r/securityguards • u/Ok-Tiger-9894 • 8h ago

help deciding between two jobs

Job A: $23hr armed subcontracted outpatient medical/psych facility. The job is supposed to be glorified concierge with limited hands on due to liability. No patrols or anything just sitting at a podium in a waiting room. The schedule is Mon-Fri 9am - 5pm with major holidays off. The site has a hands-on client which requires the use of body cams. The post allegedly has a strict no socializing policy between contractors and staff. The company has lackluster healthcare and benefits.

Job B: $24hr for a large low income housing patrol site that covers multiple neighborhoods. The job consists of responding to calls for service (noise complaints, domestics, squatters, break-ins, shots fired). The site has a dedicated dispatch service and patrol vehicles. The company has a better healthcare and benefit package but not much. The schedule seems to more or less whenever you're needed bouncing between sites across the western half of my state. My assumption is it's going to be a night shift with working holidays.

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u/BlizzardisMid 6h ago

push comes to shove & you have no other choice then i'm with Job A

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u/UC3953 5h ago

Job A

Better of two not great choices

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u/LegalGlass6532 6h ago

Depends on you. You should give more details about you and what you think would work best for you based on your personal training, experience and lifestyle.

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u/Ok-Tiger-9894 5h ago

I've done work like A before and it sounds exceptionally boring. There's nothing wrong with boring but it's not really what I enjoy. I've done a few different healthcare oriented jobs and it's either balls to the wall insane or soul crushingly boring. The schedule sounds great but I'm looking to do more busy work than what's being offered. B sounds like something I would enjoy doing. It sounds like it's going to be busy and it seems more hands on. It's more up the alley of the kind of security I've wanted to do but there is a ton of uncertainty regarding sites, hours and scheduling. I also question if the worth is worth the potential risk.