Vantaggi
Anyone with a guard card can get a job. Turnover rate is so high with guards being fired and quitting that almost anyone can get hours, and potentially a full time post (but for how long?)
Svantaggi
Company does NOT care about you. You are literally another body to fill a post so the company can bill their client. That is it. They make you work specials that are NOT in your security contract and will not pay extra for it. The Ops Managers and account managers do not respond to guards in a timely fashion (if they respond at all) in regards to your concerns; but will contact you in a heartbeat if they need something from you. The company is more concerned with acquiring more accounts and billing clients. Guards are just another number. There is little to NO room for growth because Account Managers will fill your head with empty promises to grow but play favorites. Raises are VERY underwhelming, if you even get a raise. Meanwhile, contracts are being renegotiated for most clients annually, but guards will see crumbs while the contracts are for millions. The company makes on average $30-50/hr per guard, and will only pay you a small portion of that. Flex officers are expected to jump when called upon, and not considered a human being but rather a robot who doesn't need sleep. Union seems like they are in bed with company, so will probably breeze over any concerns. You can be here today, and gone tomorrow, depending on how management feels about you, which does not give one a sense of job security. Not worth your time unless you don't mind devoting your life force and time to a company who could care less about you.