G4S reviews

3.4

52% would recommend to a friend

(3,738 total reviews)
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Ashley Almanza

78% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

G4S has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 3,738 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The G4S 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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1.0
Apr 29, 2014

Soul Crushing

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The guards that you work with are for the most part, good people.

Cons

"Losing" direct deposit forms so you get paid on a card that charges you 25 cents per transaction. Lack of leadership from managers. Sending Guards job openings that are ether part-time or pays the same as your current site, but are over 300 miles away, despite the fact that there are "better" openings in the same area. Having "hidden" job openings. Leadership prefer to "eliminate" supervisor positions when the old supervisor leaves instead of promoting (and its only a .50 cent raise). New openings that are on-site are giving to those off the street instead of within, Feedback from the boots on the ground are ignored. Vacations are not guaranteed. If you put in a day-off request weeks/months in advance, you will not know if you will actually get that day off until the week before. Security license's are not paid by the company (other local security companies do). Paychecks tend to be missing hours and it can take months to correct. If you are ordered to get trained on another position that is on-site, your hourly rate will drop to the "Training" rate which is 7.25 Leadership expects the guards to work with out-dated information, but won't provide new information.

1.0
Apr 28, 2014

Security Officer

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

All depends on what account they through you on. There insurance is expensive and is very limited. They only give you one plan to choose.

Cons

Cons too many to count. The pay is extremely low and you never get a raise unless you move up. Management at the sites barely knows how to do their job because training is horrible. They never allow anyone to move up they always bring in outside people who have no idea how to do the job. In addition, you are left having to train them, which really irritate me. Has happen so many times at my site I have given up on this company. This job is nothing more than a paycheck and that is it.

3.0
Apr 28, 2014

It's been cool

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good hours, meet new people, lots of resources

Cons

None it's really an ok job.

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