Low trust, fear driven company that discourages risk taking and passion. - Anonymous employee Walden Security Employee Review

1.0
Dec 6, 2011
Anonymous employee
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Pros

It is pretty easy to get hired by this company and if you show up everyday and at least make an effort at doing a good job, you will probably be kept around for a long time. The company has huge potential if management would put some trust in their employees and give them some power to be successful and compensate accordingly.

Cons

The management of this company has little trust in their people. They operate under a 4 inch think SOP which outlines how each person should do the simplest of tasks. The daily "office talk" is always about who is on the owner's radar that day and who will be the next to get fired. None of the C-level or VP level corporate staff (outside of the owners) really have any decision making ability. Everything has to be approved through the owners and he frequently ignores his employees making it almost impossible to get things done. Cross communication between operations is frowned upon outside of a weekly meeting. There is no trust in the branches and management has a fear that they will "team up" against management. It is preferred that operations work in the dark apart from each other - rather than foster an environment of open communication. Information regarding company performance is hoarded by the owner. Again, the basic thought is that employees can't be trusted and have no business knowing how the company is doing. Bobble-heads and brown-nosers rule. Certainly don't try to bring anything knew to the table. Just smile and nod during the long-winded swearing sessions and you will get along just fine. Since fear rules this culture most office staff focus on keeping their heads down, not taking any risks, and kissing up to their managers hoping that it will keep them under the radar. Goals and Evaluations rarely exist. Tracking my performance was next to impossible because I was never given any goals or feedback - even though I asked for it continuously. The best advice I can give - If an owner of a company ever spends over an hour trying to tell you how great his company is and how you need to go work for him - RUN...and don't look back.

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5.0
Jul 12, 2026
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Pros

Walden has a family atmosphere and a great team attitude to get things done!! Everyone cares about the officers and wants to take care of the employees and customers.

Cons

None noticed during my experience here

4.0
Jun 17, 2026
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Pros

From the start, I was """"over the moon"""" when I discovered Walden Culture valued our Officers over any client (within reason). Focus on Officer safety and more importantly, MORAL - over the money being paid to Walden; this illustrated to me that Walden is doing our industry correctly! As it should be; Setting the STANDARD! When I first came to walden I had a particular version of how the Security Industry operated. Walden showed me it could be so much better and, in my view, correct with integrity, honor, duty, and respect!

Cons

In my humble opinion, there needs to be a shake up with leadership, on the corporate level. Not being the """"knower of all things"""" of how a huge business should operate; from my stance various (managers/leaders) within the Human Resources, Information Technology, Learning & Development, and Benefits need to be HEAVILY evaluated. From my (lowly) perspective, I have interacted with multiple individuals under each of those respective departments that have expressed disappointment and/or distain with those that head said departments. Corporate is, and has been, getting WAY too """"top"""" heavy. This will only lead to toppling over later on... leading to a restructuring that already should have happened. Walden is expanding (AWESOME); with that: GREAT care needs to be considered within its management/leadership.

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