Lots of potential to be better. - Security Supervisor Allied Universal Employee Review

3.0
28 Nov 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You get to interact with interesting people. Uniforms make it easy to get dressed. Some days are easy.

Cons

You often have to answer to two bosses. It can feel like you are babysitting. There exist double standards between the client and contractor. The pay is not equal to the danger you can face on any given day. Sometimes it seems as if you look at someone the wrong way you can be fired. When an idiot is in charge things get dismal. Working at night takes a toll on the body and there is no incentive to do so. Supervisors have employees that are paid up to $4 more than a given shift supervisor. Actual duties can be convoluted. Account managers appear not to care about what's happening on the ground because you never see them.

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Cons

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Pros

The role provides subsistence-level wages, offering little financial security.

Cons

Management arbitrarily downgraded my position from full-time to part-time, yet still demanded overtime. I grew overwhelmed and complained that overtime was impeding my health. After that I was told then don't do overtime like it wouldn't negatively affect me. After moving me from a solid post to a flex post, they expected me to show up with only an hour's notice. They then used an "available quota" as an excuse to terminate me after creating a schedule that made it impossible to succeed.The company's adaptive workflow seamlessly absorbs last-minute modifications with zero friction. Advice to Management: Treat your employees' time with respect instead of setting them up to fail with unrealistic scheduling and quotas. I advise management to invest more heavily in employee development and modernizing our core tools. Providing clearer pathways for advancement and better operational resources would significantly boost morale and retention.

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