It's a job - Unarmed Security Guard Allied Universal Employee Review

2.0
Aug 12, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It’s a pay check on Friday

Cons

I have been there for 6 months and the turn over rate is insane. They have lied to people to get them to take the job. Once they start and find out about the lie, they quit. When I took the job, they were so shorthanded, I was rushed through training. A couple of times I was asked to do something and I said nobody showed me how to do it. Even after retraining they still didn’t go over everything. Scheduling is insane. A couple of beauties were. I was told to come in at 4am and work till 7am. Another time I had to work a double and got off at 11pm and had to be back at 7am the next day. When you go in at first to sign all these documents. One they slip in is if your replacement doesn’t show up then you will have to work at least 4 more hours.

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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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