I have working in security for some time. And when it was Pinkerton, it wasn't too bad. But when Pinkerton and Burns merged under Securitas things went down hill fast.
When it was Pinkerton, company polices were inforced fairly everywhere. When it became Securitas all company polices were open to interpetation or complete ignoring.
The managers play favorites. There chosen people can get or do anything they want and its OK.
I have reported problems to the HR people and was totally ignored or given some crazy reason why the problem wasn't a problem by their interpetation of policy.
However, when someone reported to HR, anonomously, that I had used foul language on the job, on a two-way radio, the HR dept. Swooped in like J. Edgar Hoover's FBI with a full-blown investigation.
After two weeks I was able to proved it to be the lie that it was. I thought that was the end of things but I was wrong.
I was working as a site supervisor and the client contact was a unbelievable ass, that I never really related to very well.in March he asked that I be removed from the site. That really didn't bother me that much, because I didn't like the job nor the client. What really upset me is I was replaced by one of "butt-kissing" favorites of the area manager. But so-be-it I swallowed it.
I was then moved to a site in a northern suburb of Cincinnati. I was a fairly long drive, but the pay was $13.00 a hour so I took it. Ther were several "red flags" that this place was going to be weird that I chose to ignore, but shouldn't have.
One, when I talked to the site supervisor, he couldn't tell what exit to get off the interstate. Thankfully I know this area well enough I found it.
Two, the supervisors didn't were a uniform. He wore regular dress clothes like he worked for the client not Securitas.
Three, my second day of training (there was 2 weeks training) the guard I was with told me forget who you work for here you work for the client.
Regardless I ignored it because this was the only opening at the time. Things went to hell fast.
The clients employees were strange. It was like they were royality because they worked for this company. If you followed the post orders they would complain. If you followed "common sense" they would complain.
If that wasn't bad enough, the supervisor made up his own rules. He wrote me up because the other guards didn't like they way I said "hello" or "OK". I was a supervisor, I know the company polices, you can't do that.
The real reason was I was older and had more experience than any of them including the supervisor. Finally, I asked for, and got a transfer to another site.
Here I get along fine with the other guards and the client employees. The difference int the two sites is like night and day.
If I had paid attention to my instincts I never would have gone to that other site.
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