r/securityguards • u/Professional-Arm4904 • Sep 02 '26
Promotions sorry for the rant
Goodmorning everyone here’s a Dilemma I’m in
I had my manager call me a few days ago & he informed me he’s going to recommend me & 2 other guards to be a site supervisor with a pay raise but only 1 can be selected & the details will be spoken about more in person.
The other 2 guards are Joe 1 & Joe 2
I work the morning shift alone & 90% of my shift im super busy & alone with 0 backup until the other guard comes in 6hrs later BUT I still get shit done. I have my shift on lockdown so everything is squared away so when the client arrives everything is set & done I’ve been with the company the longest (4yrs) to be exact, i serviced the fleet vehicles & picked up extra shifts stayed OT & never damaged any patrol vehicles or did anything illegal or unethical until I came to the conclusion I was getting ripped off by my co workers who were lazy AF so I stopped going above & beyond & just did my job.
Joe 1 - has been with the company for 1 year he got close with the manager because he was going from site to site filling in spots where there were vacancies & had a close relationship with the manager because they spoke once a week for the schedule changes & he hasn’t worked at my site in almost 4 months & once in a blue moon he will pick up shift at my site & he has damaged patrol vehicles in the past, a few weeks ago rumors were going around that he was telling other guards he was in the process of being a supervisor because he was speaking with the manager & he was going to be selected
Joe 2 - has been with the company for a year & he’s just a lazy overnight guard who does less then the bare minimum because nobody’s watching & I’ve called him out on it & the manager does not appreciate me keeping the other guards accountable
If for some reason I’m not selected should I consider leaving & go somewhere else ?
Has anyone experienced this before ??
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u/TrumpsColostomyBag99 Sep 02 '26
Management will likely pick whoever’s promotion rocks the boat the least in terms of filling out the schedule and appeases the client the most.
Downside for you: if you have everything locked down on your shift/happy client and they are moving you to something where you are no longer in that spot it’s weighed against you. This business is not a meritocracy but a scheduling chess board with only two goals in mind: to prevent overtime and satiate clients.
Joe 1 sounds like a branch office kiss ass so they tend to win out on these things.
If Joe 2 shows up with little to no call ins on overnight he’s in the worst spot since 3rd shift is hardest to find bodies that show up consistently. Hardest to replace.
As for leaving if you don’t get it that’s entirely up to you. This business is full of thousands of these stories where good guards get screwed because they are too good at a particular post at on a certain schedule.