Securitas reviews

3.7

42% would recommend to a friend

(4,654 total reviews)
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Magnus Ahlqvist

67% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Securitas has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 4,654 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Securitas 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
Oct 12, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Their is no pros for this company

Cons

Bad pay, Management doesn't care, Places people in charge with no experience in security.

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Securitas Response
2y
We appreciate your feedback and are sorry to hear about your negative experience. We want to assure you that we take all feedback seriously and are committed to creating a positive and inclusive work environment for all employees. Please send any feedback or comments to our leadership team at comments@securitasinc.com.
2.0
Oct 12, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

It was a decent security job at first.

Cons

They kept adding more and more new rules. When I was hired, I was told I could work on homework in between my patrols - especially being night shift. I was 2nd shift 4pm to midnight. It was in an almost empty building most of the time. Most people if not all people except cleaning crew had gone home when I started. When I actually started, they said I couldn’t work on homework even though I was hired on this premise. Shortly after being hired, they kept adding more and more rules and more and more work (which is not worth it when the pay is so little - $16.48 an hour is literally synonymous with fast food pay now a days. It used to be do 15-30 min patrol once every 2 hour blocks. After working there for 4.5 months, we were required to patrol nonstop or sit at the front desk nonstop. The whole point of night watchman security is to appease the insurance companies. We have people in the building to do so. Endless patrol doesn’t help. Neither does not allowing your staff to not work on homework who is just sitting around if not patrolling. The whole point of night security (which most no one wants to do) is it’s suppose to be laid back since no one wants to do it. There are plenty of other night watchman security jobs that pay more and are laid back. If you can’t allow night security this, you’re not going to keep anyone in this position. Night security is for college students or people who want a laid back job. In exchange they are willing to tolerate giving up their nights and accepting low pay. If you take that away, you should at least raise the pay so it’s worth the effort.

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Securitas Response
2y
We appreciate your feedback and are sorry to hear about your negative experience. We want to assure you that we take all feedback seriously and are committed to creating a positive and inclusive work environment for all employees. Please reach out to our leadership team at comments@securitasinc.com so we can further discuss your experience.
2.0
Oct 2, 2023

Terrible job, terrible pay.

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Pros

None, these guys deserve no praise.

Cons

Companies like these can afford to loose billions of dollars domestically to maintain multibillion dollar government contracts over seas. This results in officers working positions that should be paid $25, but actually getting paid $12 per hour. This completely eviscerated all competition and drove local agencies out of business. This has been the result nation wide. I urge you to rethink your career in security. This is the future, and it is bleak.

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Securitas Response
2y
We apologize for any dissatisfaction you may have experienced while working with our company. Our goal is to provide a positive working environment for every one of our team members and would appreciate any comments you may have. Please send any feedback or comments to our leadership team at comments@securitasinc.com.
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