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Teachout Security Solutions

Teachout Security Solutions in a nutshell is a company that you only work at for a short period of time. There is a constant rotating door of new employees coming though here all the way up to management. Since my time at Teachout only a few people hired in before me are still actually here. Corporate is always trying to find ways to bring in new people who they can pay less. My manager was always under threat from corporate to loose his job and the same with all the shift supervisors. I have never seen a group of individuals so demotivated and stressed out about such a low paying job. If you want to work here you cannot have any other jobs or activity’s outside of work because you are under constant risk of being mandated. Mandation‘s occur on almost a daily basis with the company not caring about short turn around. There are no incentives to work hard or many opportunities to be promoted. I have witnessed people who were more than qualified for higher positions be looked over for someone who was brand new with no experience. This company uses a point based write up system to fire people fast and within just a few occurrences deducts employee’s pay, dollars at a time to encourage them to quit. The Vice President of the company has many times fired supervisors for “not issuing enough write ups” to their shift even when their shift is functioning at an outstanding level. Everyone is encouraged to tell on each other and all 3 shifts are constantly looking to get each other in trouble. I would not recommend working here because you will bend over backwards for this company working doubles consecutively only to have your hours and pay cut. Teachout is only in the business to make as much money for themselves as they can with little to no regard for their own employees.

I worked at Teachout Securty Soultions for almost 2 years. Throughout my time at Teachout Security Solutions I worked at the Flint Branch as a Road Supervisor and the Health care division as both a normal officer and a Shift Supervisor. Teachout Security Solutions offers some advancement within the company if you are willing to work really hard for it. I was paid anywhere from $9 an hour up to $12 an hour throughout my positions here. In my time here I have met and had the chance to work with some truly incredible people! Such as the CEO and Vice President of operations! In fact most of the managers here are great with the exception of a few branch managers. I have had the opportunity to work almost if not all job site in the Flint branch. All job sites vary from fast paced 1st shifts to slow vehicle patrols overnight. The work to personal life balance is very poor. I was expected to always answer my phone and come in at a moments notice (of course this might have changed). My branch manager was very poor at his job. Most Supervisors, officers and even clients had little to no respect for him. The healthcare division was a great place to be more hands on and converse with more people. I learned a great deal from working in hospitals that I will have for the rest of my life.  I did enjoy my time at Teachout Security Solutions and I would only recommend someone to work here if they are willing to put up with very flexible schedules. I learned a lot at Teachout and developed a lot of long lasting friendships. I am very thankful I did get the opportunity to work here disputed everything listed above.

I started with Teachout nearly two years ago, and there have been times when it was stressful and hectic. Most of the jobs are pretty easy to do and don't require much outside of your time, the hours can sometimes be strenuous. But don't let that discourage you, there are many opportunities for advancement and overall a great group of guards to work with. 

Once you have proven yourself and spent some time with the company they will promote from within, as a rule of thumb almost every Manager, Supervisor or Office Administrator started as an entry level officer. You have to be hungry and want to make a difference in order to move forward with any company. In my personal experience the officers that complain the most are the ones who show up late, cause people to have to stay over or call in sick constantly. As with any job I would imagine. 

Security can be a difficult lifestyle, as the times vary wildly and you deal with the public. But the reality is, when there is opportunity to advance, the company sends out emails on the opportunity to ALL officers in an area, that are then given the opportunity to apply to the position. You will go as far as YOU push yourself. 

When you are depending on other people to perform the job can be stressful, there are times when you will stay over because of another officers last minute choice not to show up. But the company and management does a stellar job of getting you home as soon as possible.

This company was a waste of my time dedicated yrs to company. Constantly being called in at no notice, schedule changes, corporate sucks as do most of their managers. If you want to sit around, get fat and not do your job you'll definitely be perfect for this company but if you're hard-working dedicated and willing and take your job seriously you will not go anywhere with this company. They say that they promote within the company-that's a lie!!! They say they give raises-that's an absolute lie!! Their idea of health insurance is ridiculously overpriced and a joke-for very little coverage & ridiculous rates.!. Sick days? Vacation days? what is that? This company is a joke and I will not be surprised if they're not financially around in the next couple years. Nobody in the office seems to talk to each other, noone confirms anything with nobody. Management will listen to complaints & concerns and then doesn't do anything. They can't even follow their own policies in their handbook!!!!!! My grade school kids could manage the company better/do a schedule better than the managers they have.(like everywhere else in Michigan) They are at will employment & if they get a chance to find a way to get rid of you, they will not even bother to notify you!

This is not a company that you want to work for, if you are a student, and Have a home life, especially if you have children. This company will change your schedule at any given time, without notice and expect you to work the changed schedule, with no regards if you have class, or a babysitter. If you can't work the shift change, you will get points for " no call, no show.  I had my schedule for the pay period, a road supervisor came to my site with a form from the office changing my schedule for the next three days. They don't ask you if you can work the changed shift, they just change it and expect you to work it.

I have been scheduled several times to work at a site, when I get there, someone has already been assigned to work that site for that day.  One time I showed up for my shift, and three people were there for the same shift. They will not compensate you for your gas or time, when they mess up the schedule.

I have also been assigned to two different location at the same time. The dispatcher will call to see why you didn't show up for your shift, the you explain that you are at the location that your schedule said be at, on the dispatcher's log, it states your are to be  at a different location. AVOID THIS COMPANY!!!!!!

What is the best part of working at the company?
A little paycheck. You even get an ok check when they work you to death...

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
High turnover so always short staffed . Always had to work 12 hr shifts with short notice. Pay by site . Couldn't leave until the next guard came in to relieve me. My relief was late constantly, sometimes an hour and a half and nothing was ever done about it even on the days I just worked 12 hrs. Never got my next raise I was told I was going to get. I had to drive an hour to get to the hospital they sent me to work at.  Nothing to protect myself with even though the hospital had some really crazy psych patients that would attack me. But I was told I couldn't touch anyone..

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Management are idiots. No communication .

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I worked 3rd. Every morning my site supervisor that relieved me was generally late. Sometime up to an hour and a half. Management let it continue.  I couldn't leave until she lolly gagged in, always with fountain drinks and snacks. I set on my butt at a desk and watch cameras. Deal with crazy psychos that come into the emergency room and run their mouth because they think they are the only people that exist in the world. And crazy psych patients .

Everything really depends on you and where you are. If you take extra shifts, keep company cars clean, do your paperwork right, and perform whatever tasks each job site has you do correctly; you will succeed with Teachout. 

You can easily make $600 in two weeks if you take a few extra shifts because the job sites vary in pay. Most sites are very clean and safe, but DO NOT let your guard down. 

Anything can and will happen and you WILL get blamed for it because your security. Even though you have old, broken, or no tools at your disposal, if something happens and you don't handle everything perfectly the site owner will complain about you. If you are doing your job consistently and legitimately (clean uniform, paperwork, etc,.) with accurate paperwork to support you then management will take your side. 

Management in the Flint/ Healthcare Department is very consistent but management needs to communicate with each other or lower guards (like myself) will get confusing scheduling, conflicting posts, etc.

Overall, Teachout is a good company to start security with. You will be in a variety of settings and situations that will test your patience and character.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Free uniforms and nothing else.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
If you have done security before, it isn't stressful. Only stressful part is when this company screws your wages, miscommunication, and failure to give clear directives. Outside that, the job is easy except for when the company wants to yank you around like a toy and don't even pay you what your worth. Also wages are lower than nearly all other companies.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Just simply don't do it. Can't even trust the high ups to make sure your paid correctly. Also has had many failures in sending officers with no instructions to places and expect them to do the job without even being told what is needed or where to even perform the job.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
If you get a good location, the typical day is smooth and relaxed as long as nothing occurs. If in a dangerous location, it is extremely hazardous as they don't even give you any way to protect yourself even in high gang violence locations.

Your average day per shift is different based on site. Most just require access control monitoring or patrolling. The sites aren't bad if you get good ones to be able to talk to the employees of the client. The security company in general is a complete joke. They tell you they promote from within. But dont. They say they will help you learn the skills to be a Lieutenant (supervisor) little do you know the process takes a year plus to get qualified then chance of you getting a site supervisor roll is slim to when one opens. It's like high school. People drive on drama and people who have no experience leading get supervisors rolls and the company makes no effort to make your average worker feel worth anything. You're literally a peon no matter how ever long you work there for. 

Personally trained people who got positions higher then myself cause "I wasnt qualified" but I was training them.

If you want yearly or performance based raises.  Goodluck. You only get 1raise. 50 cents. Only time you'll get a raise is if you get rank. That's it.

I worked for Teachout for 2 years, and it's sort of a sinkhole. You get promoted and manage to go down in wage because they pay lower for the supervisory positions like road patrol than they do the contract sites, or get promoted and stay at exactly the same wage. You aren't given  a reason to want to remain loyal, are promised certain things, but then have to ask for them. And manage them yourself. If you dont harp about it nothing changes. It's a shame really because the people you work with are generally really great, and wonderful. My manager and team I work with are fantastic. But the higher ups only care about their paychecks. You will always be a number to them, and will never make enough money to live a sustainable life all the while they drive luxury cars or escalades. Hopefully you have two incomes otherwise, you cannot afford to work here. The best way to sum up Teachout is it's a great job filled with promises and expected loyalty. But they are empty promises and give you no real reason to be loyal. They dont care about their workers and paying a decent wage.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Security officer 50 salaries reported	$15.60 per hour
Security guard 2 salaries reported	$14.00 per hour
Security manager 4 salaries reported	$43,750 per year
Trainer 3 salaries reported	$14.50 per hour
Dispatcher 2 salaries reported	$13.00 per hour

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