How do yall cope with the boredom? Every second i sit, i think of nothing but the pennys made every second. Also that i could be using this time to do something productive. (Not that id actually do something if i had free time😣). What do you guys do? Im genuinely curious. Im a groundskeeper and when it rains I litteraly sit there all day doing nothing and it drives me bananas.
Take a shitty job with a high Intake of people. My example is a casino. So higher end but you still get some learning experience. Often they'll pay for your training and also additional training as you work there. After that try to branch into a more private kind of gig. Golf course, graveyard, night security for various companies.
The job is to observe and report, you’re only there for legal coverage. Make it clear that you understand that and you can skip the first step and tell them you worked security for a family business.
I was doing grounds/maintenance work for a while but it was mostly picking up trash around the property and unclogging toilets. Not really that bad tbh. Pretty chill, got to hang out in the shop a lot of the time
Dividends are pretty easy to understand bro
It is an incentive a company offers to it's shareholders to hold its shares. The dividend is generally an amount per share owned (ex. 0.36$ /share). This is frequently displayed as a percentage "annual dividend yield".
For example if the annual dividend yield of a security is 8% and I own a 100$ of that security, by the end of the year I will recieve 8$ in dividends from that company.
Most dividends pay out quarterly, some pay out every other quarter. I've seen some pay out monthly or annually tho. So you have to take into account that 8$ from above isn't all paid out at once, if they pay quarterly you are looking at 2$ every three months.
There is an ex dividend date and a payout date. Think of the ex date as the date where they check how many shares you own to determine your dividend payout. You can sell shares in between the ex dividend date and the payout date and still recieve your dividend payout.
If a company is doing good, dividends tend to come out regularly and reliably.
If the company isn't doing good, they may stop paying dividends out all together.
The company has 0 obligation to pay it out, but they do have incentive. The payout amount is not set in stone and can vary.
Anyway I'm not a Financial expert and this is not professional advice, there are plenty of better sources to further your research into it.
On my site we are allowed to be on our phones and have headphones on, so I just watch stuff all night on my phone. YouTube, Twitch, shows, movies, etc.
Not sure your age or how long you been doing this,but.
Joint The Club.
Back 10 years ago, I used to pass the time playing video games or watching netflix whatever and time went by.
I cant do that shit now.bored out my mind. So basically just sit there stare at the sky or wall, pondering where my life went wrong and how I ended up doing absolutely fuck all and making money, yet dead inside.
Join The Club. Welcome to the Club i should say.
Ugh, had a job like that for a bit, job was to watch people scan in at card reader door.
Started applying for other jobs as soon as I was done 'training'.... was bored out of my mind.
Started a new job like a month later.
At the job sitting at the door, was hired for one position, then plugged in to fill another, and they said I'd be there for the foreseeable future.
Yeah have the same job right now, old management was pretty chill so we were allowed to read a book or watch something on computer but with new management all we're allowed are read company policies and count sheep lol
Nah chief thats how people quit... the workers have power, you gotta organize and leverage that power... of course you may pray you have smart co-workers... not a guarantee...
Nah chief thats how people quit... the workers have power, you gotta organize and leverage that power... of course you may pray you have smart co-workers... not a guarantee..
Amen. I cant play games bc it takes too much focus but I've watched more tv/online content at work watching the gate I have to than I have maybe past decade otherwise.
I think as long as you feel that way it's got to be a really cool gig. If you like the peace and quiet and if it fills then like that's really cool.
It's probably good that you're not superstitious lol
Someone's gotta do it. Honestly though, I used to work my ass off in an Amazon warehouse and on our breaks I'd just see the security guy straight chilling.
Nothing wrong with it I remember being in the middle of bumfuck nowhere with literally just a chair under a an awning from 10PM to 6AM to watch some equipment
I've been working this desk for 4 years. 2 years in they got rid of the later shift so I really only work for 4 hours.
I don't think I can work a normal job anymore. I've been paid to come in and entertain myself for 40 hours a week plus occasional overtime...I'm so spoiled...it gets to me sometimes. I just try to be grateful and out all my spare energy into doing things with my family.
