Inter-Con Security reviews

3.1

51% would recommend to a friend

(391 total reviews)

Henry Hernandez

58% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

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3.0
Mar 27, 2016
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Pros

Training in Virginia. Training was nice besides the pay (min wage)... Loved the instructors and they seem to care about us and our success however, instructors constantly reminded us that once we are on contract the supervisors do not care about us. Have no respect for our social life or families. I hear being on post sucks but have not officially started yet.

Cons

"They don't care" schedule random , do not give you a schedule until you badge. Parking is a nightmare. Guard Mount.

3.0
Feb 9, 2016
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Pros

The work isn't hard to make a lot of money, especially for night shift. Day shift is a little different, often busier and can be hot with little rest or interaction. Your location and specific contract dictate the quality of the job. Some supervisors make and enforce absurd rules, some are cool and don't make you want to leave. This job ranges from absurdly awesome to tedious and political, again depending on your location and supervisors. Pay is usually pretty good, and it's a decent environment.

Cons

There's a reason this company pays so well. It's because they make a lot of money they want to keep, but nobody will stick around if the pay isn't high enough. Pay is most of how they keep employees. Go into it well-informed with a sense of reality. It can be rough, but it's what you make of it. The restrictions on not sitting or talking or sometimes having water and various other things can make this job go from not bad at all to a rough experience. There are a lot of yes-men in supervisor positions who will make and enforce rules for no reason. Unfortunately, as with any big organization there are a lot of people trying to get away with bending and breaking the rules for childish reasons, which means everyone has to suffer when the rules change because someone fell asleep sitting on a stool. Now nobody can sit aside from breaks. Not that terrible to me, but after a few months it starts to wear on your body a little bit. Some people work there years and never notice, some people get legit injuries from standing for over 40 hours per week. You are constantly subject to schedule changes and can be forced to stay with absolutely no prior notice. You can have your off-days taken away at any moment. Just the nature of the beast, working security. A lot of positions aren't bad, and if you stick with it you have a chance of getting a good position if you're decent at simple tasks. Otherwise, if little stupid things don't bother you, this could be a great job that takes a while to get to you. Biggest difficulty is that some schedulers won't work with you if you have classes or whatever, the skills have limited transferability, unless you want to stay in police/security/Law enforcement. Not the worst job, but there are unfortunate things that can compound to job dissatisfaction if you don't make the most of it. Drove me kind of crazy how mind-numbing it was. I like to think and put my skills to use actively every day, so this was a bit soul-crushing at times, but you find a way to make it work.

1.0
Jan 18, 2016
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Pros

Great Pay. If you are squared away you will be put on the Special Operations Unit, which usually consists of relaxing in the locker room. Understanding of military obligations/ forced to by law. Easy to become a supervisor.

Cons

This list is Huge. Chaos at all times, unsteady hours, schedules, and often a hostile work environment. I worked at the State Department in Washington D.C. If you are scheduled for four hours at no notice it could be a 12 Hour Shift. Often times when you are scheduled to get off work your relief does not arrive and you are left to call the scheduling sergeant who is usually incredibly busy and too disorganized, to find out what is going on. Although you may give them your Military Drill Schedule they still fail to give you off on the days of drill. Thus, those hours you were going to work are lost wages and you do not get a full 36-40 Work Week. Sergeants are unqualified to lead anyone, the level of incompetency I experienced is astonishing . If you manage to stay employed for a year without any write ups you have a great chance of becoming a supervisor. Management does not have your back if anything happens, you can easily lose your job and will have a weak union to support you. Most employees say if anything serious happens they will not get involved/protect/ or pull their gun out because they are scared to get fired. It is extremely easy to get a job through this company because the Annual Attrition Rate is over 70 %. Often the contract goes through periods where they hire a surplus of officers, thus everyone's hours become low. Then they weed out and look to fire employees for small infractions. At times supervisors will be told that they need to write up more employees. Multiple times the schedule would could out and I wouldn't even be on it, I would then call the scheduling sergeant and try to pick up hours on different shifts and different locations just to make the money to support my family. You are told that you cannot drink water on post which is a violation of OSHA regulations. A few times I was told to cover a post and not sign on to the paperwork, they regularly break federal guidelines. My relief was changed with a 4 day notice and I informed them that I could not switch shifts because my wife would have to quit her job and we wouldn't be able to support our family. Management was not concerned and I ultimately had to quit. My biggest regret was taking this job after the military and college, It took me two years before I couldn't take it anymore and left. Best advice I can give is although the pay may sound promising the Job is not, it is a dead end. Forced Healthcare... terrible Forced 401k Forced Life Insurance

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