G4S reviews

3.4

52% would recommend to a friend

(3,736 total reviews)
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78% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

G4S has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 3,736 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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4K reviews
1.0
Jan 11, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

A FTSE 100 company with £6Bn tunrover. So it will look good on your CV. Share price holding up well.

Cons

A culture of blame, lacklustre leadership, and a reverse midas touch on aquired companies. Senior players at aquired companies tend to leave due to total lack of direction and vision. Corpor\ate stratergy seems to be lower everything to the lowest common denominator.

2.0
Jan 8, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Competitive salary - Competitive benefits and perks - Most staff are competent and hard-working - Potential for professional growth

Cons

- Poor fiscal management; wasteful in some areas, and cheap in others - Do not supply employees with proper equipment to accomplish their job - Highly political; professional growth is all about 'who you know' and 'who likes you' - Nepotism; multiple instances of hiring family and friends - Although offer generous pay, demand extraordinary work - Demand salaried employees work 60+ hours per week, work on weekends, holidays - Will demand cancellation of vacations or call while on vacation - Highly unprofessional behavior of senior management (cursing, yelling, tirades, etc) - Promising salary increases to retain employees, then backing out once project accomplished - Constant threats of 'do this or we'll find someone else' - Very high turn-over rate - Do not offer a healthy work-life balance

3.0
Jul 10, 2009

G4S Security Services

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

good student job, on slow sites you can read for 5+ hours of a 8h shift

Cons

bad pay for work required

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