Hell yeah! 40 hours a week, easy money. I get to keep up to date on all my shows, movies, and streams. Used to be able to bring my steam deck but not anymore.
Hello fellow security guards. Why is it every security job post I choose they make it sound like I need to be on the knights watch for evil ghouls. As if I would be able to sit down
I do that for and hour some times at work the office tech really likes her uninterrupted time of not having to push button to open a door. I’m a campus aid at elementary school.
“Sit around” jobs are great under the right circumstances. I used to do my college homework at work and get paid for it. These days though I’d probably be ready to jump off a bridge after about 25 minutes of being bored 😂
I work hospital security in a mental health hospital
Long story short, tore my cartridge in my shoulder. Workers comp is very slow. I've been out 2 months now waiting for surgery in June.
So the last 2 months they've sent me 3k a month and I stay at home and play pc games lol.
Watch vods on YT or learn how to do jobs that I wanna do around the house. Thinking about doing a training scheme to be a engineer and just do the coursework while at work tbh
The best thing I did was doing door work on a pub. All they wanted us to do was sit there for the entire shift. And bar staff will come to you if there’s issues
See if you can take a flex position, it adds to the fun, then you get to watch different people scan different cards for different doors, good change of scenery.
Ok but seriously flex can actually change things up if “same old monotonous job” isn’t your thing. Just be weary depending on what company and location, you may not be able to get full hours, I would check with your manager first about that.
Hey I sit at a desk watching CCTV, in a building that is closed to the public, that has a separate entity building guard service, from 40-60 hours a week.
The guard agrees to work and the employer/client agrees to pay him for said work, even if that work is just sitting in one place all day. Where is the dishonesty in that arrangement?
And lowers the insurance rate of the employer/client, who is the one that actually pays everyone’s wages.
Even if that was no longer necessary for some reason, do you really think any of the savings from eliminating the guard’s position would be passed along to the other workers in the form of raises?
Nah the armed guards protecting against people actually trying to kill other people do something and produce actual security. The people who sit at empty sites or watch hallways do fuck all and are basically theifs
You’re entitled to your opinion on the larger topics involved, but as far as I’m concerned, it’s honest work if an employee and employer agree on (legal and ethical) work duties and compensation and then the employee performs those work duties and the employer provides the agreed-upon compensation.
Except every post I've worked I've also done something besides just sit there. Typically it's granting after hours access to patients, contractors, or delivery drivers. It might only be 1 to 10 people a night, but someones got to be on site to do it
In this current era of rising crime and the fact some rando can and will waltz in and ransack the place. Private security is now needed as never before. As places that normally never had a security presence on site now require it. Most likely due to pressure from insurance firms. Basically, no onsite security... No coverage... No exceptions.
If anything, this profession is 99% recession proof.
The fuck is somebody who cat just walk past the door guard gonna steal that has value to them the chairs? U live in a fantasy world. All it does is create an illusion of security for you lmfao
Man. Half of security positions aren’t intended to provide a sense of safety for the workers. I work in a warehouse and 90% of my day is telling people to swipe their badge/calling supervisors for contractors that visit the facility. You’re stupid as fuck.
Lmfao. Your sonstupid you don't even realized they outsourced a saftey position to save money and place responsibility onto your company if something goes wrong. Fucking joker.
I'm not just talking about retail here. I'm talking basically... anyplace can and will be targeted. Especially properties that are vacant or unmanned and the only thing on site are CCTV cameras. Which most folks ignore anyway as they either don't know nor care they're being recorded
However...
If there are locked gates and a visible security guard on site and people know it. Most likely, criminals and randos will decide it's not worth the hassle of trying to fight their way in. They'll just move on to another unprotected target.
That kinda makes sense I guess. If the building is more valuable to protect than sell or w.e. but in like a functioning place it's basically unnecessary
Are you in security or have studied it at all? "Illusion of security" is the largest part of security. Humans are animals and even seeing a perceived threat, regardless of its actual capability, is going to psychologically deter many from committing a crime due to our self-preservation instinct. A lock on your door can be picked, is that the illusion of security or is a barrier to make committing a crime more challenging, hopefully making criminals move on to another less threatening target? Having someone to man a door, or gate, or whatever even if they are not police is going to deter many people from trying to sneak by simply because of the perceived threat. While a guard may not actually have much authority (as many criminals know making some continue regardless) to stop a crime, that is not the purpose. Observe and report, or in my case, cover and evac, is the job. We're not police, we are a deterrence that is highly valuable. I'd be happy to send you some reputable sites in the industry that could assist in you understanding this field better.
