Brink's, Incorporated Reviews

I worked at Brink's, Incorporated full-time for more than a year

Pros – Great team members and nothin else's

Cons – People steal money management is stealing as well and the mangers talk down on all employees they expect you to stat there all day and night

Advice to Senior Management – Fire all mangers in the Atlanta area

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Brink's, Incorporated full-time for less than a year

Pros – People are fun, the job is very simple, it is an easy job for what the pay you. You don't deal with customers except on rare occasions and the best part is they provide lunch sometimes and my co-workers are fun.

Cons – The pay is not very good on the overall. It pays the bills but barely. The management is laughable at best. The training is suspect sometimes. I often hear people that dislike their job here. I don't dislike it, I just don't enjoy it.

Advice to Senior Management – Figure out a way to reward employees for a job well done and stop treating the employees like we are in a communist country.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Brink's, Incorporated full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Pay is decent. That is about it..

Cons – If you are not part of the "boys"club you won't get anywhere. They treat people terrible, environment is cold, everyone is waiting to be "next" to be laid off. Executive management has no idea what they are doing, they get rid of people all the time. If you are not a YES person you are seen as a threat. Can not trust anyone, everyone is afraid to loose their jobs and will do anything to keep it since it is easier to stay then get something else.. Everyone I know there HATES their job

Advice to Senior Management – Take the time to really understand your business and have a long term vision. A lot of great people that were actually valuable and dedicated left. Don't make changes for the sake of making a change, actually try to think about what will happen when the change happens, how will that affect the customer.

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

I have been working at Brink's, Incorporated full-time for more than a year

Pros – Brink's is one of the true old school brand name company, stands for one of the best. Generally dedicated workforce of messengers and guards.

Cons – Inability to modernize, slaves to short-term results. No believable focus on quality or sincerity. Too many team cliques, no overriding emphasis on business goals that would matter to customers. Benefits have been slowly but surely cut to the bone.

Advice to Senior Management – Figure out what you want to be when you grow up and then focus on it for more than 24 months. The apparent inability to explain where you expect to go makes staff confused about why you're in the driver's seat.

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

I have been working at Brink's, Incorporated full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – ........ Well that's not going to be easy... You'll get plenty of hours, one week anyway. Them the second week of the pay period they take them away.

Cons – Hour fluctuation, poor benefits. No communication between departments or management. One person makes a change and no one else knows about it until things are all messed up.

Advice to Senior Management – Resign.

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

I worked at Brink's, Incorporated full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Hardworking dedicated people work for this company on a Branch level and do what it take to get the job done right each and every day. Enjoyed working with these people and wish them the best.

Cons – Low hourly pay! Company cutting employee benefits each year. Company does not respect employees or the hard work they put in. Senior Management not in touch with what goes on at a branch level only what they are being told by Area Directors and OVP's. The pay has not been good for years but years ago everything else was much better i.e. benefits, fair treatment for employees at all levels, respect for everyone, job security and communication between everyone.

Advice to Senior Management – Cut out the fat in Coppell (corp. office). Fix the broken/under performing Branches! Put the right person in these broken branches to fix the problems not the person that is most liked. Continue to improve but not dismember the well performing branches. Look at each Branches numbers individually. Number don't lie even though middle management might if it helps them to do so! The ideal of Brink's University sounds good but its a joke and big waist of money. Get rid of the person that come up with this costly mistake. The customers don't care about this, they care about service and pricing. Drum trucks sounds like a good ideal and it does works well on a few routes but anyone that thinks this is the answer for all the routes, needs to find another job. Get rid of this person. Fixing corporate Margins is not rocket science. If you want to improve company margin, go to the branches that are performing well above average and follow what they tell you! Do Not Hire a Process Improvement Person or depend on a Regional Manager to tell you how to fix the problem because they don't know, they will only sell you another bad ideal. The answer for all these problems can be found at the branches, its just finding the right branch for the right answer.

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

I have been working at Brink's, Incorporated full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – March brought more terminations at top that were long over due.
Most anybody worth while has left while waiting on the terminations that were overdue.

Cons – New 2013 Management in place 5 months and still no vision, no direction. They terminated several execs that needed to be gone. But, beyond terminations and running people off - they have done nothing but repeat lame speeches from their first week. Bringing in Dell clique to replace BHS clique - may be better but being yelled at is not leadership. Key points for any company are direction and leadership and there is still none showing.

Advice to Senior Management – Re-Clean house. This round is not cutting it either. 50 miles with 100 pound pack is great for the Army - when does the business leadership work start?

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

I worked at Brink's, Incorporated full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Historically a good company, with a great history. First company to have an armored vehicle, and overall has very good people working there.

Cons – Senior management doesn't have the strategic vision to take the business to the next level--or even keep it at the same level. When I left the company there were 32 Vice Presidents who did little but shuffle paper to each other, while they were letting supervisors go by the bucketful. Company is incredibly top heavy, and are not competing at a high level.

Advice to Senior Management – Get your head straight and build the business--create a vision that makes sense and stop the slow death you've caused. This was once a great company, now it appears you're just trying to let it die a slow death.

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

I have been working at Brink's, Incorporated full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Few-very few co-workers who still value good work ethics.

Cons – EVERYTHING ELSE. No time with family. Can't move up in the company. You have to know someone to be taken care of. No integrity. A haven for scum bags who want to get paid and do nothing. NO DISCIPLINE. You have to kill someone to get fired. Employees laugh at you for trying to correct their mistake. I wouldn't trust 95% of employees with a firearm much less handle cash. I would rather go back to the military and deploy to Iraq or Afghanistan again then to work for this company.

Advice to Senior Management – They don't care for what I have to say. I would just be wasting my breath.

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

I have been working at Brink's, Incorporated full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Location is great and the coworkers are friendly

Cons – benefits slashed for extra profit, stressful upper management, no work-life balance

Advice to Senior Management – please start treating your employees as assets and not costs.

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