r/securityguards • u/Juany118 • 11d ago
Interesting meeting
Well I have been site Lead (and armed officer) for a security team at a public school since October. The company has less than 500 employees and primarily handles schools and houses of worship but obviously has some commercial accounts to keep money rolling in when school is out for the summer. Well last week the COO scheduled a Microsoft Teams meeting for this afternoon to save on travel time from my school to the home office. I sign in and there is the COO, CEO and Executive Director. Welp, once the school year ends in June I am going to be an Ops Manager, over school contracts primarily as it's my speciality, who is going to be getting CPP, PSP and PMP certifications on the company dime. I had 27 years in law enforcement before I joined the company, much of it as a liaison with a school district so I demonstrates that I know how to talk to clients, and that was apparently added into the metrics but still I am hoping that it doesn't cause friction with other site Leads who have been with the company longer. In hindsight this really wasn't an interview, it was more of a "We are looking for 2 ops managers and a bunch of field supervisors which do you want?"
Anyone ever have an issue making a jump like this from site lead straight to Ops? Is the friction I am concerned about a real thing? I have noticed some people on the Reddit here complaining about what they see as favoritism towards former LEOs and Veterans but don't know how prevalent that really is.
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u/ProfessionProfessor Hospital Security 11d ago
Congratulations. Your hesitancy to take the position is usually an indicator that you will do well.