When I was hired, I was coming off unemployment. They needed 50 something officers to escort vendors into restricted areas while they worked. The hiring manager told me that he could guarantee work for a minimum of 12-14 months. At first, they couldn't get enough people to work overtime. They were constantly bothering people to work overtime, which was great for some, and really bad for others, because we were already working 50 hours per week. After three months, this came to a stop considerably fast, and just about everyone got laid off, save for the few people who had been there a while and a couple of the "favorites". Don't buy it if they tell you there will definitely be work!
The job itself was the worst job that I have ever had. Period. The shifts were 10.5 hours, and you'd go in there, and they would post you in one spot FOR THE ENTIRE DAY. In some cases, it was near a door, where you would see people once in a while. In others, it was in a dark, completely empty hallway (oh, but you'd better never be caught on your cell phone, or congregating ANYWHERE, or god forbid, fall asleep, just stare off into the abyss with no one around!) The client's employees constantly told us how they felt bad for us, saying "I could never do your job." Then, for several weeks, or a MONTH in my case, they put you back at the SAME SPOT. Now, these are mostly ex mililtary people, and I KNOW they have heard of rotating people once in a while. This did not happen at all. I kept thinking I would rather be flipping burgers right now or doing something, ANYTHING!! If the pay was a couple dollars more, I would have seeked a job at McDonald's.
Don't get me wrong, the supervisor for the construction site was great. He was a very considerate supervisor, and always busy, so I don't blame him for any of this. But if I had continued collecting unemployment, I would at least still be bringing in a little money right now, and that would have compensated for the 50 hours/week to 0 hours over the span of the past few months.
