Lead Officer - Lead Security Officer Allied Universal Employee Review

4.0
Jul 10, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

The work is fairly easy and doesn't consist of much mental strain. Very flexible hours hours; perfect for students, parents, and/or people with multiple jobs. Always overtime opportunities.

Cons

Minorities only occupy entry level positions and management solely consists of white males; therefore, it brings about a sense of segregation that is very uncomfortable. Also, communication is easily misconstrued (even though there are guidelines to follow specific channels for communication) and training isn't even distributed. Lastly, many of the employees (including management) participate in a lot of gossip and speaking behind others' backs. It feels as if I'm back in high school.

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Cons

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Pros

Once you've networked with the right people it becomes all success and excellence. Through my years of experience with Allied Universal, I was fortunate enough to work with the right accommodations and site placements. I even had a chance to demonstrate supervisor status that I never did before in private security. I think Allied Universal gives chances to anyone eager enough to try gainful employment with opportunities to prove it. One quality pro factor that Allied Universal offers is through your journey of work placements at client sites, one client site will eventually become your primary site by choice to stay permanently as a career.

Cons

Career growth is slow because Allied Universal is humongous as both a company and private corporation. Opportunities don't exist often after getting your Guard Card but if you take the opportunities as an opportunistic, you'll do fine and reach the next stages in bottom management.

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