I am currently employed by VPS. I read the other reviews and laugh. Yes, you get paid out at minimum wage if you quit without notice. It's an easy job. You ride a bike, talk to people and write it in a report. If you sleep in your car or do something else stupid, then yes, you get paid that day at minimum wage. It's all told to you up front and you sign a form saying you understand it and won't do it. It seems pretty cut and dry to me. I don't know about the office politics, show me and employer that doesn't have them....I stay out of it and do my job and I haven't had any trouble. I haven't been there very long, but when I've had questions, Sgt. Smith has come to my site in person on more than one occassion and helped me. I've also been in some of his training classes and found his instruction to be great, I learned a lot of things that have helped me do my job better. After reading the grammer and spelling (or lack there of) in some of the other posts about this company, no wonder the guys got minimum wage. If I turned in a report like spelled like that, I'd be mortified and expect to get fired. This is a great place to work and I've found the office staff in the day and the supervisors at night to be very helpful. I haven't been told to do anything dangerous or felt threatened yet. I think that from the training I've received, should that happen, I'll either be able to handle it, or I'll at least be able to recognized that I'm in over my head and just call the police. I hear a lot of guys on the radio every night making arrests, and they also seem to be very happy working here. If you're looking for a security job, this is a great one. I can only assume that some of the other posts are just sour grapes. If you want a real idea of what this or any company is about, ask someone who still works there, not someone who got fired.
Pros: I can work all the overtime I can handle
Cons: Sometimes my OT shifts are 10-15 miles from home
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