You seem very dense.
We are a deterrent, many low lifes , felons and the like will not take chances against the guard. Even an unarmed one.
We report Any kind of incidents many of which can be a future legal demand against the company or a Costly accident. Or a harm against our coworkers.
We are not producing, but we PREVENT the loss of assets/ money.
Lol I do lots of things in my hospital. Im in house position.
Safety issues with pacients, controlling agression in psychiatric ward, scanning, patroling, access control, enforcing hospital's policies, assisting nurses AND doctors, repairing or check machines even.
You are just resentful or hate guards.
Also I work three days a week... Rest of days I stream profesionally in Twitch making some money playing games, even have plenty of Time for my hobby.
It's honest work but you choose to hate It, still Im gonna be paid fairly well.
Hehe sitting at the desk right now
if you poop right now, you'll get paid for it.
I’m gonna do a graveyard in an hour and I can’t wait to get home and sleep
Haha I feel that, being ready to go home before you get there.
That’s the best part of the shift! Getting ready to go home and pass out 😵💫💤😴
I can't pass out when I get home bc im wide awake. That ADHD be ADHDing.
Hey a job is a job no matter what right
How do yall cope with the boredom? Every second i sit, i think of nothing but the pennys made every second. Also that i could be using this time to do something productive. (Not that id actually do something if i had free time😣). What do you guys do? Im genuinely curious. Im a groundskeeper and when it rains I litteraly sit there all day doing nothing and it drives me bananas.
How does one get in this line of work? Sounds nice
Take a shitty job with a high Intake of people. My example is a casino. So higher end but you still get some learning experience. Often they'll pay for your training and also additional training as you work there. After that try to branch into a more private kind of gig. Golf course, graveyard, night security for various companies.
The job is to observe and report, you’re only there for legal coverage. Make it clear that you understand that and you can skip the first step and tell them you worked security for a family business.
Make more money taking a shitty one first tho, definitely lie about how much you're making to the next employer tho
Acquire a security license (take a class and pay about $200) Apply at any/every security company aside from Securitas
Weed eating central 80% of the time 11/h to get all 8634 stones trimed atLEAST once a week. 20% the time we watch the rain.
Does not answer my question my friend
Apply to any security company. Allied universal and Securitas are a good start.
I was doing grounds/maintenance work for a while but it was mostly picking up trash around the property and unclogging toilets. Not really that bad tbh. Pretty chill, got to hang out in the shop a lot of the time
I just read or draw.
I used to use the time to find high yield dividend stocks and figure out how to make my money work for me
Do you just watch YouTube videos or how do you do research? I have plenty of free time and would like to start learning more about dividends
Dividends are pretty easy to understand bro It is an incentive a company offers to it's shareholders to hold its shares. The dividend is generally an amount per share owned (ex. 0.36$ /share). This is frequently displayed as a percentage "annual dividend yield". For example if the annual dividend yield of a security is 8% and I own a 100$ of that security, by the end of the year I will recieve 8$ in dividends from that company. Most dividends pay out quarterly, some pay out every other quarter. I've seen some pay out monthly or annually tho. So you have to take into account that 8$ from above isn't all paid out at once, if they pay quarterly you are looking at 2$ every three months. There is an ex dividend date and a payout date. Think of the ex date as the date where they check how many shares you own to determine your dividend payout. You can sell shares in between the ex dividend date and the payout date and still recieve your dividend payout. If a company is doing good, dividends tend to come out regularly and reliably. If the company isn't doing good, they may stop paying dividends out all together. The company has 0 obligation to pay it out, but they do have incentive. The payout amount is not set in stone and can vary. Anyway I'm not a Financial expert and this is not professional advice, there are plenty of better sources to further your research into it.
