armed security officer

armed guard

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security officer

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Strategic Security Corp.

You are alone at a door for 12-hour shifts, sometimes longer if needed, and if you have a partner you stand on opposite sides of the door and there’s no talking allowed. You are not allowed to sit at your post and if the supervisor catches you she will confiscate the chairs. There are no rotation of posts, the supervisor rarely leaves the office, and will even restrict you from using the restroom for more than half the time that you are there, only during your two 15 minute breaks. You will be bored, you will be sleep deprived. And you’re not allowed to have lunch. 
You cannot be on your smart watch for more than 10 seconds because they’ll assume you’re texting or making a call, and you’re subject to random searches and seizures. If they catch you with a phone, reading material, notebook, pen, food, keys or any other contraband you will be terminated. You are not allowed to interact with the people there, and you also can get in trouble with speaking with the other companies that work there if you get caught or if they decide to report you. You can also get fired without a reason, so there’s nothing preventing the supervisors from firing you, or the manager who is known to fire people in droves.
The manager is more concerned with addressing the wants of his favorites rather than addressing the needs of his crews. If he’s not catering to his female workers/supervisors such as bringing them food or taking them out for dinner in his car then he’s plotting on who to fire next. He’s promoted several of his favorites without a formal interview and allows them to essentially do whatever they want. Such as taking extended breaks, leaving the site to pick up food, and avoid working all together. He has written up several people for similar offenses while his other individuals have not been written up. 
It's all an act so he appears fair when in reality he’s very inconsistent with warnings and firing workers. There have been people fired for minor offenses while others continue to get away with major rule violations which they drilled into us at orientation not to do. And if you call management they say they can’t do anything about it. Because of these reasons, I had lost my confidence in the general manager’s ability to lead us let alone address my concerns a long time ago.

Applied to the job with more than 14 years working as a PMC private military contractor for the DOD US NAVY, Govt contracts were frozen needed work
  I applied for position, a week later I received a job on boarding email and was told click link to finish process, no interview at all was just "hired" .. no unusual for me to just get it without interview.

  Email had no links to complete process, I called ... left several messages about his, emailed and was passed off to another recruiter whom explained that they were having technical issues about getting the links sent...
  A week later I asked if there was any movement as I needed to get to work ASAP.  I got a snippy email back about how  " I explained the situation sit tight" ....   

 Another week went by and I sent an email  ( 2 weeks into this debacle) if the job offer was still on the table  only to be told that they had lost the contract, and they were trying to sort it out but there was no job..
 I work CONTRACTS and if they were honest in the beginning I would have understood this, been through it with different contracts....

 But, no they wasted 2 weeks of my time, were not honest and cost me another job I was offered as I was under the impression i HAD A JOB...

   IF you want to go into security look into Govt employ, every private security job is a total and utter JOKE, they are a revolving door of people, they never have enough employee's , lack of equipment, poor rent a cop managers, poor conditions etc, and the simple fact as a Private rent a cop you have the same powers ad a 5 year old child authority wise to do anything.  Do not waste your time with any private security job like this, it is all the same in my experience. They love to act as if they are all high speed but in reality you are just a doofus that paid $75 for a state "guard card" to stand around in  a  fake cop costume with the limit of your actual authority being .. HEY stop or I will say stop again , then call a real cop..
 After wasting 2 weeks of my life and loss of another job because of it , it seems Honesty is not their strong suit.
 IF you lost the contract why is it that the ad is running currently still?

The manager has a “Napoleon Complex” and he often feels the need to assert his authority by standing in front of people, in a spread eagle stance; standing there for an awkward amount of time before turning around to address the guards standing at their post. It was his way of trying to get to know the guards. But in truth, the manager lost the respect of most of the crews working here especially when he had his favorites going over people who were next in line for promotions. They had been with the company longer but only promoted those he had a close connection with and were new hires. This was confirmed when someone had written the word “favorites” over the photos that he posted of himself and his pet workers together. He got angry with the guards feeling the need to address everyone and claim he didn’t have favorites at all. However, this contradicts the fact that he had also made up a new role, “Call-In Supervisors” in case any of the current supervisors needed time off or couldn’t make it to work. The crews knew he couldn't do that and complained so much to the company they were forced to address it and made the manager remove the nonexistent position. This had deeply affected the morale of those who were next in line to be promoted as they had already been with the crews since the beginning and knew everyone quite well. They had gone through the interview process and were ready to be promoted only to be denied and replaced by people who were incompetent and lacking leadership qualities. The workplace promoted inequality on a pervasive scale as evidenced by the five supervisors in total who were fired throughout the duration of this site’s existence.

