There are many reasons for this:
- Be careful when looking at ‘cheap’ companies. If you are proposed services for a considerably lower cost than other companies, you may not be working with a very reputable company. To charge a significantly lower rate than the others is a good sign that corners are being cut. The lower the rate, the more corners that are being cut.
- First, there is the payroll for the personnel, as well as the payroll taxes that come with it. If your security is not getting a decent paycheck, they are not going to be happy employees, and therefore, will not provide very good customer service to you, or your customers. Of course, there are some companies out there that don’t have actual employee guards. Instead, they hire them on as independent contractors so the company doesn’t have to pay the taxes on payroll and the entire tax burden falls on the individual guard. The company doesn’t have to pay worker’s compensation either if they have no employees.
- Second, it costs a lot of money to properly train a security professional. There’s the cost of the initial training to be able to get licensed as a guard. Then, there’s the additional cost of training the agent up to our standards of operation.
- Third, we are not a traditional security company that merely observes and reports or looks pretty in a uniform. We actually put in work and take proactive measures to reduce and/or eliminate the crime rate at your property. We literally protect you, your staff, your customers, and your property/assets.
- Lastly, there’s the back-end costs such as licensing, insurance, certifications, uniforms, equipment, and technology.
All things considered, if you are using a ‘cheap’ company, there’s a high probability that the guards you get will not care much about their job because they don’t get paid enough to care, they will have little or no training whatsoever, and/or probably are not carrying the proper licensing and insurance to make them a legitimate company.
