Exceeding Poor Management - Shared Services Allied Universal Employee Review

1.0
Aug 7, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Many genuinely nice co-workers.

Cons

Where to begin? The culture in the SSO is a joke. Managers do not interact with the underlings. And believe me, we are treated as such. The Directors are socially awkward, and pained to even have to converse with the staff. Middle management, aka "Supervisors" are unwilling (likely because they are incapable) to train subordinates. They openly, and with glee, talk about how incompetent the staff is, not realizing ( or not caring) how pathetic they sound. You literally cannot ask a question without being made fun of or snarled at. They all have weird medical issues or family problems they love to talk about. It's the most unprofessional work environment I've ever worked in.

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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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