low wages, often forced OT, shifts are bid on and I'm sure vacation slots are too, no pay during gov shut downs, bad managers (thats everywhere really), customers being mean and angry near constantly....and they're surprised the workers aren't happy? LOL
They have talked about taking over stadiums and highways even though there aren't any legal grounds to stand on for that. I don't want to get molested anymore than I am already by the cops.
Pay TSA workers just like you pay CBP. They are federal workers. Its not about anything but the PAY! That's why workers leave and get higher paying jobs. People are tired of the BS.
I couldn’t agree more with this video and on top of that there is no job security with TSA as TSO officers aren’t covered by the Merit Protection Board Agency that covers other government employees but don’t cover TSOs it only covers the managers which means that TSA can fire any officers for any small petty reason without the protection from the US Merit Systems Protection Board.
I've never been so mistreated in my personal life or work life than when I worked at TSA. The problem is not the public, it's the agency itself. Seems to me they dont want people with high levels of social intelligence. Not everyone can delegate authority in a respectful fashion. There are some good people there, but theres some power trippers who have no business working with the public. Also, the government rules, rule changes, poor communication and poor leadership create a toxic and depressing environment. One officer at my airport committed suicide after being wrongly fired. I found another job on the way home from quitting TSA making more $ and being treated as a valued and respected employee. I never had a good day at TSA and never had a bad one at my current job.
@@blondego56 I have a customer-service related job in which I get treated with a great deal of respect and a family-like atmosphere. The $ is more than TSA and the environment much more positive. I've never had a bad day at my current job of over 4 years and never had a good day at TSA. My work ethic and interpersonal skills are respected and appreciated by my customers and my bosses.
@@SimplyMe1123 We did have air conditioning, but still felt like I was working in the fiery pits of hell while being stabbed with a pitchfork. My trainer was a very toxic individual. I've always had a very positive attitude in my many years experience with the traveling public (in a hospitality setting) and was crucified for it while at TSA. One thing they knew they couldnt criticize was my work ethic. I dont want to fit in with toxic people in a toxic work environment. It's their loss. I never regretted leaving and am much better for it. I woke up one morning and asked myself, "Why am I fighting to keep a job I cant stand?" I wrote a very lengthy exit letter to their human resource department stipulating my severe mistreatment. My only regret is that I didnt just walk off the job on my lunch break and not return. That's the type of disrespectful exit they deserved. Just warning u that turnover is high there for a reason and it has nothing to do with the public.
People have been there 20 plus years and only making barely over minimum wage! Things have got to change smh. It boils down to money. I don't care how toxic an environment is, if you pay people well they'll stomach it much better as opposed to dealing with low pay and toxicity.
I am not miserable working at TSA, I love it and have been for many years in Phoenix AZ. The problem is leadership, and management, retaliation, and reprimanding front-line officers' all the while covering up and not holding leadership accountable for their own misgivings!!! I have contacted the national leadership only to be told they do investigate complaints, and then make it the responsibility of the local leadership chain to take actions. The big picture here is when a complaint is made against the local leadership, managers and directors and some supervisors'; it is the very same ones the complaints were alleged against that have to authority to reprimand themselves, which they won't and never do. I have countless examples in the many complaints that I have raised and in none of the complaints has there ever been any fault found NEVER! I have reached out to the Administrator and Assistant Administrators only to eventually be ignored! So I am looking for a medium to expose TSA's behavior toward officers' and against the ones that actually speak up and expose leaderships treatment of TSO's!
You're right. The job itself is OK. Training is inadequate to keep pace with an evolving situation. Supervisors are very poorly trained, and believe leadership means writing up employees for infractions. National leadership is sad. Front line workers get little help from anyone supervisor or above. Five years at Dulles & agree with you 100 percent.
I work for TSA too. Grandfathered a four hour shift with Saturday and Sunday RDO's. Great benefits, short tour, 6 month bids, up to 4(3 weeks+5days) weeks paid vacation. Plus the four hours fly by really fast. Giving me the time and freedom to do things i love for income. Regarding the supervisors and management. Recently the people above the FSD in DC started listening to complaints. Multiple managers have been forced to resign for corruption that was so petty that it makes no sense why they did what they did. Supervisors too. It's not the TSO's walking on egg shells, it's everyone now. Having said all this, i care for my coworkers and the passengers. The rare possibility of something horrible happening due to human error doesn't go away for me. I used to check the news when i arrived home. It was like OCD.
