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Winfield Security

Winfield is very thorough in their hiring and the process is an entire day event. 

Once hired you are sent to an account manager who sees where you "fit" best and then sends you to a site to begin working shortly thereafter. As thorough and detailed as they are in the hiring, I expected some things to be different....  among them are the following: i expected them to pay more than minimum wage. It is a security job, but "security" at some sites ( especially the ones they have) is, quite frankly, NOT a minimum wage position. If you are at a College/University you are dealing with so much more than standing at a post as a "security guard".  If you work at a shelter, the responsibilities are extraordinary and again you deserve more pay than minimum wage.  If you are at a residential facility then you are really a quasi building doorman and ,again, so much more than a "security guard".  I think Winfield thinks small and 'typical".  They pay minimum wage to allow the management and owners to maximize THEIR profits and i understand that's how it works oftentimes. However, If they changed their mentality and paid a premium and treated the workers accordingly, then they would attract more quality, professional workers and get many more contracts and make much more money than they currently do. I am fortunate to be in a position where I am working at Winfield as my second job to save for some specific goals. I already have another  full-time job and i am sure that I have a more impressive and accomplished resume and work history than ALL of the Winfield account managers, field supervisors and likely owners and partners as well. I have clearly noticed and observed some of the "issues" that make Winfield less than great but i deal with it because this is not my "bread and butter". I honestly believe that if senior management and owners met with me in CONFIDENCE ,I would be able to inform them of some of my observations and advise them of some changes that will allow them to be the premiere security firm in the entire City of New York and maximize their profits and pockets. 

Just one example of an observation is that they pay the same pay for a security guard with their 8 and 16 only with zero prior security experience as they pay a security guard with the F01, F02 and years of experience. There are many other things they do that do not support the concept of treating employees as adult professionals.  


I'm sure they likely won't meet with me or anyone else and they likely will get rid of anyone who speaks up, makes suggestions or "complains"  because like most companies think... -  they are making their money, and as is often the case with companies like this... "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" and no one wants to stir the pot and mess with the status quo.  


Winfield is not a bad company at all in many ways. It just seems that based on the overwhelmingly negative online reviews and some of my observations, they are a "typical" entry level security guard agency when I think they have the potential, opportunity and ability to be a premium, state of the art, top of the line Security agency.

As a full time security officer I've learned as a self starter to become a leader was eager my interest to move ahead and become a part-time Field Supervisor on the weekend and trained eight guards and managed eight buildings wasn't hard . I got to know all the visitors and residences . The most enjoyable part of the job was that my guards all work together with me and enjoy and loved when I was working . What Supervisor you know would cook there guards person pan of lasagna for the Best Working team to have on my shift in the evening . I've learned a lot from knowing all who is Banned to notifying the Management need to know or inform them when something needs to be aware of and a report to be written for management Office. The hardest part of the job was working in the cold!!! I'm a role model to my pass co-workers.

Depend on the site they put you. But they mostly have shelters. Some good sites are just temporary contracts, then they relocate you on whatever they have. Don't expect a permanent schedule or site. They change the guards from site to site. They don't care if its far from you, they just say they found you a site. At the beginning it was horrible only 1 day a week, then 2 days a week in shelters standing all the time... Now its 5 days a week, sit in a residential building, but only 7hrs & is not permanent is just temporarily. 

You have to call dispatch to clock in/out  plus have to sign a time sheet & fax it every Wednesday.

Mostly all they sites are minimum wages, no raises are given neither when you come to work for winfield everyday you have to keep in mind that you most likely will be stuck at work for a double shift..  so this company will mess up your personal life, the dispatchers don't work with each there, the account manager don't care about nothing only u being at work on the day u suppose too, they have a lot of accounts yes but not enough guards in the company to work them that's what makes the company bad, winfield is just company to work for but DONT make a career there, there  are more better legit companies out there where management actually works with  you and won't leave you out there for double shifts and forget about you like this company does

from the door you will see how unorganized this company is EVANS PIERRE set up meetings/interviews with people and dont show up to work that day. They always have uncovered posts leaving you stuck or have you doing extra work that isnt in the contract. Winfield has many contracts with not enough employees simply because they are so unprofessional and treat us like dirt. All they care about is getting contracts when they dont even have workers. Dispatch is so ghetto and unprofessional its sad this company should be shut down or a whole new team of management in place. As a guard you will recieve no respect from management because of your title.

When I worked at Winfield security I was told by the clients that I was the best security guard they met. I went above and beyond for this company even came in when I was sick with Covid. When we had storms I still came in twice was the only guard who came in for a men shelter which houses almost 200 men. My account manager was very disrespectful towards us guards then had the audacity to still want us to fill in if another guard called out. I never in my life work for a company that didn’t show their hard working workers appreciation. I wouldn’t recommend this company to anyone poor communication skills and bad management I believe if they were to get rid of certain ppl the company would be better

Great environment and culture to work with. Fantastic leadership. Currently at a health center and enjoy helping patients and their needs. Everyday I learn something new because of interactions with facilities personnel. From fire safety to healthcare provisions. Mostly I work alone but management is available 24/7 if the need arises. My manager has helped to accommodate mine and co- workers hours so as to be fair and just. Overtime is spread evenly. Also, we recently received cost of living increase which was a plus. Great place to work.

A typical day at work for me is making sure that all my assignments are finish before the end of my shift. I learned that when your at work or at home you have to make life enjoyable and that makes your day at work easier, and management is wonderful. Because of the different ethnic backgrounds of all the workers from different parts of the world we as employees get to learn more than we knew from each other. The hardest part of the job is when we don't work as a team, and the work becomes more enjoyable when you know you put a smile on both the patients and their family faces and to know that they are satisfied with the work we do in taking care of their love ones.

Due to unprofessional management who don't know what they're doing half the time. I had to quit this company because it was going NOWHERE for me. I asked for a transfer to a different particular site for over a whole year and he still didn't make the transfer for me because I felt unsafe and uncomfortable at the first site they placed me. This place is a total joke and their health insurance is robbery taking $200 every month out your paycheck where barely any doctors take their hideous health insurance

This company is very unorganized. I was a supervisor for 1.5years with Winfield and not one time, one day or one hour was there every guard that was scheduled to work, on time for their shift. The guards will get written up and repeat this action again tomorrow, and nothing happens. The management sucks with the scheduling and they don’t want to pay any overtime, due to the fact that they may go bankrupt for taking a case in Manhattan that the shelter could not afford. I’m so over Winfield.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Security guard 26 salaries reported	$17.76 per hour
Regional director 5 salaries reported	$25.50 per hour
Account manager 3 salaries reported	$70,000 per year
Security officer 14 salaries reported	$17.68 per hour
Dispatcher 8 salaries reported	$18.00 per hour

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