GlobalOptions Reviews

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The company was not financial stable. When I started working there it had been three years since the non executive employees had gotten raises.

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A number of issues to say the least

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Unfortunately, towards the end (and the primary reason I left) there was increasingly inconsistent workload. I could work 40-50 hours one week, then 10-15 the next. It wasn't always this way, and in the mid 2000s it was consistently steady work. I also believe that client service could have been improved. Example? It would sometimes take 2+ weeks for the client to receive the report (after it was turned in), which would often result in complaints or the perception of poor service (and probably the reason they lost a lot of work towards the end). I think the local managers were often overworked in reviewing reports, and it may have been better to have a staff of "report reviewers" do this work.

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Work can dry up leaving and hourly employee struggling to get hours.

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You have to use your own vehicle and they don't pay enough for miles. The hours and travel time was bad. No overtime pay for field investigators.

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Pay is not great, there's a raise freeze, and they change job requirements regularly

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This is mainly my critique of the QC department, but I'm sure it applies to other aspects of the company as well: Disorganized department, conflicting information, pay is not good for the amount of work you do and you will never be compensated fairly (even if you are pseudo-promoted to a "team lead" position or trainer). There was overtime most of 2015 (OT being at least 6 hours a week of extra time in addition to your standard 40-hour work week), and the schedule they start you on and try really hard to keep you on kinda sucks. I mean, who really wants to work 9:00 - 6:00?? they will try to butter you up with pizza parties and other free food, but it really doesn't make up for everything you will end up sacrificing to this company.

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There are no career advancement opportunities for field investigators unless you live near one of the offices. Very frustrating conception.

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They may promise you the prospect of raises in your future, but this will not happen. If you're lucky, you'll get a small raise at the beginning because of how low they started you. Some investigators have worked here 15+ years and never gotten a raise. If you're full-time, they'll treat you like a slave. Yes you have PTO, but you can only take it when they let you, which won't be for the holidays that you're required to work. They don't care about their field investigators and don't pay well to compensate for it. They'll make you feel "that's how the industry is", but they are wrong. Many other companies pay well, and will treat you well, too. If you're not already burned out, GlobalOptions will help you get there fast.

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This is an entry level position with no room for advancement and no raises. You will be forced to do a lot of overtime because their turnover is so high, they need their other employees to compensate. Lots of micromanagement and a low support system. They don't expect you to stay long so they will try to see exactly how much they can get out of you for so little pay. If you need your first job just to have experience in an office, then apply. If you have options, look elsewhere.