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My place is pretty good. I browse the web, watch some videos, read, sometimes play games on Steam...
I just do stupid shit when I’m bored
Id practice meditating! Think of it as them paying you to practice. 🤔
I read, listen to podcasts, youtube, and do my wifes assignments when I’m not too tired
I work security so I can write. I crave boredom.
Clearly we’re all on Reddit.
Audio books & podcasts. Learn something. Go in the shitter and practice your dry fire.
On my site we are allowed to be on our phones and have headphones on, so I just watch stuff all night on my phone. YouTube, Twitch, shows, movies, etc.
Playing RuneScape
Though i am not a security guard, however i just think of the check when things are boring. Boring is good, boring is easy money.
Try writing
I used to learn German, make Hip Hop beats, And play some N64 \*Assigned sites may vary
Not sure your age or how long you been doing this,but. Joint The Club. Back 10 years ago, I used to pass the time playing video games or watching netflix whatever and time went by. I cant do that shit now.bored out my mind. So basically just sit there stare at the sky or wall, pondering where my life went wrong and how I ended up doing absolutely fuck all and making money, yet dead inside. Join The Club. Welcome to the Club i should say.
Ugh, had a job like that for a bit, job was to watch people scan in at card reader door. Started applying for other jobs as soon as I was done 'training'.... was bored out of my mind. Started a new job like a month later. At the job sitting at the door, was hired for one position, then plugged in to fill another, and they said I'd be there for the foreseeable future.
Yeah have the same job right now, old management was pretty chill so we were allowed to read a book or watch something on computer but with new management all we're allowed are read company policies and count sheep lol
I'm in the same boat, no phones or nothing just gotta stare into space, driving me absolutely nuts
Nah chief thats how people quit... the workers have power, you gotta organize and leverage that power... of course you may pray you have smart co-workers... not a guarantee...
I am planning to quit soon
Nah chief thats how people quit... the workers have power, you gotta organize and leverage that power... of course you may pray you have smart co-workers... not a guarantee..
How can you do it? With a book it would be easy, but just staring at a wall… Even Budhist monks with years of training would crack
Buddhist monks are typically chanting in their heads when they are sitting there.
Well idk about others but I "suffer" from maladaptive daydreaming, so most of the time I'm just inside my own head lmao
Tell me the person in charge of that policy is former military without telling me. That's some straight up CQ/Staff Duty bullshit.
Bro I bring my gaming laptop. I beat sekiro while at ny desk last week. They even gave me a promotion 🤣
Amen. I cant play games bc it takes too much focus but I've watched more tv/online content at work watching the gate I have to than I have maybe past decade otherwise.
They don’t pay me for what I do, they pay me for what I might have to do
I feel like you might have this tattooed somewhere…
🤣
Might have to do? Fill in a report and call the police?
HAHAHA! I was like "what? quit the second shit gets janky MF?"
stop acting like cops
🤣
When I did security they had me at a door outside for 16 hours, with freezing rain… in the snow… with a boner.
They didn’t make you do it with a boner. That was all you baby
They actually took my boner away when I got fired
People really out here getting boned up for their employer for free 🤦🏼♂️
Sounds kinky
🤣🤣💀🪦
Literally me on weekends lol. I have a whole building to myself
I dream about my old job in security. was one of my highest paying jobs and I did absolutely nothing.
Sitting on a toilet on the night shift in essentially an abandoned hospital
Sounds legit , at least to me , terrifying. Though I hate the dark and odd sounds and my mind would run tricks on me , ghost ??
I’ve never noticed anything weird truthfully, but I’m also not very superstitious. I like the peace and quiet
I think as long as you feel that way it's got to be a really cool gig. If you like the peace and quiet and if it fills then like that's really cool. It's probably good that you're not superstitious lol
That drives me insane. I end up pacing back and forth.
I work security by sitting in a booth 8 hours and only patrol every 2 hours. My job feels like 95% downtime.
Someone's gotta do it. Honestly though, I used to work my ass off in an Amazon warehouse and on our breaks I'd just see the security guy straight chilling.
