Yes it amazes me how little background checking and Vetting is done by alarm company's who supply nationwide alarm service to there clients.
Here is how it works
You open up a chain of discount stores and become successful and want the same company that is doing your alarm and security services to handle all your stores in several states.
No problem they tell you we can do that for you.
So starts the Alarm Sub Contractor Game
I get a Phone call. Hi is this Nick?
Yes this is Nick how can I help you ?
Im with ABC Alarm company where a national alarm servicing company and we need a service / installing company to service our customers discount store are you interested?
Yes I am instrested.
Fine I will email you the details and can you do it tomorrow we are under a tight deadline to get this done.
Yes I can move couple things around send me what you have.
So it goes
No subcontractors agreement no proof of insurance, no proof of my skills and knowledge of codes and rules no check to see if I have or need a license nothing just word of a supply house recommendation or look up on internet and your hired .
Yes no background check at all and I am sent to work at a check cashing store where thousands of dollars are being handled.
Why you ask?
Because these national servicing networks are so overburdened with work they do not have the time to deal with the paper work and if they do its sevral months and several jobs down the road before its taken care of.
It is also because many of these company's do not want to pay enough or do not want to pay at all.
most want to pay you $35 and hour and no travel time . thats OK if you have several and they are in close and it is worth it otherwise it is not. then on Installs they want you to wait 90 days to get paid.
Which has resulted in my having to shame them before their customer to finally get paid when it started going on 160 days and then never do work for them again and I am talking big name well known national security company's who play this game. who handles cash checking and dollar stores
I recently had to do this with a well known big regional company based out of Atlanta Georgia
when I was not paid for installing Camera systems at 2 books a Million Stores.
in fact the one company I stopped working for has been begging me to come back and work for them they can get no help in the area and when I told them I was not interested and they asked why I told them about not paying me and taking forever and they stopped bugging me.
At this point I will no longer do any sub work for any national servicing company out of all the ones I sub work for one was really nice to work for but they no longer have the contracts in my area which is a shame. 3 others I did work for no longer exist who where decent. thats the problems when it comes to national servicing company's who do a good job get fired because national retail chains are interested in one thing only the almighty dollar and will stab any one in the back to get it and this results in slob work with no permits and midnight installs and if there is a loss who cares they either absorb it or turn in an insurance claim. Sad but true.