It is important to understand: TSA does not care if they lose workers!!! A large number of TSA employees are there to train & test new workers among others... They need new blood to survive..
Tsa is cool. I did my shadow day at the post office too and nothing crazy happened. Do your work,mind your business and go home. Absolutely no problems.
I worked there for 16 years and management was horrible. They would single people out and punish like crazy because they were in a position of power. Pay was good so I was stuck for the longest time. I just decided enough was enough.
Mike P, u pretty much nailed it. It doesnt matter how conscientious u are. If u dont fit their bizarre government mentality, you're screwed. And how about how they hold your low-paying stressful job over your head? TSA can stick it. Worse job imaginable.
@@mikep3502 Mike for a guy like me to quit a job, it's got to be bad. I thought I could handle just about anything. It was affecting my physical and mental health. I lost over 30 lbs in just over 2 mos. The disrespect, bullying, etc. was just overwhelming. I was new and asked a question while in training. My trainer told me to "Shut up! You just want to be babied!" He also taught me the wrong pat-down procedures. He was a highly abusive and highly critical individual who offered me no encouragement whatsoever. When I was sent to the supervisors office for no reason, I overheard an older officer begging not to be fired. She quit soon after. One officer, who worked there for 15 years, committed suicide after being fired. I once had a private investigator call me to meet at an undisclosed location to discuss a misdemeanor offense I committed over 30 years ago (I drank a beer on a private street and was cited $20 when I was senior in high school). Ive never been around such toxicity in my life. Going to work was like walking down a long corridor to my execution. I grew up working at that airport and had provided high-quality service for years before getting involved. Since leaving TSA, I havent had a bad day at work, make more $, and am treated with the proper respect by my supervisors.
TSA workers not happy with management's doing everything possible to push the max on the discipline process. Especially with attendance issues. It's being pushed very hard in recent months because of the title 5 coming soon. Upper management will have a more difficult time issuing discipline for medical justifications. The agency doesn't care about the retention of good people! If this were to be placed on the laps of the powers that be mybe things could change.
Another thing which some people may not have thought of. Not everyone is traveling for work or pleasure Sometimes its traveling to a funeral or visiting a sick relative or friend. Does someone actually need some overzealous, rude, obnoxious, powertripper incessantly barking at them under those stressful circumstances? Where is the social intelligence? There is none!
I wish I could talk to you guys about my harassment case at my job in the airport because my union didn’t do anything at all I felt as if everything was swept underneath the rug with my general manager and also do union I just felt as if nobody cared because I am at a new job and they start at the job nothing changed
It's the work environment. Not the job at all. Sexual harassment being covered up by supervisors/managers, nepotism, favoritism. Promotions based on who you sleep with or go out with on the weekend.
This happened to me with GXO, a third party contractor for a Google Data Center. I loved my job and felt blessed, wanted to learn and advance. But they displayed unethical practices and when I spoke up about it I was retaliated against I was going to get fired so I ended up quitting first. And the only supervisor trying to help me died in his sleep. May he be resting with God. I think about this everyday I wish justice could be served.
TSA security screenings are security theater anyways. Their whole job is pointless. I would be okay with everyone of them quitting all at once, and the entire agency shutting down permanently. We would be just as safe and well protected from terrorist as we currently are. On principle I hate that they exist, but on an individual level, I deeply empathize their plight. Also a basic screening like in the 90's (no lines, shoes stay on, bags keep everything in them trays only for belts and pocket items, system as simple and fas as entering a courthouse ... that system) I'd be okay with that still existing ... some security theater is good for the passenger's ease of mind, plus people need jobs, even frivolous ones.
I wrote several pages of stuff after 8 months of being disrespected and mistreated. Horribly toxic place to work. No $ is worth being there. I went from hell to Disneyland! TSA sucks. I jumped ship for myself and glad I did!
