Allied Universal reviews

3.1

46% would recommend to a friend

(13,269 total reviews)
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Steve Jones

46% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

Allied Universal has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 13,269 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Allied Universal employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Administración y consultoría industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
Nov 3, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Experience gained Co-workers are okay

Cons

All was good while working on the site, if you are okay with low wages. But I was doing this for experience and plus the site was so understaffed because the client wanted professionals for less than $15 an hour so OT was crazy. So I eventually moved up and here is where things got bad. Once you get that work phone kiss a full-nights sleep goodbye. You are putting out fires on the daily. Imagine you are on a small rubber boat (your salary) with 300 holes (your unreliable employees) and taking on water (overtime). You patch it up and your manager hands you a red solo cup (your work phone) to remove the water only the cup has a hole in it as well (nobody helps). Is your manager on the boat with you? No, they're on a speedboat on their way to happy hour. Mind you they hooked you up though! With a string of floss (Friday lunches [sidebar: Im not knocking Friday lunches they hit the spot]) now while they're going 100 mph on this speedboat you're hooked up trying not to sink and they are just dragging you choppy, shark infested waters and asking you "what's wrong? You good?". In other words, do not work for this company or if you do just do not accept a supervisor or management position, stay low collect your checks and OT until something better comes along. Oh and last time I checked, payroll is done manually. They have this call-in thing but it doesn't really work half the time. So the overworked Operations Manager has to do the whole payroll and boy do they make mistakes. So dont work funny hours! Cause you will regret it. And if they offer bonuses to work somewhere extra, do not take it, ask for training hours instead because bonuses are heavily taxed and that overworked operations manager will forget to enter it. I know I did! Good luck and a'salute.

2.0
May 19, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You can get lucky and be assigned to a great site. Where they send you is up to luck. I got really lucky and love my assigned site. The work is generally easy, perfect for students or retirees who don't expect a living wage for working full time.

Cons

I've been with the company for 3 years. After my first full year of supervisor having perfect attendance, not taking off a single day (not by choice, but rather chronic understaffing so no one trained to cover for me), I was supposed to receive an anniversary bonus. After inquiring about the bonus, I was told they couldn't do the bonus, but gave me a raise. I checked and the raise was for $0.06. I've never seen worse turnover rates. They're sending officers out to train without giving them uniforms first. I've been waiting on a new pair of pants for 8 months. Account Managers are supposed to be in communication at all times but mine ignores all of my calls and texts. When I have a no call no show or an officer calls in sick, there are no flex officers to cover which causes a breach in contract between the company and the client. There is no regard for work-life balance. Everything about this job is the absolute bare-minimum from the pay to the management. I regularly get in trouble for having officers work over-time even though there are not enough officers hired to cover regular shifts, much less when someone calls in sick.

3.0
Apr 29, 2019

Transfer

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You're able to grow quickly in the company.

Cons

Depending where you work i tried transferring from the Virginia Branch to Orlando Branch and let me just say one thing the Orlando branch is unorganized and unprofessional.

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