Guardian Alarm Reviews

3.4

61% would recommend to a friend

(107 total reviews)

Brent Uhl

82% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Guardian Alarm has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 107 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Guardian Alarm employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management and consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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107 reviews
2.0
10 Jul 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The major pro about Guardian Alarm is the fact all the employees are great. They do an amazing job engaging employees with things like a company picnic and team days.

Cons

In 2017 the company was purchased by private equity and while it was great the first 10 months it started to go downhill. Employees are lucky to get a 2% raise and bonuses are a joke. The turn over is crazy high and unfortunately management does not listen to what the employees are saying. They have a lot of brilliant minds who are constantly told their plan to help them grow is not worth it or it is not a problem Guardian needs to focus on. Since being purchased by Private Equity, there have been a parade of consultants brought in to review the company and the CEO, CFO, VP of IT, and VP of Customer Service have all been let go. The company has been inflated with new directors that only work 4 days a week since they live in other states and travel into the location. When it comes to promotions, they are non existent and many times employees who are qualified to do the job have to train their new manager how to do the job at hand. You can try to reach out to the Recruiter but he never will give you the time of day. With that being said, HR is non-existent and is rarely in the building, which is unfortunate since the organization is on life support and HR does not support the organization at all, the one advocate we had left is no longer at Guardian and getting things done now is impossible. There are two people who try very hard and are excellent but they are overworked and under appreciated.

1.0
14 May 2021

Low pay high expectations

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

It's a job, if you need one, it's a step above McDonald's

Cons

Low pay with low pay caps (no raises after a very short time) The company consistently gives you more and more tasks outside of your job description, then complains when you fall behind on your main tasks. The bosses and employees are awful, the employees are what ever fills a seat for a shift they need and the people in charge somehow failed up to their positions, it's mind blowing. They cling to outdated programs and methods, the alarm monitoring program is straight out of the 90's. They have the ability to allow employees to work from home, but management's incompetence won't allow it because they don't know how to manage remotely. The office frequently has homeless people walking around it, multiple cars have been broken into or vandalized IN A SECURITY COMPANY'S PARKING LOT. Just embarrassing really, and shows how little they care for employee safety.

2.0
29 Apr 2019

Inconsistent Management

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

co workers weekly pay location is good (right off freeway)

Cons

management think they are smarter than the next guy...and they are not. Pierce family no longer owns the company

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