Dunbar Armored Reviews

I have been working at Dunbar Armored part-time for more than a year

Pros – Flexible scheduling- as long as it's given in advance
Annual review for potential pay raise
Easy to learn job

Cons – High turnover rate
The condition of the trucks (not sure if it's the mechanic not getting funds or just being lazy)
No real room for growth
Pay isn't horrible- but doesn't compensate for the risk

Advice to Senior Management – The manager is nice and I think he's doing the best he can with what he's got.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Dunbar Armored full-time

Pros – • Extremely dedicated and concerned mid-level management
• Eliminate mistakes, make budget and there should be job longevity
• Ability to run your own branch, provided you perform well
• You get to develop and build the team around you but salaries are basically set so you recruit based on your budget
o There can be some great, dedicated and genuine employees with tenure to work with
 It’s a shame that more cannot be done to honor them and pay them what they deserve

Cons – • Executive management is singularly focused on profit
o Accidents, injuries, and robberies should be prevented to reduce unnecessary expense, not necessarily for safety reasons first and foremost
 This attitude results in a lack of investment and passion regarding safety and security with only verbal enforcement and insignificant training to reduce incidents
 For a security company, there is very little security training for employees and management
• There is not enough pay for hourly employees in every position so it is hard to attract and retain qualified talent
o For all that is asked of management, and they ask lot, salaries are the lowest in the industry and despite what you are told or how well you perform, you will likely get between 2.5 and 3% in annual increases
• Be prepared for serious dedication to your work, including 24-hour availability for security reasons
• There can be extreme micro-management, especially if you are under budget with an inability to communicate with executive management without detailing every part of the conversation to your direct report and above

Advice to Senior Management – Invest in employees to improve the ineffective and the seemingly counterproductive work culture

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Dunbar Armored part-time for less than a year

Pros – Some concerned Management with willingness to help
Decent pay on SOME sites
Welcomes new-comers with lirrle to no experience

Cons – Unprofessional management and employees
Low pay for a distanced site ( If I am going to travel 30 miles out of my way AND pay for parking, 9.00 isn't exactly...the Best)
Lack of involvement from management
Disrespectful, dramatic, unfocused employees.
Lack of consideration for Guards in so many aspects
High turn-over rate
More loss of contracts than gained

Advice to Senior Management – Hire more professional, driven and consistent individuals. Be more strict on the uniform appearance, be mindful of who you consider to represent your company! I believe that a company is not only successful because of their customers but the team of people that they hire!

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 Dunbar Armored part-time for more than 7 years

Pros – great training program for beginners

Cons – not enough training follow up

Advice to Senior Management – followup on training

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Dunbar Armored

Pros – Get your gun permit, but you still have to pay the fee.

Cons – Poor management, low pay especially for how dangerous the job is.

Advice to Senior Management – Try harder to relate to the workers

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Dunbar Armored

Pros – Great employees, good work environment.

Cons – High turn over rate for new employees.

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to junior employees.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Dunbar Armored

Pros – The only pro is the schedule, being off every weekend is a plus.

Cons – Very bad management, company does NOT care about it's employees! I would not recommend this job to my worst enemy!

Advice to Senior Management – Have more compassion and respect for your employee's, especially since it's the tellers that do most of the work.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Dunbar Armored

Pros – outgoing and moving work experience

Cons – low pay for such high responsability

Advice to Senior Management – the leadership was pretty fair. the branch manager had a open door policy along with the crew chiefs.managment conducted once a month meeting with its employees

I worked at Dunbar Armored

Pros – Dunbar loans two pairs of pants and three shirts to employees for the duration of employment.

Cons – I have worked for two other cash handlers, and Dunbar treated employees the worst. Standards for training are very lax, so it is hard to trust the competence of your coworkers, very few of which want to be there. Please try other armored companies first.

Advice to Senior Management – Do not encourage employees to sacrifice safety for speed. When speed is all that matters, employees take risks behind the wheel. It is one thing to pretend to come down hard on unsfafe driving so the company looks good on the surface, and another to actually do so by setting realistic cut off times and ETAs.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Dunbar Armored

Pros – Job can be somewhat entertaining at first, but gets old rather quickly. If you're a driver, you get a lot of time to people watch while waiting outside of retails centers, etc.

Cons – The branch manager changed the route/shift schedule daily, making it nearly impossible to plan your life around work. I learned quickly not to make plans or appointments for when I knew I had a shorter route later in the week, because I knew I could show up that day and learn I'd been changed to a long route. It's not hard to get a day off, but you have to give plenty of advance notice. The fact that management wouldn't meet us halfway on this notice policy was one of many reasons I felt that no one on top was concerned about my welfare. The effect of poor employee treatment is evident in overall work ethic of the driver/guard staff. No one takes care of the vehicles, they drive them fast and without regard to how the truck will be worn down when constantly run over dips and rail road tracks at high speeds. Management preaches safety, and there are posters up in the shop about slowing down on the route, but they are constantly hounding the drivers and hoppers about "why the route took you so long today? We need to speed it up!"

This could be a fine place to work if management gave up more benefits and better treatment to their employees. Turn-around is very very high. I quit after about 5 weeks, and it's very common for people to leave after only working for 2-3 months.

Advice to Senior Management – Quit changing the schedule like we don't have lives outside of work.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend