Posted: 7/25/2014 10:53:06 PM EDT
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has anyone here done any private security work?
a buddy of mine helped me out and is referring me to a company he works for. i filled out the general application today, and tuesday i have an interview, psych eval and piss test. if all goes well, i start wednesday. who here has previous experience with private security? would you like to share your experiences? |
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I did for 11 years. The lower the pay is, the higher the chances you'll get into a fight or possibly shot at. The jobs range all over the place. I've sat behind a desk and watched people badge through a secure door, to check in semi-trucks at a dog food plant, to work 7-11s, Waffle Houses, hotels, concerts, Section 8 apt complexes, a casino and all the way up to some good paying federal contracts. Probably the most fun were night clubs. Although there were plenty of fights at Waffle House's (and shootings), truck stops and 7-11s. The worst is the Section 8 housing. There were plenty of shooting, stabbings, riots, etc. at the ghetto apt. complexes.
Just be ready to sit in a lot of dark parking lots by yourself. |
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SleepyLX has it right.
CONTRACT security sucks. I did that for about 18 years, mostly working at a company that builds airplanes that kill people. When you sit at a gate, checking badges and making sure the employees' car trunks don't have company property in them... it gets old, fast. Very fast. In-house security is far better. You are in an environment where you are (more) equal to the other people. The atmosphere is far different when you are an employee, and the pay and benefits are much better. Contract security tends to be a 'warm body' business. As long as you are able to stand and pretend to do your job, you will be OK. But many of your associates are the same way, and the laziest tend to stay the longest, meaning that when you go into a large contract, you are stuck with a bunch of lazy FSA assclowns who've managed to game the system and stick around... and YOU end up doing most of the work because the supervisors (who are friends with the assclowns) bust you for the most minor infractions. Look for a place where standards are enforced, that's all I can say. |
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You need to pack a disassembled H&R single shot in a briefcase and duct tape several trauma plates to your back so you can withstand enemy fire while you put that single shot together Where is that thread. That was epic. That's all you need to study. Was that the Mall SWAT/Security thread? |
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You need to pack a disassembled H&R single shot in a briefcase and duct tape several trauma plates to your back so you can withstand enemy fire while you put that single shot together Where is that thread. That was epic. That's all you need to study. Was that the Mall SWAT/Security thread? I think so. The dude that wanted to duct tape trauma plates and stop a 300 win mag or something. |
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Need more info.
Like has been said, there is a world of difference in the types and quality of jobs you can have. There are very high paying security gigs out there, but ultimately the work is very unrewarding. I worked security when I got out of the Police Academy and it was soul crushing, even at the very high end of the pay scale. |
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SleepyLX has it right. CONTRACT security sucks. I did that for about 18 years, mostly working at a company that builds airplanes that kill people. When you sit at a gate, checking badges and making sure the employees' car trunks don't have company property in them... it gets old, fast. Very fast. In-house security is far better. You are in an environment where you are (more) equal to the other people. The atmosphere is far different when you are an employee, and the pay and benefits are much better. Contract security tends to be a 'warm body' business. As long as you are able to stand and pretend to do your job, you will be OK. But many of your associates are the same way, and the laziest tend to stay the longest, meaning that when you go into a large contract, you are stuck with a bunch of lazy FSA assclowns who've managed to game the system and stick around... and YOU end up doing most of the work because the supervisors (who are friends with the assclowns) bust you for the most minor infractions. Look for a place where standards are enforced, that's all I can say. Wait wut? 
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I think so. The dude that wanted to duct tape trauma plates and stop a 300 win mag or something. Quoted:
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You need to pack a disassembled H&R single shot in a briefcase and duct tape several trauma plates to your back so you can withstand enemy fire while you put that single shot together Where is that thread. That was epic. That's all you need to study. Was that the Mall SWAT/Security thread? I think so. The dude that wanted to duct tape trauma plates and stop a 300 win mag or something. Shrine of the mall ninja Gecko45 |
| With few exceptions, private security work is crap and very low paid. Some private companies that get government contracts (fed) pay pretty well, because feds control what contractors get. At any level, it's not a career. At best, it's a pay check while you're looking for something else or something to do part time when you retire. |
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Did PSDs, armored car, stationary (nursing homes, Sotheby's) and a bunch of other shit when I was still a blue-meanie...
My first 10 years in, I always worked at least 2 other security jobs to keep the kids in Catholic school.... Since retirement I swore that I'd never do that shit again....but money's tight, so, I might have to suck it up and find an old-fart gig where I don't have much interaction with "lesser beings". |
I've done everything from guarding a manufacturing plant to guarding a Methadone Clinic... If you don't particularly mind being treated like dirt sometimes, it's not bad. You just have to remember that you ARE the lowest fish on the totem pole and even the janitor might talk shit to you if given the opportunity.  |
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Quoted: has anyone here done any private security work? a buddy of mine helped me out and is referring me to a company he works for. i filled out the general application today, and tuesday i have an interview, psych eval and piss test. if all goes well, i start wednesday. who here has previous experience with private security? would you like to share your experiences? |
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I'd tread lightly around workin' dudes drinking beer in trucks... Quoted:
I'd tread lightly around workin' dudes drinking beer in trucks... Beat me to it.
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My first 10 years in, I always worked at least 2 other security jobs to keep the kids in Catholic school.... No collars for dollars? 
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What is your background? There are overseas PSD work that pays pretty good (mid 6 figures/year). The job your are describing sounds like an unarmed, low paying gig. Quoted:
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has anyone here done any private security work? a buddy of mine helped me out and is referring me to a company he works for. i filled out the general application today, and tuesday i have an interview, psych eval and piss test. if all goes well, i start wednesday. who here has previous experience with private security? would you like to share your experiences? I was curious as well since OP said he goes from interview, psych eval, & drug test one day, to working the next. Sounds like a mall cop job to me. |
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Where is that thread. That was epic. That's all you need to study. Quoted:
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You need to pack a disassembled H&R single shot in a briefcase and duct tape several trauma plates to your back so you can withstand enemy fire while you put that single shot together Where is that thread. That was epic. That's all you need to study. http://lonelymachines.org/mall-ninjas/ |
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I was curious as well since OP said he goes from interview, psych eval, & drug test one day, to working the next. Sounds like a mall cop job to me. Quoted:
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has anyone here done any private security work? a buddy of mine helped me out and is referring me to a company he works for. i filled out the general application today, and tuesday i have an interview, psych eval and piss test. if all goes well, i start wednesday. who here has previous experience with private security? would you like to share your experiences? I was curious as well since OP said he goes from interview, psych eval, & drug test one day, to working the next. Sounds like a mall cop job to me. it pretty much is a mall cop type job, but at 40 hours a week and 12 an hour, it is better than the no job i currently have. as for background, i have a ged and took some criminal justice classes in college. |
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Quoted: it pretty much is a mall cop type job, but at 40 hours a week and 12 an hour, it is better than the no job i currently have. as for background, i have a ged and took some criminal justice classes in college. Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: has anyone here done any private security work? a buddy of mine helped me out and is referring me to a company he works for. i filled out the general application today, and tuesday i have an interview, psych eval and piss test. if all goes well, i start wednesday. who here has previous experience with private security? would you like to share your experiences? I was curious as well since OP said he goes from interview, psych eval, & drug test one day, to working the next. Sounds like a mall cop job to me. it pretty much is a mall cop type job, but at 40 hours a week and 12 an hour, it is better than the no job i currently have. as for background, i have a ged and took some criminal justice classes in college. As long as you maintain a sense of humor and know when and more importantly when not to be an asshole, it can be a lot of fun. Just don't take yourself too seriously, you are after all, just a glorified baby-sitter. |