They will literally hire anyone and on the SPOT just as their job Ad describe. - Security Guard Allied Universal Employee Review

1.0
Sep 16, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Buying up a bunch of smaller companies and a recent merger makes them a HUGE company with a lot of work and shifts available all over Southern California

Cons

They are facing huge recruiting challenges and will hire ANYONE so chances are you will be stuck working with staff who don't care about appearance, hygiene, work ethic or at least showing up for work or being on time so expect to get stuck working without relief.

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Pros

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Cons

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Jun 8, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Some of the people you meet are cool and you make real good connections with the professional guards (not a lot, but i got lucky)

Cons

*Management doesn't answer their phones *Management don't want to help you address the issues onsite unless the manager of that site has an issue. *Rude and non responsive office. *Operations managers and client managers are useless. (Their assistants do a better job than they do) *The guards are not the priority to management and the company. Very childish and hostile environment. *A lack of structure, communication and support.

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