Hey all. I work in a public building that serves a very diverse population. The majority of people we serve are homeless. Lately our head of security decided that she wants to open up our building. Our opening guard retired. This guard used to arrive at the facility and get it ready for open by disarming the perimeter alarm, unlocking doors that need opening for housekeeping and giving access to custodians and contractors. Since this guard retired, our security head decided that she wanted to do the openings (the guard is supposed to arrive, normally, at 5am and sometimes as early as 4am) so she can leave early every day. This hurts our team because we need our supervisor here when the building is open and full of people and NOT when the building is closed. When we questioned our head of security, she told us this allows her plenty of time to do her supervisor stuff.
The thing is, none of the other departments supervisors are allowed to be on the clock while the building is closed because they are to be here to help their staff and to help the public when we are open. Each supervisor has been allotted time each and every day to do their supervisory duties (schedules, payroll, etc).
Am am I in the wrong for thinking our supervisor is shirking her responsibilities? Most of the evening guards no longer see her because she now leaves hours before that shift starts.
Also, I have been working here for nearly 9 years. And in those 9 years, the head of security was never allowed to work the openings. But somehow she managed to make this work and convinced our new director that this will be ok, or perhaps the new director doesn’t even know or realize what’s going on. It’s just a bummer that our head security is gone by noon.
The thing is, none of the other departments supervisors are allowed to be on the clock while the building is closed because they are to be here to help their staff and to help the public when we are open. Each supervisor has been allotted time each and every day to do their supervisory duties (schedules, payroll, etc).
Am am I in the wrong for thinking our supervisor is shirking her responsibilities? Most of the evening guards no longer see her because she now leaves hours before that shift starts.
Also, I have been working here for nearly 9 years. And in those 9 years, the head of security was never allowed to work the openings. But somehow she managed to make this work and convinced our new director that this will be ok, or perhaps the new director doesn’t even know or realize what’s going on. It’s just a bummer that our head security is gone by noon.
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