Amazing Company, Amazing group, sucky economy
Pros
For a young adult this is a great company to work for. Out of all my friends who work retail, for family buisnesses, etc, I continue to be paid the most. The schedual is also very flexible(to an extent): when I was a student I could only work 3 days a week, then I moved on to full time with plenty of overtime whenever I wanted. I can set my availability and they are more than willing to work around it. There is also plenty of opportunities for internal growth and lots of areas for you to move up in the company or to take on new placements, try something new, etc. While people my age (17-25yr olds) struggle to find full time work or decent pay I am guarenteed atleast 40hrs a week and I make a couple dollars more per hour than they do. Ontop of that, plenty of really cool and really fun overtime! This is a GREAT starter job for people right out of high school, or those who need a couple of extra dollars on the side. This is also a great job for those looking to get into Policing, health care, or etc Most of the managers were also security guards at some point so they know what we've gone through and genuniely care. The managers, and even the president of the whole company, is very responsive and kind to the people who work under them and even provide lots of incentives to work hard or like to organize "hang outs" The job is also very fun and enjoyable! you really end up having a great time and experience a lot of cool stuff.
Cons
The cons aren't so much anything dirrectly at the company but at the nature of the industry in general. Security 20 years ago use to be mostly inhouse and thus would pay $20+/h. However since the Recession, and especailly since the privitization of most security (as well as proliferation of smaller companies like Concord, Guarda and the Comissionairs) the wage of the average security guard has dropped significantly. The fact that security is very important for liability and safety also means that sometimes you may be forced to work overtime, but luckly thats rare (if ever) and more depends on your co-workers rather than the company: while at McDonalds someone not showing up or showing up late just means everyone works a bit harder, in Security someone not showing up or being late causes a huge safety concern in that people MUST stay to cover that position. The company is though really good about if you have prior committments: if you genuinely can not stay late because of committments, let your bosses know and 99% of the time they will work around it On occasion you meet bad apples within the company but you find that in any company you work in and in my experience Paladin has the fewest or the easiest to deal with. Security is also mostly a night-time industry (ie: things are generally safer during the day because of more wittnesses) so be prepared to work plenty of nights or late afternoon shifts.
