u/Koiboi26

I'm a little curious about this. I wanted to be orthodox when I was young but I joined an episcopal church instead. But I always wondered how my life would be different if I chose the orthodox church. I was curious what others thought about it.

Hey guys I just wanted to share my story.

A while back I got work as a security. I'm autistic and I had a long period of unemployment. I was desperate after a year of looking for a job. I offhand applied to a security position that didn't require a drivers license. I got invited to an interview with an older woman who was very polite. She asked me if I had a security license. I said no, and she proceeded to ask if she could set up a profile for me. I was told training would happen on the job and my license would be in the mail later.

A week later I started a new position. I was really nervous, afraid this would fall through like my old jobs. I basically sat in a small office, off to one side with this guy playing on his phone the whole time. Everything seemed really slow. The second guard showed up in the evening. He was this really skinny guy with dreadlocks. The first thing he does is ask if I want to get high with him. I refused. He proceeded to ask me about P diddy, and explain these horrifying conspiracy theories about adrenochrome. All in the first hour of meeting me.

This was all a bizarre experience.

I thought this would be ok, but I ended up getting some complaints. They had my other manager come and train me the next few days. Later I learned the first two men I met were the sons of the supervisors. The main guy had to be brought in to train me properly, he said. Later on my pay came up. I was asked for my cashapp and I provided it. I ended up get paid late. This would become a regular occurrence.

Management got worse and worse over time. I would be given one rule, implement, then details would be added on. I would told to do one thing, then chastised for implementing it, then complaints if I didn't do it, then do it, then get complaints if I did it. "Stop everyone who comes in here!" "Why did you stop that person!" "Why aren't you stopping the contractors?" "Stop messing with the contractors! They come here everyday!" "Why didn't you stop the contractors!" They could get nasty and mean at times. I know I would get frequently complaints about a trailer was left on the property. Notably it was left there long before I even started working there and they refused to remove it for several months.

I realized things were terrible. This company was corrupt. The "CEO" was AWOL most of the time, there was no cooperation between the site management and the company, we received endless complaints from management, we were paid until the table, they only ever paid me $10 an hour. I wasn't even given my license. The managers liked to bring that up and lord it over me when they wanted to intimidate us. I remember sitting on the guard box, crying my eyes out about the situation. "Why can't I be like other people? Why can't I just have things others have? Why can't I just be normal!" It would horrible.

I tried to make things better, tried to get my license. The first year things got better, until I got a demotion over one incident. The next year, it became a side hustle i just kept for the money. Better than nothing. Near the end there were rumors about us being replaced. I tried to ignore, but we were informed at the last minute the company was fired from the site. I never got my last paycheck. It sucked.

Since then I've tried finding a job. Things haven't worked out for me. I would've liked to get my license find a better company. I think that would've been best. The experience definitely helps on my resume.