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Great busy productive environment
Security/ Business admin (Current Employee), Shoreview, MN – May 20, 2013
Pros: great benefits
1st shift starts right away and it gets busy fast. I had learn to about the fundamental of business, Monitor Camera, Managements, and more etc. My co worker are awe some. The great thing about this career is I can use my knowledge skills and customer skills and still learn as everyday goes by.
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It was a great job to have as a student
Security Guard (Former Employee), Sioux Falls, SD – May 17, 2013
My typical work day consisted of patrols & directing visitors to their on site contacts. I had great supervisors while I was there but little contact with my coworkers. Given my limited contact with my colleagues, I really learned to appreciate quality communication.
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CPO Standards in Reno, NV
Former CPO (Former Employee), Reno, NV – May 15, 2013
Pros: a job
Cons: un qualified officers carrying guns
G4S has 3 types of Security Officers (S.O). Lowest is the Traditional S.O.(TSO) and Unarmed. Then BPO which is a Bank Protection Officer (BPO) and Armed. And finally Custom Protection Officer (CPO), which is the premier S.O. of G4S and is Armed. Here in Reno the standards for hiring CPO has gone down. Currently you have a Female CPO working Armed at – more... the Main Bus Station Terminal here in Reno. She does not meet the standards of G4S CPO qualifications. She is Armed and never carried a Gun before this job. She was Fired from her last Job as a Court Security Officer (Unarmed) here in Reno. Her background includes a short time as a Casino Guard and TSA (Unarmed) at the Airport. The CPO is suppose to have a minimum of at least 3 years Armed Police experience. There is other exceptions as Career military or Special Forces military training. She does not meet any of these requirements. Heaven help she gets into a altercation and does not know how to protect herself or the public here in Reno. I personally left after 4 months due to working with Un Qualified S.O.'s and felt a Safety issue to myself and the Public. And found a Job with DHS as a Supervisor. Where standards to carry a weapon were stringent. – less
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Confusing
Traditional Security Guard (Former Employee), Fort Dodge, IA – May 13, 2013
Hours get bummped around alot. Managers are not always helpful.
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many oppurtunities to grow and contracts
Customs Protection Officer (Current Employee), Los Angeles, CA – May 12, 2013
big company and room to grow if you put the effort. just started and about to start my third assignment. management is ok can be better. the work so far is nice and easy going and pay is pretty well.
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"Dead end"
Custom Protection Officer (Former Employee), Omaha, NE – May 9, 2013
Pros: face of the company, initial contact in emergencies
Cons: no lunch break, random pay cuts, low morale
No room for growth. It was disheartening to see people that had been with the company for 15 years who were in the same rate of pay/position as they were when they began. The criteria for advancement was murky at best. Initially, one was told that further education was the prerequisite for advancement. However this proved to be false.
On a more positive – more... note, the overnight shift afforded ample opportunities to concentrate on academic achievements. – less
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Lots of hours
Security Officer (Former Employee), Alexander, AR – May 3, 2013
Pros: hours
Great place to work the people are nice and lots of over time, Holiday pay
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It is a job. Better than nothing.
Custom Protection Officer (Current Employee), Columbia, SC – April 29, 2013
Pros: military friendly
Cons: average pay, crazy hours, new management forgets to schedule off-site employees, benefits aren't worth the money.
The job stays interesting, and there are always new challenges. Unfortunately some of those challenges include ever shifting management, scheduling errors which fall back on the officer, and as of late a reduction in permitted paid miles. Pay is based on contract and every site pays differently. Many are not worth the drive. Schedule can be insane with – more... 20 hours of work in a single day and nothing for the rest of the week. With multiple people making the schedules, it isn't uncommon to be scheduled in two places at once without being informed of at least one of them. Which will fall back on you.

The company is military friendly, and if you are willing to work and won't say no to a job, you can rack up the hours. But be careful and watch your pay stub. It is not uncommon to be short. – less
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good job
emergency dispatch operator (Current Employee), Winston-Salem, NC – April 28, 2013
the work is consistent but the details arent. rj reynolds is a great company been around for a long time good job
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Dont fall for it!
S/O (Former Employee), Michigan – April 26, 2013
Pros: the pay
Cons: 100's
They hire ppl right away just to fill positions and work you like a animal and then just when you get your life back on track n you finally have a decent living and providing for yourself and children BOOMMMMMMM you get laid off n have to draw unemployment for no reason at all!!!!!!!!!
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Deana – May 9, 2013

Like all other rent-a-cop agencies, G4S OR Wackenhut is the worst company in exinstance. Worse than JR Gettier and that's saying something. They are too big and the bottom line is if they have a body on a site..if you can breathe, you have a job. After you have been placed, you are forgotten about. It's all about the $ they charge the client almost double for what they pay you...if your salary is $9/hr they charge the client $18/hr. You arr treated like a number and they could care less.

