If you happen to find yourself on a site that Allied Barton cannot maintain and loses the account due to no fault of your own. I feel for you. There are two guards at this point. The guard who keeps his/her job and starts at another site immediately without a break in pay. Or the guard that is kept isolated and uninformed about his/her continuing employment, receives a letter blaming them for failing to keep in contact, and now find themselves without a job.
This tactic is called Isolation.
When Allied Barton loses an account, it is not necessarily the fault of the guard(s). This responsibility rests with the account manager, operations manager. The manager most likely lacks communication and people skills. You just can't teach leadership. You can't take an Allied Barton course on leadership or read books about it. What has happened is that the Client has either given up trying to communicate with the manager and/or has found another security service that is a better fit (cheaper). Most often it's both.
Bottom line. Here's the rundown!
Your site has been discontinued. Your account manager, operations manager, and Human Resources (HR) abandon you and do not offer you continued work. You file an unemployment claim. Which you are entitled to while you look for another job.
At this point you have become an ongoing expense to Allied Barton. In their eyes it was your fault that they no longer have an account. They don't want you! You see, Allied Barton has to carry the expense of having anyone on unemployment. And as a "cost saving" measure they have to get you off of their books.
When you file a claim this alerts your account manager, operations manager, and HR. HR contacts a third party whose sole purpose is to deny employees' unemployment benefits. Your unemployment claim will be challenged by Corporate Cost Control, Inc. out of Londonderry, NH. They work for Allied Barton. Their job is to discredit you and have the Unemployment Board find you not eligible to receive unemployment benefits.
If you are successful and are found to be eligible you will hear from Allied Barton. They will now offer you a job. But why? Allied Barton has already complained to the Unemployment Board that your work didn't meet their standards and that you were discharged for misconduct. So why would they want to rehire a guard that couldn't "Dare to be G.R.E.A.T", who didn't meet their standards? For the sole purpose to interrupt and cease your claim. I'm sure that you would rather be working. But why work for a company that doesn't want you? HR knows that you cannot refuse work when offered. If you do, Corporate Cost Control, Inc. will file another appeal and attack again stating that you refused suitable work when offered. So you accept the work. You find that the site is not suitable. It's a "problem site". The Client is probably dissatisfied with the account manager, the guards are not up to par, and Allied Barton is on the verge of losing the account. You've been set up to fail!
You find that the work environment is impossible to perform your job effectively or at all. You've been put into a situation with little to no choice and decide that you can't take it anymore. You want your dignity back. So you quit. Without just cause, Allied Barton and Corporate Cost Control, Inc. has just got what they wanted. They wanted to break you. Now Allied Barton is completely rid of an employee that they didn't want and doesn't have to pay on an unemployment claim anymore. And Corporate Cost Control, Inc. has destroyed and taken advantage of yet another employee trying to make a living in this down economy. Nothing personal, it's just business.
And to add insult to injury, if you want to continue working in the security field, you won't be able to. The word is out. No other company will hire you.
Good luck in your fight!
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