Tag: Company Culture
COPS Monitoring reinvests more than $5 million in its employees
May 26, 2022SSN Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, N.J.—COPS Monitoring, one of the largest providers of wholesale professional alarm monitoring services in North America, announced that it has reinvested more than $4 million in permanent annual wage increases and another $1 million in additional employee benefits.
"For the past two years, the entire country has been faced with an unprecedented crisis related to hiring and retaining qualified employees," said COPS' founder and president Jim McMullen. "While the 'Great...
Through the eyes of a security industry CEO
April 17, 2020
BUFFALO GROVE, Ill.—Jeff Burgess, CEO of BCD International, Inc. is a firm believer that everything happens for a reason, so when the time came to restructure his company, he took action, making necessary changes to achieve desired results by eliminating past obstacles and transforming into the future.“We're improved.” Burgess told Security Systems News. “As opposed to one, single point of technology and being very siloed, we've got our creative juices flowing, coming out...
The FORCE is with Lloyd Security
November 3, 2015Amy Canfield
MINNEAPOLIS—Having the correct company culture is the key to a company's success, according to Jill Lloyd, who started Lloyd Security in 2001 after working for Honeywell and Security Link. Her in-company FORCE program is doing very well for her.Lloyd Security, which went from just over $1 million in sales in 2012 to $2.3 million in 2014, has worked hard on developing that culture, Lloyd told Security Systems News: “We've had exceptional growth over the past two years.”Lloyd has...
News Poll: Casual and 'fun' is prevalent, helpful in the office
December 8, 2014Spencer Ives
YARMOUTH, Maine—John Loud, owner of LOUD Security believes that without a positive company culture, “nothing else matters.” SSN readers discuss Loud's approach and issues such as cellphone policies and casual working environments in the latest SSN News Poll.
Loud doesn't allow employees to bring personal cellphones to work. In contrast, 90 percent of the News Poll respondents say cellphones are freely allowed at their work, and an additional 8 percent say cellphones are...
LOUD Security: Develop company culture before it develops itself
November 19, 2014Amy Canfield
ORLANDO, Fla.—At LOUD Security, employees aren't allowed to bring personal cellphones to work and “Casual Fridays” are sporadic at best.
But John Loud, owner of the Atlanta-based security company, thinks he's got a top-rate company culture. Leading a session on “Creating a Culture People Love” at Honeywell's Connect2014, held here Nov. 13-16, Loud explained how he has built that culture to be engaging and fun.
It all starts with company leadership,...