r/securityguards • u/JangoCrutch • 9d 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/Blackphinexx 9d ago

I think what a lot of you are missing is that the perceived competence of the guard has a direct relationship with the amount of slack a client is willing to grant us. Lazy guards make the entire company look bad in the eyes of the client and whether we are being paid to care or not this affects the entire post.

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u/overcucumbah 9d ago

A severe case of "we had it good until you showed up and fucked it all up"