We have unarmed gard, gates at driveway's that are badge operated, badge operated turnstyles at main doors, security camera's at main doors, but no fence around the business and no metal detector's.
Wow. So they provide no security/protection for their employees, and they have a policy that no tools for protection are allowed on the property. Just paraphrasing what everyone else has said, that's stupid! It's oh-so-common, though.
I'm in the same situation, as I work at a University that has the same type of policy. The university has no way to enforce the policy or anyway to protect employees. Sure, the campus has a police department, but my building is 10 miles away from campus, in the middle of nowhere. If someone decided to come shoot up the place, there's nothing stopping them besides a locked door and some glass windows, and the front door only locks after hours. Basically, if anyone decided to shoot up the place, no one would have a chance unless they could make it to their vehicle to retrieve their firearms. We house all important servers and networking infrastructure for the university. You would think the billions of dollars equipment and priceless information that is housed for the university, and countless other state programs, would have something besides a locked door and easily broken windows between sensitive server rooms.
Like Schlitz said, "Life > Job"
I would gladly work in gun friendly environment where I could carry (CC or OC, OC preferred) making half of what I make now. I could do that, but my wife and I made a stupid decision on buying a, relatively, big house that requires me to have a, relatively, good paying job since I'm the only one that works.
Once we get out of some debt we're looking to downsize dramatically. Sell the house, move to AZ, get a small house in the middle of no where, and get a job that I can protect myself at or become an entrepreneur. Simple living, no fancy crap. Just back to the basics of enjoying life by being able to take responsibility for our own lives. A roof over our heads, no other houses or a city in site, living off the land, guns, and ammo. God I can't wait.
I have not talked to any higher management because I fear it could set off red flags and put my job at risk.
Roger that, I know what you're talking about.