I worked for TSA not for a long time. A lot of the employees who have been there for a long time have an ego. They do not talk with the white shirts. You are a white shirt until they get your uniforms. Which take a VERY long time to get
They say it’s based on hire date, they send you for training. I was in a group of three. I was hired before anyone else yet always got everything last Uniforms and training I was always last. Speaking of trading you get put in a spot like walk through and they tell you open it up so the line can go down. Then you get in trouble if you didn’t check something on a person. I left for family medical reasons. I am so glad that I did
@@saltmaker5353 Whatever you say, buddy. I don't like totalitarians, but perhaps you do, and want to imply anyone who disagrees with you is a 'drama queen' or whatever other perjorative you choose. God bless you.
@@saltmaker5353 Why aren't you telling others who actually worked for TSA who have similar complaints and responses "drama queens," who should "cope more?". What are you a coward there, Brownshirt?
her interview skills are soooo cringey, its so obvious from the guy's reactions that she has no clue what she is talking about but trying to sound intelligent HAHAH HE TOOK IT LIKE A PRO!
WORKING SECURITY IN ITSELF IS INSANE. THE COMPANY I WORKING FOR, IT'S THE WAGES, THE OFFICE SUPERVISORS, AND TRYING TO GET YOUR PAY AFTER YOU HAVE WORKED , IS INSANE. THIS COMPANY I WORK FOR WILL IS WORK YOU, BUT YOU HAVE TO FIGHT LIKE HELL TO GET YOUR PAY CHECK, AND ALL OF THE OFFICE EMPLOYEES TO TO EVERYONE WORKING OUT ON JOB SITES, AS IF THEY ARE WORKING ON A PLANTATION, WE'ER NOT ALLOWED IN THE MAIN OFFICE, WHEN YOU GO IN AFTER SUBMITTING PAY CORRECTION FORMS SEVERAL TIMES, SO WE GO TO THE OFFICE, AND THEY GET COMPLETELY UPSET, BECAUSE YOU CAME TO COLLECT WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY WORKED FOR 3, 4 WEEKS AGO. IN FACT THIS COMPANY HAD MANY PEOPLE POSTING ON MANY SOCIAL MEDIA SITES, HOW ALL THEY WANT IS WHAT THEY HAVE WORKED FOR, NO MORE, NO LESS. I SHALL NOT NAME THE COMPANY, BUT THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE. CHECK THE SOCIAL MEDIA SITES, IT'S OUT THERE. FACTS.
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low wages, often forced OT, shifts are bid on and I'm sure vacation slots are too, no pay during gov shut downs, bad managers (thats everywhere really), customers being mean and angry near constantly....and they're surprised the workers aren't happy? LOL
Yeah I get it, but they dont. They always talk about evolving. Into what? Where are they going? Hope you're still not working there.
They have talked about taking over stadiums and highways even though there aren't any legal grounds to stand on for that. I don't want to get molested anymore than I am already by the cops.
Forced ot is back in force
How does the overtime work? Right after or before shift? Split shifts? 16 hrs with (8) in between for rest ?? Please elaborate.
Pay TSA workers just like you pay CBP. They are federal workers. Its not about anything but the PAY! That's why workers leave and get higher paying jobs. People are tired of the BS.
I couldn’t agree more with this video and on top of that there is no job security with TSA as TSO officers aren’t covered by the Merit Protection Board Agency that covers other government employees but don’t cover TSOs it only covers the managers which means that TSA can fire any officers for any small petty reason without the protection from the US Merit Systems Protection Board.
Oh thats nice even better South Carolina is a free to hire free to fire state. For any reason
I've never been so mistreated in my personal life or work life than when I worked at TSA. The problem is not the public, it's the agency itself. Seems to me they dont want people with high levels of social intelligence. Not everyone can delegate authority in a respectful fashion. There are some good people there, but theres some power trippers who have no business working with the public. Also, the government rules, rule changes, poor communication and poor leadership create a toxic
and depressing environment. One officer at my airport committed suicide after being wrongly fired. I found another job on the way home from quitting TSA making more $ and being treated as a valued and respected employee. I never had a good day at TSA and never had a bad one at my current job.
Daniel McKrell What’s your current job?
Ok..so may i ask what kind of job do you have now?
@@blondego56 I have a customer-service related job in which I get treated with a great deal of respect and a family-like atmosphere. The $ is more than TSA and the environment much more positive. I've never had a bad day at my current job of over 4 years and never had a good day at TSA. My work ethic and interpersonal skills are respected and appreciated by my customers and my bosses.
