AlliedBarton Reviews

Current Employee – been working at AlliedBarton full-time for less than a year

Pros – Its a decent job, if you need to pay bills and such otherwise plus they are somewhat able to accomodate your schedule.

Cons – It can can get really Boring.Dealing with upper management your always on the watch, no advancement, very low raises and horrible benefits,

Advice to Senior Management – Pay better and maybe people will work better

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at AlliedBarton full-time for less than a year

Pros – It's a job not much else.

Cons – To many duties wrap up into one so many job titles.

Advice to Senior Management – Nope

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at AlliedBarton full-time for more than a year

Pros – easy hiring, small raise after 6 months if your told about it.

Cons – Management here in San Antonio could use some training, I worked for a year covering shifts when other officers were late constantly, I never called in 1 yr never late, no absences. When I asked to move to another shift since the web site showed elig the manager refused to let me move to another site with higher pay because it would mean I would no longer be on his accts. I took that as holding me back because I was good.

Advice to Senior Management – if the clients have specific managers that watch and have weekly meetings supposedly, obviously They are not being honest. Since one of the other operations manager asked why I was quitting and I told nobody wanted to give me a chance on their contracts. He said it was never brought up, which is exactly my point. you lose good employees due to fraudulent manager.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at AlliedBarton full-time for less than a year

Pros – Comradarie among the other officers, may former military and law enforcement backgrounds come to work for Allied Barton.

Cons – Upon my start of employment and training, my recruiter stated I would be placed on a high level force protection site, because of my military experience and background. I underwent extensive firearms and tactics training, both with Allied Barton and the client. After this training was completed, my Site/Account Manager placed my at a unarmed, low security site where the pay was considerably less than what I was promised.

Because of the high turnover rate, I was placed on a flex position. This means that I would get called to fill in shifts on multiple sites, many times at the last minute. This was due to poor planning on the Site Manager's part, low moralef, and requent resignation among officers.

Advice to Senior Management – It would be advisable not to make empty promises about which sites new hires may or may not be placed at. Make more efforts to reduce the turnover rate, and overall of the officers that you employ.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at AlliedBarton full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Easy, downtime to do other things, not much experience required, Lots of training offered.

Cons – Uniforms, Training can be oversimplified and a waste of time, not much creative thinking involved.

Advice to Senior Management – Have the training not feel like it was made for monkeys, make it feel like you've really gained a set of knowledge in the field of study instead of a "Security for Dummies" book.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at AlliedBarton full-time for more than a year

Pros – If you smile at upper management, they will give you an opportunity for almost any assignment. Having free uniforms is another good thing, with some store discounts if they tell you which stores to go to for the benefit.

Cons – Only half of the company is unionized, so when they threaten you wrongfully and don't pay you, you'll have to consult matters with the very young and incompetent human resources Department. The accounts managers feel and act invisible to being reprimanded for poor management. Not only will they destroy your pay, but they can even effect your taxes. Very shady company with people not even advancing after 20 years. Now I'm with a union, with better pay, and growth as well. They have no back up either. Very shady company, keep your eyes open for better after your first year to six months with the company.

Advice to Senior Management – The quality of your company will grow if you treat your employees with expectations for growth. Even if you're hiring someone from the streets when you said FJC does this, give them the motivation toward wanting more out of the job (just over broke) opportunity that you're giving them as a profession.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at AlliedBarton full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Terriffic support from the client/customer.

Cons – A company business model that infects the entire organization, right down to the officers on duty. Semi-annual (or less frequent) "training" meetings. Where we are regaled with smoke and snake oil blown up our collective asses, of how great Allied Barton is, of how fortunate we are to work for Allied Barton. Of how the clients consistantly rate Allied Barton, 10 of 10. Of how our particular client rates us beyond 10 of 10, and how WE THE UNIFORMED OFFICERS are responsible for the high rating, yet we are not worth what we are being paid. Aside from our assigned (as described in the "post orders") duties, it falls back to the officer on duty to pick up the slack that management neglects. DWA's are regularly sent to our site with no idea of what their duties are, what they need to bring (ie. food, water, sun or insect protection), and most often sent to the wrong location. The regular officer on duty has no forwarning a DWA is coming or what to do with him/her when they arrive. Result; most often the officer on duty has the attitude "it's not my problem". Despite years of begging management for logistical support, the DWA, through no fault of his/her own, is left to fend for himself. Often we, the regular officers on duty, go into our own pockets to provide basic needs (ie. water, insect repellent, shade canopies).

Advice to Senior Management – Stop with the horse crap! We don't need your cheap pins, buttons, year old certificates for Officer of the Month, woop woops, and ataboys. All of that and $3.50 will almost by a gallon of gasoline. Give us the tools we need to fulfill YOUR contract, or just get out of the way, so we can, given our limited resources.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at AlliedBarton full-time for less than a year

Pros – Always have work.
Low stress job if "bosses" aren't around.
Meet a lot of people.

Cons – PAY. Just above minimum wage at a hospital?
Lots of infighting and mini squabbles dealing with "rank".
Clients don't understand what it is an s/o does.
Some of those people you meet life's goal is to mess you over.
Never expect to get trained properly for a site because there will always be something wrong with a report.
This list can ho on for a while.

Advice to Senior Management – Take better care of your everyday security officers. If not with pay then make sure there isn't any little Hitler supervisors micro-managing everything.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at AlliedBarton full-time for more than a year

Pros – Steady Work
40 or more hours a week
quick promotions

Cons – high turnover, undervalued by the company, low standards.

Advice to Senior Management – Set a higher standard for the officers you hire.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at AlliedBarton full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – easy job , i like it but because of salary i am still looking for a better offer

Cons – it only pays 9 or 10 an hour , and you will find it hard to find a better post or tranfers

Advice to Senior Management – try to put g license guard on better pay armed post

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend