security screener

transportation officer

security officer

security guard

cybersecurity engineer

VMD Corp

Typical day at work is coming in as early as 3 am sometimes 2:30am if flight schedules are early. Employees need to be punctual and you can't be 1 minute late. If you do then you will be put on the list and accumulate points. VMD works with a point system and if you get 4 points you get a suspension or verbal write up. 

VMD Corp is a new company that took over the contract in Kansas City Missouri (2020). When the company took over they lowered everyone's pay rate, demoted a lot of leadership personnel as well as not hiring some officers. I understand that a new company is taking over but some benefits that the company says they are giving their employees does not add up to what they earned. PTO was lessened by your seniority or hire date. 

Management seems to take rumors and act on it rather than taking in the facts. There are some Supervisors and Manager that play favoritism which was hard to work with. Promoting within the company is difficult because it is very competitive. When promoting, management should look at employees' work ethic as well as how well the employee can handle difficult and stressful situations. I have seen some officers that were promoted and some of them are not worthy of the position because of laziness and their inability to handle stress.  Working for TSA as a Transportation Officer was not a hard job at all but, the pressure of having 2 Managers (TSA and VMD) up your back becomes very stressful. The turn around of this job is very high. Take this job if your looking for a filler, for the mean time, but don't make this as your career. I have been told this many times and I ignored it the first 6 years but when VMD took over, I knew it was time to go. 

Working as a Transportation Security Officer is not for everyone, but for some it can serve as a starting point for career advancement. The job itself is not difficult, but the odd work hours for many can be much tiresome. 

The morning shifts starts around 3-4am, and it can be exhausting if you're not getting enough sleep (even if you do, I think the body's circadian rhythm is not designed to wake up at 2am). 

Work culture can really depend on the people you work with (like everywhere else). Generally, people are there to help and are kind. In busy seasons, the stress level can get quite high and that's when work culture can get quite negative. Issues do arise, but it is resolvable through management.

The hardest part of the job can be the odd hours, dealing with difficult passengers, growing fatigue, leaders who borderline (and cross the line) abuse their authority, misleading communication/moves from the company (seems to come from good-intention to make things seem better, but it results in trust of the company), and sometimes co-workers who have uncontrolled gossips and are careless for others. TSO is a high turnover job, I believe for the reasons above (But much of it comes with the position, not the company). I ignored the term "high turnover" prior to working, and didn't realize that it's not on

It is evident that the company tries to enhance things (which is appreciated), but the difficulties of the job is never diminished (meaning the hardship remains). 

After all said and done, the pay/benefits are not horrible when compared with other entry jobs and more physically demanding labor. There are great people to work with, and there are many leaders who truly care about you and support you. 

I worked for VMD from the time they took over in september 2020 until feburary 2023.
Management was terrible, they pay was too low, the work was unforgiving and thankless.
I can still hear the SDO's saying "come on, you gotta be a team player" when they would call begging me to work for a seventh day after six days of a 9.5 hour work day.
Promotions were only given to people who would volunteer to do the most overtime, even if they were extremely unqualified.
Overtime was mandatory, six days a week 3am to 12pm. That doesn't factor in the half hour or more it takes at the start and end of every day to ride the employee bus from the employee parking lot.
The work itself is high stakes, if you miss something lives could be on the line and you could go to jail.
In the end it just wasn't worth it.
The only thing that kept me there were my coworkers and friends.
I wasn't going to quit, but i had a confrontation with an SDO over my payroll sheet not being correct, when i asked for help completing it i was told to "figure it out if you want to get paid" and that was the final straw.
In the end, working for VMD was like being in a bad relationship.
I would never go back.

I worked for this company a while ago, and my experience left me feeling that accountability and discipline were not applied consistently. It often seemed that employees who were part of management's inner circle were given more leniency than others in similar situations.

Communication was another major issue. Policies and expectations changed frequently, and the information employees received was often inconsistent, making it difficult to know what was actually expected.

The company promotes creating a safe and non-toxic work environment, but I did not feel leadership consistently upheld those values. Concerns that I observed did not appear to be addressed in a meaningful way.

I also noticed that several members of leadership socialized extensively outside of work. While there's nothing inherently wrong with coworkers being friends, it created the perception that personal relationships influenced workplace decisions and contributed to favoritism.

Overall, I believe the company would benefit from more consistent leadership, clearer communication, and fair, unbiased treatment of all employees.


worked at the kc airport before it was taken over by this company and they left most of us in the dark only telling us what they thought would keep us in line until after the transition. they cut our pay and came up with the lame excuse that the benefits would make up the money we lost but didn't tell us anything about benefits till it was too late. long story short they could careless about the employees your just another body to keep them in good standing with their tsa contract .  now the other employees is a whole other situation.  don't get me wrong there is some hard working people at the airport that put 1000% of effort into into getting the passenger  by the checkpoint but  most of the worker are lazy and will get away with making everyone else do all of the work and upper management doesn't even care.  if you can deal with some rude passenger and bad upper management this is the place for you. in my opinion  if you are a poc i would not recommend you work here  you will feel like your on thin ice and will have to watch your every move around the whole airport 

I want to start off by saying I LOVE my job and what I do, just not my company VMD Corp.
The only difference between you and TSA are the uniform and who signs your paycheck. You do the same work and get the same training as TSA (you even train with TSA) but  yet you are NOT TSA and you do NOT get the same pay or benefits. 
In fact
TSA agents are federal employees, you are NOT, you ARE a contractor. 
TSA gets TSA Precheck for free, you do NOT
TSA gets paid extra for working on Sundays, you do NOT
TSA gets paid extra for working late, you do NOT
If you are not scheduled on a holiday but pick up a shift, you do NOT get holiday pay. 
If you try to transfer to a TSA airport you have to start from the bottom which means you LOSE any leadership role you worked up to
When you start off as part-time just beware it is VERY HARD to get to full-time, i know multiple people who have been waiting up to 2 years to get a full-time
If you use employee parking it is NOT free, but other airport employees do NOT have to pay

The other two reviews claim that VMD ACY is a great place to work at but it's not. There is a high turnover rate and VMD is constantly understaffed as people would rather quit and leave for lower paying positions instead of working here. This company is rife with favoritism as inappropriate relationships between employees seem to play a part in promotions even though there are more qualified candidates. Also because of the favoritism some employees are granted certain privileges that their coworkers are not as a result of inappropriate relationships taking place between managers, supervisors and their employees. The workplace culture isn't any better as inappropriate and offensive behavior between managers, supervisors and employees are not reported. VMD ACY is a toxic work environment and I would advise anyone to not apply. 

This job is not hard and a very noble one as it keeps people safe while flying. But the employer itself is horrible. As a new employee, you will be the lowest on the seniority scale, and will therefore have to do more work than the senior officers. You will be mandatoried to work overtime nearly every day, and will have to stay for delays multiple days in a row. Currently we are working six days a week. Leads and supervisors do not trust you to do the job correctly, and are constantly looking over your shoulder. They will reprimand you in public for making a mistake. Leads and supervisors have lied to us and simply do not know how to implement the SOP (government regulations). Plus, many senior TSOs are just as abusive and go along with this behavior. 

Never have I worked at a place I’ve felt so disrespected and have been gaslit on a regular basis. Anytime I brought issues to HR of anyone who I would have needed to speak to, it would never be addressed/changed. Ultimately put a target on my back. Management are all buddies and just care about themselves and what makes them look good in order to keep said role. Retaliation is another big thing too. The nature of the job I had a lot of passion for. But the management and some coworkers ruined the job for me.  VMD itself is not employee friendly either. Maybe a huge change in policy could/would make a difference. Otherwise, good riddance. 

Odd hours, long shifts. Too much drama. Very cliqué-y. There are favorites. Any issues you have will not be resolved. Coworkers are rude and will sabotage you. If you’re new there is no respect for you at all from passengers or coworkers. Favorites can do everything they shouldn’t with free reign and can break any rules but if you do it as a new hire you will be fired. This job is not worth your time or effort. Find something else. 

Cons- Coworkers, management, no support, understaffed, favorites, difficult to advance, dramatic young people, no standards, can’t make anyone happy, passengers and coworkers are miserable and will bring you down with them, sabotage, no room for mistakes, no recognition for good work done, micromanaging. 

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Security screener 7 salaries reported	$23.44 per hour
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Security guard 3 salaries reported	$21.83 per hour
Cybersecurity engineer 11 salaries reported	$130,000 per year

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