G4S reviews

3.4

52% would recommend to a friend

(3,737 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 3,737 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
Jul 8, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Low level employees were lovely to work with. Money was okay for entry level work. Hybrid working was nicer.

Cons

Management only care about number and cases. Management fired multiple people within the first two months of me being there. Don't care for employees mental wellbeing or supporting them through working here. There was always a constant threat of being fired despite doing the most. No praise or thanks given to any employee other then those management are friends with. Very unprofessional workplace with management discussing employees infront of the office. No support after training, expected to know everything about the work and be able to solve all issues straight away. Hired multiple groups of temps whilst i was there as people left due to stress and management firing people. No care for the employees at all, seen as just workers. Managent don't care about human limits and will treat you badly if you have a slightly off day. Were not allowed to have your phone on the desks or speak much during work despite the permanent staff and management constantly talking and being on their phones. Customer service management and permanent staff were clearly good friends and would gossip about other staff memebers. Told not to help certain customers if they were too difficult and would take too long as it would mean we wouldnt get our numbers meaning customers went unassisted.

2.0
Oct 6, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Reasonable pay for the position

Cons

Do not ever work for a G4S PFI contract. You would imagine a company like G4S to have a good grasp of running these contracts, but nothing could be further from the truth. Everything from contract placement, QA process, lifecycle and compliance is in total disorder. Its quite a worry as this has been the case for several years. Instead of allowing the local teams engage and resolve, the exe team bring in endless consultant's but the results are they leave without resolving the real key issues. This despite the contracts making a substantial loss. The lack of direction is compounded by a sadly blame driven culture that results in high turnover , be that people leaving due to stress and frustration, or being targeted for the impossible state of the contract. If you want to enjoy your career, positively add to your workplace and benefit from employee support, don't apply for a management role on a G4S PFI contract.

1.0
Mar 18, 2022

Avoid!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

None that I can think of.

Cons

Very shady organisation and very dodgy work practices especially with sub-contractors. HR are habitual liars. A very financially greedy business who exploit people.

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