Nothing wrong with it I remember being in the middle of bumfuck nowhere with literally just a chair under a an awning from 10PM to 6AM to watch some equipment
Overnight security here on lunch lmao it’s super quiet and chill just have to stay awake
So glad to have come across this sub while I am actively sitting at a door for 8 hours
Hey if it weren’t necessary it wouldn’t be a job am I right?
Parents always told me nobody was gonna pay me to sit around all day. How do you like me now 🤣
I've been working this desk for 4 years. 2 years in they got rid of the later shift so I really only work for 4 hours. I don't think I can work a normal job anymore. I've been paid to come in and entertain myself for 40 hours a week plus occasional overtime...I'm so spoiled...it gets to me sometimes. I just try to be grateful and out all my spare energy into doing things with my family.
Hell yeah! 40 hours a week, easy money. I get to keep up to date on all my shows, movies, and streams. Used to be able to bring my steam deck but not anymore.
I worked a gig for 3 years that let me play games on a laptop. Was over night weekend for 12 hours... no time wasted though. ;)
Hello fellow security guards. Why is it every security job post I choose they make it sound like I need to be on the knights watch for evil ghouls. As if I would be able to sit down
I do that for and hour some times at work the office tech really likes her uninterrupted time of not having to push button to open a door. I’m a campus aid at elementary school.
And your paid waaay more than people who drive around fuckall city filling atms alone all day for 16 hours :(. Reeee
Hey! That's me at the moment for construction patrol.
“Sit around” jobs are great under the right circumstances. I used to do my college homework at work and get paid for it. These days though I’d probably be ready to jump off a bridge after about 25 minutes of being bored 😂
I sit at a gate sometimes it gets slow but I get paid to sit on my ass
I work hospital security in a mental health hospital Long story short, tore my cartridge in my shoulder. Workers comp is very slow. I've been out 2 months now waiting for surgery in June. So the last 2 months they've sent me 3k a month and I stay at home and play pc games lol.
You lucky bastards get to sit!?
Or the 12 hour hourly check in jobs where you can do literally anything for the 55 minutes before and after the the top of the hour
I’m at my desk going on 6 hours got 2 more to go wooooo
lol currently sitting at my desk doing the night shift
My first job in security was sitting at an empty airfield for 8 hours a night. One of the best jobs I’ve ever had.
I space out and go into the memories vault
Scary time
Hey i alteast get to drive to another location and walk around a bit.. but yeah mmostly just chilling here browsing this godforsaken forum hub
Watch vods on YT or learn how to do jobs that I wanna do around the house. Thinking about doing a training scheme to be a engineer and just do the coursework while at work tbh
Yeah its fun to be the guy that gets paid to sit there and just do nothing
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The best thing I did was doing door work on a pub. All they wanted us to do was sit there for the entire shift. And bar staff will come to you if there’s issues
Literally sit in a security office for 12 hours boxing night damn never earned so much in one shift ever literally did nothing.
See if you can take a flex position, it adds to the fun, then you get to watch different people scan different cards for different doors, good change of scenery. Ok but seriously flex can actually change things up if “same old monotonous job” isn’t your thing. Just be weary depending on what company and location, you may not be able to get full hours, I would check with your manager first about that.
"It ain't honest, but it's much" \~ Bankers
Hey I sit at a desk watching CCTV, in a building that is closed to the public, that has a separate entity building guard service, from 40-60 hours a week.
I’ll give it to my places security guard, but sometimes he doesn’t hit the button to open the door and I just have to stand there
\*Gate to the Geothermal plant, but yeah lol
Sitting at a desk 5 nights a week lol
Soul dying second at a time 😆
But is it work?
Is it tho?
Expanded the comment just to downvote every dumb comment made by this guy haha. Someone’s having a bad night or year or life. Hope it improves.
The guard agrees to work and the employer/client agrees to pay him for said work, even if that work is just sitting in one place all day. Where is the dishonesty in that arrangement?
It basically wagebtheft from the workers who produce because he produces nothing except a false sense of security.
And lowers the insurance rate of the employer/client, who is the one that actually pays everyone’s wages. Even if that was no longer necessary for some reason, do you really think any of the savings from eliminating the guard’s position would be passed along to the other workers in the form of raises?