Did your work area have air conditioning? I see the job posting saying may or may not be temperature controlled...I can't deal with the heat 😩
@@SimplyMe1123 We did have air conditioning, but still felt like I was working in the fiery pits of hell while being stabbed with a pitchfork. My trainer was a very toxic individual. I've always had a very positive attitude in my many years experience with the traveling public (in a hospitality setting) and was crucified for it while at TSA. One thing they knew they couldnt criticize was my work ethic. I dont want to fit in with toxic people in a toxic work environment. It's their loss. I never regretted leaving and am much better for it. I woke up one morning and asked myself, "Why am I fighting to keep a job I cant stand?" I wrote a very lengthy exit letter to their human resource department stipulating my severe mistreatment. My only regret is that I didnt just walk off the job on my lunch break and not return. That's the type of disrespectful exit they deserved. Just warning u that turnover is high there for a reason and it has nothing to do with the public.
People have been there 20 plus years and only making barely over minimum wage! Things have got to change smh. It boils down to money. I don't care how toxic an environment is, if you pay people well they'll stomach it much better as opposed to dealing with low pay and toxicity.
I am not miserable working at TSA, I love it and have been for many years in Phoenix AZ. The problem is leadership, and management, retaliation, and reprimanding front-line officers' all the while covering up and not holding leadership accountable for their own misgivings!!! I have contacted the national leadership only to be told they do investigate complaints, and then make it the responsibility of the local leadership chain to take actions. The big picture here is when a complaint is made against the local leadership, managers and directors and some supervisors'; it is the very same ones the complaints were alleged against that have to authority to reprimand themselves, which they won't and never do. I have countless examples in the many complaints that I have raised and in none of the complaints has there ever been any fault found NEVER! I have reached out to the Administrator and Assistant Administrators only to eventually be ignored! So I am looking for a medium to expose TSA's behavior toward officers' and against the ones that actually speak up and expose leaderships treatment of TSO's!
You're right. The job itself is OK. Training is inadequate to keep pace with an evolving situation. Supervisors are very poorly trained, and believe leadership means writing up employees for infractions. National leadership is sad. Front line workers get little help from anyone supervisor or above. Five years at Dulles & agree with you 100 percent.
I work for TSA too. Grandfathered a four hour shift with Saturday and Sunday RDO's. Great benefits, short tour, 6 month bids, up to 4(3 weeks+5days) weeks paid vacation. Plus the four hours fly by really fast. Giving me the time and freedom to do things i love for income.
Regarding the supervisors and management. Recently the people above the FSD in DC started listening to complaints. Multiple managers have been forced to resign for corruption that was so petty that it makes no sense why they did what they did. Supervisors too. It's not the TSO's walking on egg shells, it's everyone now.
Having said all this, i care for my coworkers and the passengers. The rare possibility of something horrible happening due to human error doesn't go away for me. I used to check the news when i arrived home. It was like OCD.
It is important to understand: TSA does not care if they lose workers!!! A large number of TSA employees are there to train & test new workers among others... They need new blood to survive..
Can’t be worse than the post office I’m over it
Tsa is cool. I did my shadow day at the post office too and nothing crazy happened. Do your work,mind your business and go home. Absolutely no problems.
@@kennethr4111😂
I worked there for 16 years and management was horrible. They would single people out and punish like crazy because they were in a position of power. Pay was good so I was stuck for the longest time. I just decided enough was enough.
so how u doing now?
4 more years until retirement wasn't worth it?
Spot on. No respect for rank and file employees. Too many supervisors with nothing to do except hassle the workforce.
The pay sucks. What are you talking about?
@@AE-hi9uj Depends on which airport you work at from what I hear
The ones that say they never had a problem are the numb people that favor those management and supervisors
Lol
the low pay, the bullying, the harassment, the changing schedules, toxic environment, abusive supervisors.............
Mike P, u pretty much nailed it. It doesnt matter how conscientious u are. If u dont fit their bizarre government mentality, you're screwed. And how about how they hold your low-paying stressful job over your head? TSA can stick it. Worse job imaginable.
