AlliedBarton Reviews

Pros

Flexible work schedule.
Great management.
You have the ability to move up in the company as long as you put forth your best effort.

Cons

Not available everywhere. Very specific locations.

Advice to Senior Management

Need to give out more raises.

Pros

Upward mobility. Flexible scheduling. Competitive wages / salary as compared to industry standards. Great training program, ability to relocate due to nationwide presence.

Cons

Can be a stressful environment, a lot of on-call time, often 24/7. Short notice requests, a lot of HR related issues with entry level employees where the quality suffers.

Advice to Senior Management

Small company values get lost when organizations grow rapidly. Growth must be responsible, not driven solely by the bottome line.

Pros

The best salary compared to other companies and opportunities for advancement from inside the corporation.

Cons

Be more rewarding to those that does a good job,give more raises on a job performance level & more than .25 a raise,and as well quit writing up people for being sick and legitimately taking off from work.

Advice to Senior Management

Build morale by telling employees when they're doing a great job and also what happened to receiving employee of the month or quarter?

Pros

Lot of good people work here.

Cons

Only consider yourself a temporary employee because they will. So much turn around has created a complacence towards retention.

Advice to Senior Management

A Company that does not consider retaining experienced employees can never truly grow.

Pros

Pretty laid back and easy going

Cons

Really no advancement opportunities or room for growth

Pros

Pay is decent, you are always payed on time, fellow officers are usually courteous and friendly. If you watch the officers who have been there a while, you can learn a lot. They will work with you to take time off, but this varies depending on whether you are full or part time.

Cons

Site supervisors are pretty incompetent. I have had one decent and many others oblivious. Upper level management really has no idea whats going on at each site. The training was informative but did not need to take 3 days. I find that communication between officers and upper level management to be distant and sometimes skewed.

Advice to Senior Management

Account managers and upper level management, you really need to branch out more and get to know your officers and sites better. It seems like we, the officers, are protecting facilities or areas that have never been seen by area managers. We are charged with the safety and security of property and peoples lives, updated post orders would be a good thing to look at in the near future. Also, do not place someone as a site supervisor who has never worked at that location before.

Pros

Decent pay
Decent hours
If you get a good boss you are set

Cons

Horrible communication gap
They lure you in with training....after training they throw you out and treat you like crap.
Its all about who you know.

Advice to Senior Management

Work on communication and actually appreciating employees.

Pros

Flexible opportunities for different shifts, not a very high skill level needed to be employed, opportunities for retired individuals for part time positions

Cons

No benefits at some of the accounts, poor communication, poor training, no real consideration for employees personal life, disrespectful attitude by management and district personnel

Advice to Senior Management

Include benefits for all contracts, communicate with your employees better, collect feedback from employees on management personnel, make it possible for employees to contact Corporate about questionable activities by management.

Pros

Decent pay for the work involved. Particular site is tolerable to work in if you don't mind the early morning rush and setting most of the day.

Cons

Main gripe is poor leadership from account managers. And this a big weakness of this outfit. Poor account managers are given advancement and appoint equally inept site supervisors as a favor to the new hire and/or a manager on the inside. In my case the new "site supervisor" has had no previous security or management experience and relies on constant telephone coaching from the account manager on a daily basis. This supervisor is totally dependent on senior s/o's on the site for OJT and has taken total credit for work accomplished with senior s/o's. Hiring this "supervisor" has produced nothing for the client and has put the crew in jeopardy of being unemployed due to inexperience and lack of leadership. Steer clear of this outfit that likes to reward lazy account managers and hire inexperienced leaders that last had a job managing a burger stand.

Advice to Senior Management

Hold your account managers to the high standard that you boast about and no doubt use as a marketing tool to convince new clients. Dare them to be GREAT. But if the district managers are just as inept or got hired on the buddy system, then this has been a waste of time.

Pros

Allied Barton allows you to progress in your career and is very considerate of your needs.

Cons

Unfortunately as an officer you will only start off making around $11 per hour.

Advice to Senior Management

The leadership is very polite and informational.