Just A Mess - Security Professional Allied Universal Employee Review

2.0
Oct 28, 2020
Recommend
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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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5.0
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Pros

The location was great. It was close to my residence.

Cons

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3.0
Jun 25, 2026
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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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