Not a bad job - Security Guard Allied Universal Employee Review

4.0
23 Feb 2022
Recommend
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Pros

They have positions for whatever schedule or workplace you are looking for. You can work as a Flex and choose your own hours and job day to day or week to week, and full-time at single locations if you are looking for something steadier. Good pay for unskilled work, I recommend it for students or those transitioning careers.

Cons

No idea what the promotion criteria is, but they need to rethink it. Managers can be spiteful for Flexs who refuse an opening or disorganized and lazy at full-time postings. Co-workers are hit and miss on compotancy, but managers are all a bunch of idiots. I suggest working nights so you don't have to deal with them. You will 100% be forced to do things that are not your job and work overtime with no notice. Also no advancement opportunities to speak of.

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5.0
27 Mar 2026
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Pros

Pay raises every year and good quality training

Cons

Hard to transfer to other sites

1.0
8 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Some of the people you meet are cool and you make real good connections with the professional guards (not a lot, but i got lucky)

Cons

*Management doesn't answer their phones *Management don't want to help you address the issues onsite unless the manager of that site has an issue. *Rude and non responsive office. *Operations managers and client managers are useless. (Their assistants do a better job than they do) *The guards are not the priority to management and the company. Very childish and hostile environment. *A lack of structure, communication and support.

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