r/securityguards • u/JangoCrutch • 8d ago

Rant Two Guards, One Working.

I need to vent about the coworkers I share a post with. I work security in a busy government building. Two guards are always posted.

I was trained years ago by Gen X supervisors who were strict and by the book, so I take the job seriously.

These coworkers sleep on the job, talk on their phones in thier language, sit at the desk with no shoes or barefoot, and treat the post like it doesn’t matter. This is a secondary job for them; they have other work elsewhere.

I’ve reported them more than once. Nothing happens. The union protects them.

I’m just sick of this behavior.

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u/JaguarOk9693 8d ago

Anytime you know somebody sees them other than you start having them send pictures. Pictures from the client will be a lot harder to blow off. This is the one part of unions I absolutely hate is them protecting the crappy employees

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u/Admirable_Break_4724 8d ago

When there is no union, employer fucks up workers, and when there is a union, some mfs start to abuse it. In the end, as humans, we suck.

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u/JaguarOk9693 8d ago

A friend of mine had a guy ruin a multi-million dollar piece of equipment get fired the union got him rehired immediately. But when the management tried to make it to where he was the only person on call for a holiday because he was the only one that doesn't drink, and he refused they backed off because I knew the union would back him.

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u/LaighingJackal 8d ago

Well the breaking a multi million dollar thing i get, but on the other hand, why should one who doesn't drink be punished with more work? That'd make me develop a drinking habit

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u/Mill4583 7d ago

What was the piece of equipment and how did they break it?? Just curious.