It pays to do your homework before commiting to a company that has constantly misguided their own people. I've been employed with the company on 3 separate occasions since the year 2000 and I am currently employed with them. No, that is not a misprint. I've left the company on 3 separate occasions only to find myself back with them in hopes that perhaps they may make it more attractive to those who want to work for them. Perhaps my personal experience will shed some light and open the eyes to those who are considering a career with Allied Barton.
As I mentioned above, since the year specifically the pay, it has always been the same -nothing more, nothing less. I currently make $9.50/hr. Now, one may be thinking: how does one make it with today's standard of living? It's impossible -unless you are retired and are looking to supplement your income with extra cash or you have a friend (s) or significant other that is also helping to meet the financial needs.
This is a multi-million dollar company that has been in existance for nearly 50 years. One does not have to think so far as to why can't the company increase the pay. This explains why the company has such a high turnover of security guards who don't stay employed very long especially in my area where I am located here in Upstate N.Y. Outside of Albany.
I've worked many area sites since 2000 and was making $9.50/hr. And I still am today. St. Mary's Hospital in Troy, N.Y. Is one of the most complex sites where it is not your typical sit-down site. Believe me, it's not a vacation by any means! The call volume for in-house hospital activity is staggering. Just to provide a brief background to those that are not aware of what situations that we respond to, in addition to our regularly routine patrol rounds that we perform inside and outside the hospital campus, we respond to fire and medical emergencies on site, assaults, domestic disturbances, unwanted people not allowed on hospital property, vandalism, vehicle accidents -whether that be property damage accidents, or accidents that involve hit and run, power outages, lost and found property and thefts, with thefts being the most common call we respond to. We work hand in hand constantly with local law enforcement. With over 180 incident calls in currently, we're on pace to shatter that in 2008. For us guards, including myself, and for all we do at the site I currently work at, $9.50 is no good -it's not worth the stress we go through at this site -in general $9.50 cannot and will not make it with today's economy.
I ask myself, as many others have: how can the company not cater to the needs of the security guards and increase overall pay? After all my years being employed with the company, I may never know that answer. I do feel the company is stagnant and not growing at all. Could it be greed? Is there unfair and unlawful business practices that are going on behind the scenes where there are those that are benefiting for their own moral and personal gain? Could it be the company going under as some have been led to believe? The answer to these and other questions that people may have may lie within those that govern this company. Anyone can form their own opinions as to how this company treats their own people. To me, it's a total shame and it's indescribable that this company is still in existance.
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