We drug test them every three months, and we background check them every six months.”
We offer health care options - give employees sick time when they need it for themselves or their children. “We’re 100 percent into treating our officers well. It can happen to anybody who’s left alone, but we want to hold our officers accountable as well as take care of them.” “And sometimes there’s just not a lot going on, and that’s when officers get bored and tired, and that can lead to falling asleep. “If (officers) know that we’re going to check on them to see how they’re doing and find out what’s going on with them personally, it makes them feel like, ‘You guys really get it,’” Heathcott said. It’s also an opportunity for someone from management or ownership to check in with each officer during his or her shift. Heathcott said he hopes that doing this can keep his employees alert and well-fed. … We pay officers a better wage because if you do more to make somebody feel good about working for $8.50 per hour, they’ll stay, and if they stay, I can go back to the client in six months or a year and get the officer a raise.”Ĭlarion Security, at 5498 Poplar Ave., suite 3, also provides a meal for every officer on every shift. So I go to the clients and tell them if they want a body here for cheap, they can find one, but they’re probably not going to stay long. “You can’t even work and catch your breath for $7.25 per hour. “The bulk of my work is $8.50 or above per hour for the officer,” Heathcott said. He tells his clients that if they’re only willing to pay the minimum, they shouldn’t be surprised when they get minimum effort from employees. We drug test them every three months, and we background check them every six months.”īelieving in the old adage “you get what you pay for,” Heathcott doesn’t ask his security officers to work for minimum wage, he said. “We offer health care options – give employees sick time when they need it for themselves or their children. “We’re 100 percent into treating our officers well,” Heathcott said. Keeping this in mind, he set guidelines to help him find the best employees.
Clarion’s success is based on respect for individuals and the community, Heathcott said.