Does G4S pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, G4S employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at G4S. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at G4S?

52% of G4S employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated G4S 3.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.0 for culture and values and 2.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at G4S?

Security Officer (692) , Security Guard (286) , Vigilante Patrimonial (97) , Custom Protection Officer (72) , Steward (51) , Upscale Security Officer (50) , Shift Supervisor (45) , CPO (42) , Security (42) , Armed Security Officer (40) , Event Safety Steward (37) , Supervisor (37) , Security Supervisor (36) , Vigilante (36) , Manager (31)

What are the pros of working at G4S according to real employee reviews?

"The pay was good and I did like the work but was limited to advance even though I passed every course offered" ((in 263 reviews)); "Overtime was always available and I worked with some really great people." ((in 113 reviews)); "They have really good benefits" ((in 74 reviews)); "Good salary and cool environment bosses are great" ((in 73 reviews)); "The training is good and often and helps with revalidation and building up skills." ((in 53 reviews))

What are the cons of working at G4S according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management to work with" ((in 334 reviews)); "Long hours and a lot of time on your feet which could be challenging if not used to it." ((in 86 reviews)); "A number of managers don't seem to appreciate how their decisions will affect others ability to do their work" ((in 74 reviews)); "Long hours sometimes some very boring work and dealing with people that can be difficult." ((in 43 reviews)); "Some supervisors are bad" ((in 42 reviews))

What are employees saying about G4S layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about G4S layoffs and their outlook for job security at G4S in 2026.

G4S reviews

3.4

52% would recommend to a friend

(3,737 total reviews)

Ashley Almanza

78% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.4

Diversity & inclusion

3.1

Work/Life balance

3.0

Culture & values

3.0

Compensation and benefits

2.9

Senior management

2.8

Career opportunities

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

Jan 14, 2019

If you want a career with equal opportunity , stay away from this company

Uso

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You will get a paycheck every 2 weeks.

Cons

No opportunity for advancement. With this company, it's not what you know, it's who you know. They only promote people with personal connections to the upper management. You can have a college degree, decades of experience, many years with the company, a perfect record, and you still won't be promoted. You won't even make it to being interviewed for a supervising job. This shows that the people in upper management don't belong there either.

1.0

Sep 27, 2018

Not helpful Sr. Management

Lead

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Technical Projects Global implementation approach Opportunity to learn

Cons

Vision less Sr. VPs and Director They must respect resources and their work life balance rather they remain on leave or WFH For the hard and smart worker they are making them dumb worker by always expecting and pushing them to work For the worker who are swapping card and getting salary they don't have control

1.0

Aug 21, 2018

Not go for G4S. They willl treat you as slave

Lead software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Not find any pros here

Cons

There are lots of cons: 1. They will hire you for timing 8:30 to 4:30 but after that they will change the timing from 8:30 to 10:30. There is no any IT MNC exist in world who has 10 hours working hours job. 2. All the architect of G4S are totally non-technical. They will not provide solution to your problem because they will come in the office for listening songs and for sleeping in their cabin. You have to design your requirement by own. 3. There is full of politics. The number of working resources are less than Manager and all (Who take only statuses). 4. There is so much differentiation between FTE's and Contractual's. 5. This is not an IT MNC. It's just like you are building a low unstructured ;product for some normal small shop. 6. Management will call you for working on weekends but on weekends Management itself is on leave. 7. They will provide you a low quality food in a cost of 1500/s per month. 8. The project is totally unstructured. They are changing their processes every day. Note : Please don't join this organisation.

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Not go for G4S. They willl treat you as slave

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