Would not recommend my worst enemy to this place - Security Operations Analyst Allied Universal Employee Review

1.0
Apr 14, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Indoors No other pros exist

Cons

The management was unprofessional and verbally abusive at every level. They trick you into thinking you will be doing intelligence work, but in truth, you are watching almost 2000 cameras for 12 hours a day. That is it. Depending on the day and the mood of the "director," you may or may not get a break. If you have anything going on in life, it comes second to your four-day on, four-day off schedule. No matter what they tell you, the schedule is not changing, and there is zero growth opportunity. You are a number in a seat, nothing more. You start in the position you will stay in until you quit, or the director makes up a reason to fire you because he does not like you. He talks unprofessionally and derogatorily about everyone to everyone. You are wrong if you think he does not talk badly about you while he is "venting" about everyone else. He will also boast about having double-digit HR complaints against him (which is true), but HR will not do anything about it because the Embedded Director has the final say and tells HR what to do. In the span of six months, the entire team (12 people) changed over twice. Do not let the dollar amount fool you; you will be a prisoner. The team referred to the four days off as yard time.

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