I've been at my current site for 6 months now and during that time I've seen 2 complete turnovers of security officers. My plan was to stick around until I received my exposed weapon permit then find something that paid better. For example I'd heard rumors of armed accounts that pay $18 per hour and up. The account I'm on is actually pretty well run and the contract company I'm with offers decent benefits, free dry cleaning service, nice looking uniforms, decent pay for an unarmed account, etc. The main problem with it is unless I'm working lots of overtime I end up in the red each month.
So I received my exposed weapon permit a few weeks ago and have since talked with a number of security companies. So far my experience has been this: the companies that will hire someone without previous exposed carry experience don't pay any better then the better paying unarmed jobs. And those accounts that pay $18 and up are nearly impossible to get unless your an ex-LEO. I guess that should come as no surprise. So after emailing or calling a dozen companies I finally got a call back from one company that has in-house armed security. I went down and interviewed with them today. The pay is slightly higher then the company I'm currently with (a buck and a half) and it sounds as if the benefits are pretty decent, though the place seemed a bit disorganized and I wasn't very impressed with the uniforms and the only guns they allow are 38s that look like they've been around since the civil war. But I suppose you have to start somewhere.
There's also companies such as Brinks and Loomis but if I wanted to fight traffic while picking up and making deliveries under a deadline I'd take a job with FedEx or UPS where the pay is much higher and the risks considerably less.
If anyone knows of any companies in the Los Angeles area that offers armed accounts at a decent rate of pay and with good benefits ($13 and up) shoot me an email.
So I received my exposed weapon permit a few weeks ago and have since talked with a number of security companies. So far my experience has been this: the companies that will hire someone without previous exposed carry experience don't pay any better then the better paying unarmed jobs. And those accounts that pay $18 and up are nearly impossible to get unless your an ex-LEO. I guess that should come as no surprise. So after emailing or calling a dozen companies I finally got a call back from one company that has in-house armed security. I went down and interviewed with them today. The pay is slightly higher then the company I'm currently with (a buck and a half) and it sounds as if the benefits are pretty decent, though the place seemed a bit disorganized and I wasn't very impressed with the uniforms and the only guns they allow are 38s that look like they've been around since the civil war. But I suppose you have to start somewhere.
There's also companies such as Brinks and Loomis but if I wanted to fight traffic while picking up and making deliveries under a deadline I'd take a job with FedEx or UPS where the pay is much higher and the risks considerably less.
If anyone knows of any companies in the Los Angeles area that offers armed accounts at a decent rate of pay and with good benefits ($13 and up) shoot me an email.
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