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Can not hold a contract if it had handles!!
Securiy Officer (Former Employee), Orlando FL – April 24, 2013
Pros: hours(if and when there's a call off)
Cons: seat warmer until a new guppy comes along.
Try and imagine job INSECURITY in Security & that is pretty much what you face once working for G4S!! The only way you're informed of contract termination is when a road captain comed tot ell DAYS prior!? Professional!? I truly think not. Who wsnts that kind shock in such a troubled economy!?
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Enjoyed working for G4S.
Upscale Security Officer (Former Employee), Phoenix, AZ – April 24, 2013
Pros: acceptable scheldule offered.
Cons: didn't care to work graveyard shift. worked it as needed.
Worked with nice people, staff and Management. Liked working with different people.
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I would rather walk behind horses in a parade with a shovel...
Traditional Security Officer (Former Employee), Cornfield in Lenoir County, NC – April 23, 2013
Pros: none.
Cons: a to z, too many to list.
...than work for this outfit again! If you have a pulse, you're hired! Just don't expect to see your family again as I was immediately placed on 12 and 14 hour nights and every weekend. Never got to work one single day even though others I hired in with were given days. Also, no shift premium for turning you and your families' life upside down to work – more... nights! Also never received all of my uniforms...they actually gave me a coat that I could not zip up and said wear it anyway. If you want to get bent over on a 14-hour nightly basis, then please, apply.
Oh yeh, one supervisor still thinks the Vietnam war is going on....watch out. – less
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Hard to work with/good hours
Security Officer (Former Employee), Richlands, VA – April 17, 2013
Pros: great hours
Cons: management
They weren't the best people to work for; the managers weren't willing to work with you. The places you were stationed to guard were awful. No running water, no communication, no shelter.
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Not a great company
Security (Current Employee), Morrisville, NC – April 17, 2013
Company only wants a warm body. Does not promote from within.
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Singleton – April 23, 2013

Totally true

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Good place to work.
Security Guard (Former Employee), New Orleans, LA – April 15, 2013
Interesting and challenging ,ultimatley its enjoyable. Maintaining the on site security for this project with a high volume of clients is interesting .
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Professional and safety conscious work environment.
Armed Nuclear Security Officer (Former Employee), Hancocks Bridge, NJ – April 6, 2013
Work consisted of protecting the facility in a safe and professional manor while interacting with plant personnel.
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horrible supervisor and management staff
Traditional Security Officer (Former Employee), New England – April 4, 2013
Pros: paycheck
Cons: poor supervisors, poor management.
G4S cares about their clients. that's really it. I started working at a new site for a new client and I only work part time on the weekends. every time i came in something would have changed. I would try to be proactive and check the communication log we have and either something has been put in so I ask a question about it and no one knows anything – more... or something wasn't put in and I would do about duties the way I left off last week and be yelled at about it.

I'm part time and have obligations to my other job, I have training on a weekend and I put in ample time for it to be covered and to have me taken off the shift. Which I wasn't, it came down to its my responsibility to come in if they cant fill it. This training comes around to my area once a year and I've been on the list for over a month. They're reasoning is they didnt want to give OT to cover it. So i ask would you rather give OT to cover it for something who put in for it a month ago or give OT to cover it for a vacant position? – less
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WORKING IN A GOOD PEACEFUL ENVIROMENT
Security Guard (Former Employee), Fulton, AR – April 4, 2013
A TYPICAL DAY AT WORK IS WORKING HARD AND GETTTING THE JOB FINISHED
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Horrible run from this company!
Security Officer (Current Employee), O'Fallon MO – March 31, 2013
Pros: none comes to mind.
Cons: no benefits. favortism. boring and degrading. not professional
Management is the worst I have worked for. The security manager is sexist and has a few months experience in security. C
Supervisors were a joke. Big on chain of command but when you tried to do this supervisor could'nt answer questions and still had to go to the manager. No seniority. Given a shift that did not mesh with family life. My day shift was – more... given to a new hire because he was male. Do not pay for bereavement gives you unpaid time off for funeral. Pay is a joke. Do not apply its a joke of a company. I'm gone as soon as I find a job. – less
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G4S Secure Solutions (G4S) counters the perils of modern life by providing a full slate of security services to corporate, industrial, – Read more