"Harvard cuts corners enough," he said.
University officials have stressed that the decision to outsource their security guard positions has not been easy for them. They say that SSI guards are, in many cases, better trained than the University's own.
The contract signed by the guards, who are a part of a union representing the Fogg Museum guards and the Harvard parking attendants, contained a buyout option that about half of the security guards accepted.
University Director of Labor Relations Kim A. Roberts '78 sent a letter to union Chief Stephen G. McCombe promising that no current guards would be fired without proper cause.
Gibbons said he decided to accept the buyout because, in reality, he had no choice.
"I'd seen which way things were turning. The writing was on the wall," he said.
Gibbons accused Harvard of putting its budgetary concerns ahead of student safety.
"This is a sort of a slap in the face. This is this the way Harvard says thanks," he said. "I don't think the University realizes what it's lost."