Does Paladin Security Group pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Paladin Security Group employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Paladin Security Group. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Paladin Security Group?

61% of Paladin Security Group employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Paladin Security Group 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.2 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Paladin Security Group?

Security Guard (449) , Security Officer (365) , Healthcare Security Officer (44) , Security (35) , Supervisor (22) , Healthcare Security Guard (14) , Security Officer/Security Guard (14) , Shift Supervisor (14) , Security Supervisor (13) , Site Supervisor (13) , Administrative (12) , Pre-Board Screening Officer (11) , Health Care Security Officer (10) , Security Professional (10) , Anonymous (9)

What are the pros of working at Paladin Security Group according to real employee reviews?

"Company provides free training and uniforms (but so does MacDonalds and Walmart) IF you stay for at least 6 months full time." ((in 94 reviews)); "Good benefits and different locations to work at." ((in 87 reviews)); "Great people to work with" ((in 54 reviews)); "Flexible hours and able to change" ((in 42 reviews)); "Managers are good and understand ‘sometimes’." ((in 32 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Paladin Security Group according to real employee reviews?

"Low pay and can be dull." ((in 135 reviews)); "Poor management and lack of employee value" ((in 114 reviews)); "Some time headache and low wage" ((in 26 reviews)); "Upper management does not care how much work you do or are willing to put in." ((in 15 reviews)); "Don’t let you take time off for family emergencies" ((in 8 reviews))

What are employees saying about Paladin Security Group layoffs in 2026?

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

Paladin Security Group reviews

3.5

61% would recommend to a friend

(1,742 total reviews)

Ashley Cooper

71% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

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Paladin Security Group has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,742 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Paladin Security Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Administración y consultoría industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

2K reviews

3.0

Dec 23, 2015

HIT IT and QUIT IT - WEST 5th ST.JOES HOSPITAL

Security guard

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Hands on experience resolving physical conflict - Problem solving skills - Become great at multi-tasking - Allows you to work under pressure - Only security company that owns 90% of hospitals within GTA and Canadian regions. - Mental Health work experience. - Will make you feel grateful once you leave and work elsewhere, knowing that you're paid more at the other job(s). To sum it up, a great work experience for a career within law enforcement; Excluding CBSA.

Cons

- VERY BAD PAY RATE. - A lot of disrespect. - You're basically a servant and get disrespected constantly. - Drama infested workplace with no support from team-members. - VERY Negative and dangerous environment since you cannot perform the restraints you've learned. - Your co-workers take out their anger on you and each other. - Multiple desk stations in which get's flooded with stress.. To sum it all up, working at the West 5th Campus will provide you with the excellent work experience you want, but due to the high amount of pressure you face, negativity, and no support from your own team-members, you will eventually burn out and start to become mentally stressed. The pay is minimum wage for all positions. Site Supervisor pay is only literally 50 cents more. What a joke. You will get paid more for babysitting for at a different security company.

2.0

Dec 16, 2015

Worst experience

Security officer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

There are no pros to share on this company.

Cons

Culture of "oldest get the best". No merit, no evaluation on the empployee capabilities over his/her assignment. False promises. High level of internal lobby and politics. Centralized decisions, high human flawed evaluations. High segregation between Security Officers, Office workers, Management and high management; no blend and team build for every employee as an equal. Overdemanding Management on every level. Low payment for a professinoal that puts his life on the line as one of the first individuals in the scenes.

Paladin Security Group Response

10y

Thank you for your response, we're sorry to hear that your experience so far hasn't been great. We work very hard to create a fantastic corporate culture and, being recognized as one of Canada's Best Corporate Cultures, we're humbled and proud to know that a lot of our peel feel that we have. We believe in constant and never ending improvement, and value your feedback. Paladin is the only security company to have devoted Employee Care Coordinators at each branch that are dedicated solely to the concerns of our people. We'd strongly encourage you to bring these specific issues forward to your ECC so that we can work with you to resolve them in a manner that will demonstrate to you our commitment to our people. Thank you very much and we look forward to working through these issues with you.

4.0

Dec 10, 2015

flexible

S/o

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

friendly environment aim for growth and advancement great training flexible hours

Cons

require initiative to move up which is normal

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