The company "externalizes" many of its costs on employees. Employees are usually required to use their own vehicles to get to far-flung assignments and, once there, to work out of their vehicles with no compensation for fuel or wear-and-tear. We pay the annual fee for our guard licenses out of pocket, despite the fact that this is a necessary cost of doing business for the company. Health insurance is through a state program that requires an average of 37 hours a week to qualify (I'm not sure who sets that cutoff); many of us aren't assigned that many hours on a consistent basis.
