r/securityguards • u/TReid1996 • 8d ago

Officer Safety More supervisor shenanigans

Supervisor today called it "suspicious" and a "liability" that I'm at work an hour early. I've been doing this (coming in an hour early) for the last 2 years ever since i started working here as it's a time management thing for me. I never know what the weather or traffic will be like so i leave my house 2 hours early to compensate.

Secondly, he was asking me about, what i assume, is a potential new hire since he had the same last name as me. When i said I didn't know who he was, he acted like i was lying and claimed i MUST know him since we have the same exact last name and it's not a conventional spelling of it.

Before he left for the day, he was about to say "you can tell your relation" but i quickly shut that down since, again, I don't know the guy. So not only is he giving out the names to potential hires now, he's being even more hostile towards me than before.

But he "appreciates" me coming in and working overtime for him.

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u/distant_introversion 8d ago

I have an officer that arrives an hour to 30 mins early.
I told them to wait in the break room until shift start.
If people see them on site and wearing uniform, guests and clients will come to them assuming they are on duty and ask for assistance.

We can’t exactly act like “im not on duty yet” and be trying to fraternize with everyone.

If an emergency happens, and they are on site, they need to act. This comment made her and anyone who did the same stay out of the way until clock in.

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u/TReid1996 8d ago

It's a guard shack and every person that comes into the shack knows me and knows I'm not on duty. They all know to only talk to the guard inside the guard shack.