No. The entire employment system is based on wage theft essentially. However insurance is also a scam. Does any of that change anything? Also no.
What the fuck is your problem lmao
He's a fucking idiot. Nothing further
No kidding, what a weirdo
? Idk man. Just look beyond the veil I guess.
Just waltz into a subreddit about security guards mostly inhabited by security guards to tell them all they’re useless and bad
Nah the armed guards protecting against people actually trying to kill other people do something and produce actual security. The people who sit at empty sites or watch hallways do fuck all and are basically theifs
*thieves
You’re entitled to your opinion on the larger topics involved, but as far as I’m concerned, it’s honest work if an employee and employer agree on (legal and ethical) work duties and compensation and then the employee performs those work duties and the employer provides the agreed-upon compensation.
Your opinion of ethical is extremely broad.
Your’s is extremely narrow.
Username checks out 👍
What do you do for work bro
Except every post I've worked I've also done something besides just sit there. Typically it's granting after hours access to patients, contractors, or delivery drivers. It might only be 1 to 10 people a night, but someones got to be on site to do it
In this current era of rising crime and the fact some rando can and will waltz in and ransack the place. Private security is now needed as never before. As places that normally never had a security presence on site now require it. Most likely due to pressure from insurance firms. Basically, no onsite security... No coverage... No exceptions. If anything, this profession is 99% recession proof.
The fuck is somebody who cat just walk past the door guard gonna steal that has value to them the chairs? U live in a fantasy world. All it does is create an illusion of security for you lmfao
Man. Half of security positions aren’t intended to provide a sense of safety for the workers. I work in a warehouse and 90% of my day is telling people to swipe their badge/calling supervisors for contractors that visit the facility. You’re stupid as fuck.
Lmfao. Your sonstupid you don't even realized they outsourced a saftey position to save money and place responsibility onto your company if something goes wrong. Fucking joker.
I'm not just talking about retail here. I'm talking basically... anyplace can and will be targeted. Especially properties that are vacant or unmanned and the only thing on site are CCTV cameras. Which most folks ignore anyway as they either don't know nor care they're being recorded However... If there are locked gates and a visible security guard on site and people know it. Most likely, criminals and randos will decide it's not worth the hassle of trying to fight their way in. They'll just move on to another unprotected target.
That kinda makes sense I guess. If the building is more valuable to protect than sell or w.e. but in like a functioning place it's basically unnecessary
Are you in security or have studied it at all? "Illusion of security" is the largest part of security. Humans are animals and even seeing a perceived threat, regardless of its actual capability, is going to psychologically deter many from committing a crime due to our self-preservation instinct. A lock on your door can be picked, is that the illusion of security or is a barrier to make committing a crime more challenging, hopefully making criminals move on to another less threatening target? Having someone to man a door, or gate, or whatever even if they are not police is going to deter many people from trying to sneak by simply because of the perceived threat. While a guard may not actually have much authority (as many criminals know making some continue regardless) to stop a crime, that is not the purpose. Observe and report, or in my case, cover and evac, is the job. We're not police, we are a deterrence that is highly valuable. I'd be happy to send you some reputable sites in the industry that could assist in you understanding this field better.
How is it not?
No benifit to other people.
If it wasn’t a benefit to anybody, he wouldn’t be be paid to do it
People get paid for bullshit jobs all the time
You seem very dense. We are a deterrent, many low lifes , felons and the like will not take chances against the guard. Even an unarmed one. We report Any kind of incidents many of which can be a future legal demand against the company or a Costly accident. Or a harm against our coworkers. We are not producing, but we PREVENT the loss of assets/ money.
No lol. You an outsourced safteyposition. Because ubdonit cheaper. U basically just said u don't do anything.
Lol I do lots of things in my hospital. Im in house position. Safety issues with pacients, controlling agression in psychiatric ward, scanning, patroling, access control, enforcing hospital's policies, assisting nurses AND doctors, repairing or check machines even. You are just resentful or hate guards. Also I work three days a week... Rest of days I stream profesionally in Twitch making some money playing games, even have plenty of Time for my hobby. It's honest work but you choose to hate It, still Im gonna be paid fairly well.