Allied Universal reviews

3.0

46% would recommend to a friend

(13,312 total reviews)
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Steve Jones

45% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

Allied Universal has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 13,312 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Allied Universal employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.5 stars).

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5.0
Nov 20, 2021

It’s aiiii

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Consistent work for unemployment person

Cons

I hate it here I’m not going to lie

1.0
Feb 25, 2021

Unprofessional

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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.)

2.0
Oct 28, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Allied is great if you want to get hired and on a site quickly and are trying to get your foot in the door in the security world.

Cons

This company does not have the backs of it's employees, in the course of less than two months on a site I saw half of my coworkers let go or asked to leave, from entry level guards manning the gates to the account manager at the site. Somehow despite this turnover there is still not a lot of room for advancement due to them having a very flat org chart.

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