@@danielmckrell6604 I’ve witnessed so much corruption and retaliation
@@mikep3502 Mike for a guy like me to quit a job, it's got to be bad. I thought I could handle just about anything. It was affecting my physical and mental health. I lost over 30 lbs in just over 2 mos. The disrespect, bullying, etc. was just overwhelming. I was new and asked a question while in training. My trainer told me to "Shut up! You just want to be babied!" He also taught me the wrong pat-down procedures. He was a highly abusive and highly critical individual who offered me no encouragement whatsoever. When I was sent to the supervisors office for no reason, I overheard an older officer begging not to be fired. She quit soon after. One officer, who worked there for 15 years, committed suicide after being fired. I once had a private investigator call me to meet at an undisclosed location to discuss a misdemeanor offense I committed over 30 years ago (I drank a beer on a private street and was cited $20 when I was senior in high school). Ive never been around such toxicity in my life. Going to work was like walking down a long corridor to my execution. I grew up working at that airport and had provided high-quality service for years before getting involved. Since leaving TSA, I havent had a bad day at work, make more $, and am treated with the proper respect by my supervisors.
@@danielmckrell6604 it is beyond toxic. Glad you got out.
I’ve seen similar instances of abuse. Too much to list.
@@mikep3502 You guys got me nervous about this TSO position I applied for. Got the CBT test next week but now I’m starting to reconsider.
Management sleeps with employees
Everybody sleeps together at all these jobs
@@kennethr4111did you just reply to a three year old comment lol
Were the managers hot?
TSA workers not happy with management's doing everything possible to push the max on the discipline process. Especially with attendance issues. It's being pushed very hard in recent months because of the title 5 coming soon. Upper management will have a more difficult time issuing discipline for medical justifications. The agency doesn't care about the retention of good people! If this were to be placed on the laps of the powers that be mybe things could change.
This video is two years old and nothing has changed.
Really? I’m going to be starting my first tsa job next week at the Orlando airport. I hope it’s a good place to work at a different location at least.
Are you a current TSO?
@@nss90 did you start and how is it?
@@nss90how’s it going?
Another thing which some people may not have thought of. Not everyone is traveling for work or pleasure Sometimes its traveling to a funeral or visiting a sick relative or friend. Does someone actually need some overzealous, rude, obnoxious, powertripper incessantly barking at them under those stressful circumstances? Where is the social intelligence? There is none!
By far the worse airport to work for TSA is LAX Airport as managers bully TSO Officers around and fire them just for speaking to a celebrity.
The TSA doesn't care how anyone feels! They will just continue to waste taxpayer's money constantly having to hire time and time again!
What’s crazy is we need these workers to keep us safe and the management isn’t helping THEM to feel safe or taken care of!! So freakin sad
She is a very beautiful, smart, attractive woman. 😃
could also say the same at the post office!
I wish I could talk to you guys about my harassment case at my job in the airport because my union didn’t do anything at all I felt as if everything was swept underneath the rug with my general manager and also do union I just felt as if nobody cared because I am at a new job and they start at the job nothing changed
low wages? how much they pay monthly?
It’s $18.80 usd/hour
@@brentgist9322 that’s ok🤷🏻♀️I apply a year ago and they never called me
Alaska is paying $63,000 but its only in the rural middle of nowhere areas 😭😭
@@brentgist9322 It’s $19 something now and are allowed to max out at $26 but I doubt that.
It depends on location. In Florida it’s only $16 while other states start at $18 or $19.
It's the work environment. Not the job at all. Sexual harassment being covered up by supervisors/managers, nepotism, favoritism. Promotions based on who you sleep with or go out with on the weekend.
This happened to me with GXO, a third party contractor for a Google Data Center. I loved my job and felt blessed, wanted to learn and advance. But they displayed unethical practices and when I spoke up about it I was retaliated against I was going to get fired so I ended up quitting first. And the only supervisor trying to help me died in his sleep. May he be resting with God. I think about this everyday I wish justice could be served.
Get rid of the supervisors.
Bad, bad, bad work environment. Too many underqualified, overzealous supervisors with no understanding of leadership or teamwork.
TSA security screenings are security theater anyways. Their whole job is pointless. I would be okay with everyone of them quitting all at once, and the entire agency shutting down permanently. We would be just as safe and well protected from terrorist as we currently are.
