G4S Secure Solutions Reviews

Pros

- Daily Pay app on the phone.

Cons

-no upward mobility with in company ( i was told that it would be easy for somone to move up in the company. As i have a masters degree and wanted to go into the inteligence side of the company. When I started the inital training/onboarding the instructor said this is a bad company and insisted us to find other jobs and that there is little to no upward mobility. When I got to my site my coworkers insisted that there is no upward mobility either and they have tried to move up but could not some of them been with the company for a bit. I asked city management about the inteligence branch of the company and they denied that it existed when i pull up articles about it and showed them and they had no idea about it.) -management dosnt know how to treat employee's ( my site manager made sexual crude jokes about women who worked at client site.) - pay is terrible they dont care they just want warm bodies.

Pros

Good benefits, good chance of getting overtime, easy job to get and maintain depending on site. It’s a job that anyone (without a record) can get and make money in. If you want overtime, chances are you’ll get it. If you’re in it for the right reasons it can be a decent job.

Cons

Unqualified management, judgmental staff, limited advancement opportunities, very low pay, sometimes boring if you’re looking for a lot of action (depending on site). Unless you have no life and only work, you’re not moving up in any other position. Even then, there’s little advancement unless you kiss a lot of rings. I was an employee at 2 different sites through 6 years and never got promotion, even when I applied for one, with all necessary qualifications. Model employee, rarely late, followed procedure, proved dedication to site and staff, and never got anywhere. Switched sites and the same deal happened. Managers play favorites quite a bit and get very judgmental. Some sites can be very mundane and monotonous, while some sites are overwhelming. The benefits might be good but they suck your paycheck dry and payroll can sometimes not pay out some benefits and the staff on the phone lines at the main office can be very rude. The only people I would suggest this job to would be a kid in college looking for money to help tuition, retired folks looking for steady paycheck to go with pension, and pretty much anybody that is down and out looking for any kind of job that pays.

Pros

Incredibly easy, and leaves you a good deal of downtime. It's steady work, with a pretty well-kept management system when it comes to efficiently handling security issues.

Cons

Employees are pretty openly racist and homophobic at times, and management doesn't give a flip if you complain, or ask for help. If you're not in the main office they have a tendency to just not tell you fairly important things, and seem to forget aspects of your workplace if it isn't an immediate problem. Doesn't pay well.

Pros

You work with real people who understand you have a life and your own problems as do they.

Cons

As a supervisor I feel like I'm constantly being badgered by corporate managers about little things, conference calls, and being threatened about losing my job various times due to shift coverage. Also the officers they send me to interview and hire to my sites are more often than not unreliable and useless. But that can be any job honestly.

Pros

I loved the site I was at, the work is very straightforward, and the pay for that site was okay.

Cons

My first manager was a terror after a few months and her boss and the HR department refused to do anything about it. The site manager eventually got involved and handled the situation. The schedule gave me sleep deprivation (6a-6p sun, 6p-6a mon/tues, off wed, anytime 6a thurs-6am fri, off after 6am fri-sat) and the new manager refused to change it. Long weeks, lots of unexpected shifts, and no raises/room for advancement at most sites without specific four year degrees, police experience, military experience, or prison experience.

Pros

They give you hours but your at random spots with no training

Cons

No management they always mess up on your hours under paying you