay past their scheduled shifts on a regular basis. The workload expectations can feel high given the available coverage, and extended stays have become a frequent part of the schedule.

There have also been concerns with payroll timing during holiday periods, which led to delays in employees receiving pay on the expected payday. Communication regarding the delay and updated payment timeline was limited, leaving employees unsure when funds would actually be deposited.

In addition, the attendance policy includes pay deductions for tardiness, which can feel strict in comparison to the operational demands and scheduling challenges.

Overall, the combination of staffing shortages, scheduling demands, and inconsistent communication around payroll timing has made the work environment frustrating at times.

What is the best part of working at the company?
There is no best part for this company they are the worst they really don’t get one star they get a zero they got drama he said she said schedule management is the worst the they give anybody a job to make them selves look good very unprofessional and unorganized whew boy oh boy I don’t recommend this security company to nobody 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Everything the people the supervisors the drama the unprofessionalism you don’t have a good day of work at this company because you have to worry about the things you did wrong instead of what you do right with people telling everything 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It’s a mixed environment which they need to do more training with their employees since they want to put a weapon in everyone’s hand everyone doesn’t know the fundamentals of an armed position 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
It was the worst I don’t work there no more

You don't really do much and if you're unarmed, you're most likely going to be the only guard on shift at your site. I sit at a desk and do a foot patrol every hour. Only difficult part, really, is the monotony of running around the same building for 12 hours taking photos. 

Don't get the complaints about management; my boss and supervisor are both good guys who respected me. As for benefits, there basically are none. They're a very small company so what little healthcare they give you is bare-bones. There also doesn't seem to be much room for advancement. 

Also the client doesn't do much to help you do your job: The only way I know someone is banned from the property is if a resident points at them and goes "Hey, that person's banned!" There is no list of banned people from building management for you to consult. 

So it's good as a part-time sidegig or a stopgap job until you find something better. Would be perfect for college students; plenty of downtime for homework. 

Sentry Force Security LLC has a lot offer its employees. From a great professional training academy with a big variety of courses following DCJS curriculum, to on the job training sessions to further enhance each employees knowledge basis. 

The company's management are experienced in the industry and have valuable connections through the professional community. 

I feel safe working for a company that genuinely cares about the well-being of their employees and each individual employees career opportunities. I have recommended this company to friends and family,  because of the transparency and high degree of professionalism offered to me and each of my coworkers. Qualities which are sincerely a rarity in an industry diluted with general inexperience and poorly developed policy. 

In my time at sentry force I do not believe I was paid a fair wage, all my coworkers except 2 have been lazy and most of them smoke on the job. People just take an hour to rotate from one post to another for no reason at all and I do not feel like there is any room for advancement here. But they do try to put you at a site close to your home and the times you can work reliably, but only if you hound them so they actually do it, I would recommend this place for someone just starting security because they take just about anyone but don’t stay too long you are not paid what your worth and you don’t get any benefits and you have to pay for your uniforms I’ve never had to to that at any other company hopefully something changes in the future because some of the sgts here are honestly great.

Sentry force is an up and coming security company and they hired me early on when they were still small. Since then they’ve grown a lot and there’s great growth and advancement opportunity for the guards, as long as you do a quality job and catch the attention of management in a positive manner. I got promoted twice since working here because management really liked my reports and I got positive feedback from their clients. Promotions in this company are mainly transfers to better paying sites, as I got promoted/transferred twice; starting out at $13/hr to now making $25/hr. As long as you show up on time, do a good job, and make yourself standout and shine with management and the clients you can easily advance with this company.

What is the best part of working at the company?
This is not a company you want to work for. They do not care about the employees. 
You are nothing more than a body and can easily be replaced. 
Read EVERYTHING before you sign and ask questions. Get EVERYTHING you ask and answered in writing. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The supervisors and management do not care about you. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It is terrible, you cannot leave until relieved no matter what. It is hard to get days off. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Stressing as knowing supervisors are not there to help you out.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Best job I ever worked at so far that’s dealing with security. I love my sight. I love the people in my sight. That’s what made me love my job.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Nothing is stressful about my job because sentry  force makes everything calm and comfortable for me 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Love my job site the culture is very vibrant very helpful and very outspoken

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Typical day at my job is like any normal day you go to work it’s just the people that I’m around. Makes me want to be there.

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