On principle I hate that they exist, but on an individual level, I deeply empathize their plight. Also a basic screening like in the 90's (no lines, shoes stay on, bags keep everything in them trays only for belts and pocket items, system as simple and fas as entering a courthouse ... that system) I'd be okay with that still existing ... some security theater is good for the passenger's ease of mind, plus people need jobs, even frivolous ones.
U sound really stupid
He doesn’t want to pay more.
I wrote several pages of stuff after 8 months of being disrespected and mistreated. Horribly toxic place to work. No $ is worth being there. I went from hell to Disneyland! TSA sucks. I jumped ship for myself and glad I did!
It seems like I safe my mind by not getting hired about 2 years ago.
Why didn’t you get hired ?
I worked for TSA not for a long time. A lot of the employees who have been there for a long time have an ego. They do not talk with the white shirts. You are a white shirt until they get your uniforms. Which take a VERY long time to get
They say it’s based on hire date, they send you for training. I was in a group of three. I was hired before anyone else yet always got everything last Uniforms and training I was always last. Speaking of trading you get put in a spot like walk through and they tell you open it up so the line can go down. Then you get in trouble if you didn’t check something on a person. I left for family medical reasons. I am so glad that I did
you aren't wrong
5 years ago and it’s still the same today. Looks like nothing has changed. Typical govt work.
Poor wage
WOW 👀
Hire good military people and pay better simple WTF how do you not know this
That's the most ridiclous statement ever.
F**k the TSA
@@saltmaker5353 No, Mr. Assumptive, just don't like totalitarians.
@@saltmaker5353 Whatever you say, buddy. I don't like totalitarians, but perhaps you do, and want to imply anyone who disagrees with you is a 'drama queen' or whatever other perjorative you choose. God bless you.
God bless you.
@@saltmaker5353 Or mind your own business, Brownshirt. God bless you.
@@saltmaker5353 Why aren't you telling others who actually worked for TSA who have similar complaints and responses "drama queens," who should "cope more?". What are you a coward there, Brownshirt?
What's the problem, their God complexes aren't affirmed enough?
Do they think they be james Bond fighting bad guys when working fkr tsa lmao maybe read the job description better tsa means 🤖 robot jobs
her interview skills are soooo cringey, its so obvious from the guy's reactions that she has no clue what she is talking about but trying to sound intelligent HAHAH HE TOOK IT LIKE A PRO!
TSA agents take their
Frustrations on the
Public. Pat downs.
I still wouldn’t want to if I was frustrated
Maybe passengers take their frustrations on pple tht just doing their jobs 🤷🏾♀️
Trust me when I say that no TSO wants to pat you down.
@@biglexidefinitely didn't enjoy it. AT ALL!!
WORKING SECURITY IN ITSELF IS INSANE. THE COMPANY I WORKING FOR, IT'S THE WAGES, THE OFFICE SUPERVISORS, AND TRYING TO GET YOUR PAY AFTER YOU HAVE WORKED , IS INSANE. THIS COMPANY I WORK FOR WILL IS WORK YOU, BUT YOU HAVE TO FIGHT LIKE HELL TO GET YOUR PAY CHECK, AND ALL OF THE OFFICE EMPLOYEES TO TO EVERYONE WORKING OUT ON JOB SITES, AS IF THEY ARE WORKING ON A PLANTATION, WE'ER NOT ALLOWED IN THE MAIN OFFICE, WHEN YOU GO IN AFTER SUBMITTING PAY CORRECTION FORMS SEVERAL TIMES, SO WE GO TO THE OFFICE, AND THEY GET COMPLETELY UPSET, BECAUSE YOU CAME TO COLLECT WHAT YOU'VE ALREADY WORKED FOR 3, 4 WEEKS AGO. IN FACT THIS COMPANY HAD MANY PEOPLE POSTING ON MANY SOCIAL MEDIA SITES, HOW ALL THEY WANT IS WHAT THEY HAVE WORKED FOR, NO MORE, NO LESS. I SHALL NOT NAME THE COMPANY, BUT THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE. CHECK THE SOCIAL MEDIA SITES, IT'S OUT THERE. FACTS.