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Valor Security Services

Acquired by Allied Universal

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Worst. Job. Ever. - Public Safety Officer Valor Security Services Employee Review

1.0
Jun 28, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Only one I have is the discounts you get in certain stores and the food court

Cons

the hours suck, you have to give up whatever freetime you would have to work for this place, they expect you to live and die for valor, Corporate visits every 2-3 weeks, Certain people get exceptions to uniform policy while others are scrutinized for it. They hire a TON of ex military and expect you to do nothing in regards to helping tenants, 80% of calls are for fluid spills to housekeeping you have to literally stand over, Upper management is ex-police and runs the place like it is the military. You end up being nothing more than a glorified door greeter who can do nothing to help the people he is supposed to protect, You have to scan points every 30 minutes to protect a store that was robbed in california because corporate decreed it necessary.

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5.0
Jan 17, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

A company who provided security services to over 300 properties and employed over 7,000 people nationwide.

Cons

The company was purchased in 2015 by Universal Protection Service.

2.0
Oct 21, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It doesn't take much in order to be a trained security officer for this company. The training is fairly painless, as well as the job itself. The hours are decent depending on the times of your shift in which you applied for. The people you work with are pretty nice and easy going, and the bosses are typically understanding.

Cons

The pay is the obvious down side to this job. It's hard to make a living on $10/hour, especially when they don't let you get any overtime, no matter how badly they might need the help. The boss directly above you is usually pretty easy going, but once you go above him (Director of Security), they are all jerks and really don't seem to care about anyone but themselves. The job itself is boring and you don't really have any say or power or privileges other than to "observe and report." You are required to scan checkpoints around the premesis every hour for your entire shift, which gets really old very fast. The company is more worried about protecting themselves and not getting sued than doing what you're hired to do in the first place.

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