Brendon S

Riskcon - A Con company from hell

I started working for these people towards end August. My previous experience of driving security guards around was unpleasant, so I made sure that this was not part of the job. I started working basically by word of mouth that I have a post and this is what my salary would be.... A week later only, I received an offer of employment. I was meant to sign it and forward to the HR person. Instead, I read it. There were 2 areas of the contract I did not like, or wanted clarity on. I forwarded my questions immediately I received the offer. I then also asked who I thought was the big boss of the company about one of the clauses as it had a direct impact on my personal ambitions. He asked me to take a photo and whatsapp to him, which I did. I heard nothing. In the mean time, I had started working, based on a verbal discussion. The very first weekend, I had off (I started on the Friday). After that, I was driven around, visiting sites and being introduced to site managers (but not all of them), meeting guards, but this all seemed very inadequate to me. As the days went on, I was told I needed to start going to some sites by 5am. I was also told about a need to take guards home, starting at 8PM. I often only got home after 9PM, closer to 10PM. The second weekend, I was on duty. I wasn't told what to do, or how to do it, it was just an assumption I knew what to do. On the Thursday of this week, I was expected to be on the road by 4am to be at my first site by 5. By 3PM I was finished. I was then told to go pick up guards to take them to work by 6PM, which I did. The boss then phoned my and told me to wait in the area and do other c****s while there, then take guards home starting at 8PM. I refused and told her she would have my resignation in the morning. In these two weeks, the HR didn't return calls, didn't respond to my emails, eventually on this Thursday, I did eventually get a response, after I had told the boss she will have my resignation. Well, two months later, I am still waiting to be paid for those 2 weeks of what I consider to be an abusive 2 weeks. There is much more I could say, such as treatment of guards and poor induction and a host of things, but I've said what I need to.