This company is the epitome of deplorable, this was my first full-time job and I was very excited to work here at first. But within a few months, I saw many aspects of the job that were outrageous and unsustainable. 
It’s already bad enough that you stagnate at your post all day, but to deal with the drama and hostile work environment only adds to the number of obstacles you’re forced to endure at this job. Along with an incompetent project manager whose only job appears to be nothing more but flirting with females staff or firing workers, oppresive supervisors that only make your job harder than it has to be, and an unresponsive human resource team that can’t be bothered to take your calls but at least have the courtesy to hang up. 
You are essentially on your own, and to add insult to injury as a full-time worker you still receive no medical, vacation time, sick leave, or 401k. But the company still demands that you slave away for them in exchange for measly pay and taking a day off on account of sickness or health can earn you a strike. Workers have to request days off in advance so they can at least receive some form of reimbursement as they already know the company will not grant them anything else.
I now understand why employees should have labor unions so companies like this one do not cheat their full-time employees as aforementioned in the reasons above. People should not have to deal with a hostile work environment, nor unprofessional management, but at the same time still be afforded the same rights, and fair compensation that you would get at any other regular job.

The company held several hiring events in the past couple of months, anticipating that many of the applicants would either fail their backgrounds or be set up to fail once on site. They handed out uniforms like candy thus losing many hats and shirts to people who would never step foot in the building. The general manager plays favorites, promoting those he likes better, despite low attendance and being given special treatment. And the disapproval by the other supervisors and to the dismay of the rest of the crews. The manager is mercurial having his good days and bad days where he does his rounds and talks with his subordinates. But on other days you can expect someone is going to get fired. Some people have been fired without warning while some others who still work there, should have been fired a long time ago. The site generally has problems with maintaining their quota of guards because people get fired quicker than they can replace them. (Revolving Door of Employees) There are no real benefits and the few benefits that you do receive are laughable at best and are not worth the time commitment in exchange for said benefits.

Even though the 12 hour shifts were set by the client, "Government". The days were not clogged with non security related busy work. You have one task and one task only, SECURITY. While it is hard for some folks to focus for that length of time. Management had no problems in working with people to ensure they were the best fit for the post they were assigned to. The company also took very aggressive action to ensure all employees maintained standards.  If there was a sub par employee that was not adhering to policy and post orders. The management team would speak with the officer, provide specific verbal direction on how to correct their deficiency. And if need be, replace the officer with a competent replacement. Also I have never seen a project manager working midnight's at a site to ensure the rank and file officer has that direct one on one contact with their boss. This job is not for everyone. It takes a dedicated person to work a 12 hour shift with little or no direct supervision. But if you are a professional that can work independently from supervision. Then this might be the company for you.

The hours are long and dreadful, it feels like your in prison but with added rules. There's nothing to do but stand at your post for 12+ hours and be at the mercy of your supervisor and manager. Some supervisors have their favorites that get special treatment if you’re lucky, while others are not so lucky. The manager takes his female subordinates out to lunches during work hours and then proceeds to criticize his crews claiming that he doesn’t have favorites. The smallest infraction can get you fired, so if they don’t like you they can fire you unless you’re a favorite.
Management claims to care for our grievances, but for the most part, they ignore it. All they care about is the number of guards we have on-site at any given time. Which is something our site consistently falls short on due to the manager firing people like there’s no tomorrow. Every day, you're dragging your feet into work, you never know who is going to get fired next. Do yourself a favor and look for better job opportunities.

1- Typical Day At Work ?? Officers Always Dissappear For Hours On End 
2- I Didn't Learn Anything At This Job Truthfully 
Management Is Terrible Alot Of Favoritism and Nepotism "You Do Something For Me I'll Do Simething For You Type Place" 
3- Don't Want To Get Started With Work Place Culture That Says It All 
4-Hardest Part Of The Day Is Random Officers Assigned To You On The Light Rail Will Dissapear On You Won't Answer Text Or Calls They Leave You Outta Commission Off The Train For Hours Then Management Tries To Hold You Accountable When It's Not Your Fault And Nothing Happens To The Other Person 
5- Nothing Really Enjoyable About This Job Can't Even Get By Your Day Peacefully Cause One Person Doesn't Like You For a Particular Reason "Supervisor" and Gets You Removed From a Post Even When you're Doing Your Job Right 
6-Non Tolerant Of Other Cultures And It's Not Just One Person It's Multiple Individuals 

A typical day at the job site is always interesting to me because of the interaction with the personnel. I learn different things because at a military base things are always changing. It’s nothing out of the norm because I am prior military. The management I think is not very good because after 3 years I have not been offered or considered for a promotion. Although I come to work on time and even early. The manager has certain ones that he values and others he do not care for for personal reasons which hinders that person from moving forward in the company. There have been several complaints made about this manager but nothing resolved. I don’t understand why It continues to go on and no one in Human Resources cares. I love my job and would never complain about anything unless I have to.

This company is poorly managed and known for lying. They lied about the benfits you will get by wodking for them such as sick hours, health benefits, 401k, Christmas bonus after your 90 days of employment with the company then after a year get 2 week vacation but none of it was true. Get no benefit maybe 1 week vacation after year of being employed nothing else. Very poor management worst I've had to deal with in my 9 years of work experience. There is lot of favoritism, inappropriate relationships between management and employees for special privileges. A lot of employees have come forward reporting these situations and issues yet the company does nothing to stop this issues. There is nothing strategic about this company it's only if want to sell your self to the management and company to keep your job.

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