G4S Olympic security recruitment 'totally chaotic' (looking for cheap labor)

[alp227]

Source: The Guardian

A former police sergeant who signed up to work for G4S at the Olympics has told how he withdrew his application over fears the recruitment process was "totally chaotic" and the firm was simply looking for cheap labour.

Robert Brown, who served for 30 years with Kent police, claimed he knew many other retired officers who had decided against working at the Games for the same reasons.

He said he had been given verbal commitments that staff would be paid £14 an hour, but that the contract he received said he would be entitled to £6.05 an hour for working outside the venues, and £8.50 for working inside the stadium.

"It is actually very sad," Brown said. "I was looking forward to working at this historic event, but it would have been a waste of my time. The public needs to be aware of this."

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jul/12/g4s-olympic-security-recruitment-chaotic

[jberryhill]

1. Attention Terrorists - Sign Up Here For Olympic Security Job

There was a piece on this yesterday which said that the British army was going to fill in for the lack of warm bodies that GS4 produced.

GS4 is in a mad scramble to fill these positions, so given the time between now and July 27, they'll take anybody, and you can bet there will be no background checks (as if that would make a difference anyway).

Anyone who wants to breach security should head on down and sign up with GS4, so that they can get access to wherever they'd like to plant their bomb.

What a bunch of idiots.

[Angleae]

2. Sounds like G4S is getting tips from the TSA