Unprofessional - Security Guard Allied Universal Employee Review

1.0
25 Feb 2021
Recommend
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Pros

They will higher you if you have a heart beat.

Cons

Your heart beat is really all they want. Ever day at least half the crew will be forced to stay for a double shift but then still expect you to be there for your next official shift making it a triple shift with a small small break in the middle. Guards will be forced to look awake while actually sleeping against the wall because how else will you manage? If a supervisors sees you, you will be fired for what is essentially something they did. You can avoid this by comming early and not being one of t last people walking through the door but by early I meens hours early without pay because everyone will be doing the same thing in order to not be held over. Also the company tried to get you to do free labor at ever turn which adds up over time. 1) When you go on break remember to dock your walky on a charger. (Which meens your going to loose about 5 to 10 min of your break dropping of an receiving your walky.) 2) When you go to lunch tell the guard outside to switch with Charley. (Again another 10 min detour.) 3) Wait in the lobby till your relieved (10-30 min after your shift was supposed to have ended and they still mark you down as having left at your regular scedualed time.)

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Cons

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