Guardsmark Employer Reviews

A typical day at work would be alright.You would have the typical stresses having to deal with people. Co-workers made the days go by faster. Management was always changing. Hardest part of the job was the busy times. The most enjoyable part of the day was when I got to eat.

No work/life balance,working midnights on the weekend,but had mostly great co-workers to work with.

It was nice not to be in a rush like other jobs, very calm and realxing people i enjoyed there

Company is stable
Management at San Jose office has good people

Like any other job its what you put in that you get. The company is open to many post, and sites that include all kinds of pay and days. The company offers so much in terms of hr and personel when needed. The jobs may not be easy however they are worth the challenge as you will be pushed to a new standurd.

My job security was always shaky. It was not strange for my superiors to hire full-time "permanent" guards when they needed extra bodies, put them to work at my site with no real training, work them 50+ hours a week for about 2 weeks, and then stop scheduling them for any work at all. My supervisors would think nothing of expecting me to work overtime – more...  (including but not limited to 12-16 hour shifts, coming in early, staying late, coming in on days off) with very little warning. I felt very used. I would never work for this company again. – less

The client has various sports clubs to join. The company iself works slow because they still deal with paper rather than computers.

It's not good workng for a company that has contracts because other companys can bib at a low amount and you will be out of a job if they accept their bib.There is no job security.

This company is a joke. The uniforms are unprofessional, management is horrible, they don't look after the employees.

I had a good time working at Technicolor, the employees were down to earth and i had the opportunity to meet celebrities who want Technicolor to edit their movies.

Something just didn't feel right about working for them. It could have been my immidiate supervisor, but it just seemed like they didn't care whether I was alive or not, they just needed a body to fill a space.

Uses staff in an unpaid capacity. Complaint filed with CO Labor Board. Was required to work and be on call 24/7 as an hourly employee and still manage 40 officers and 6 sites in a 40 hour week.

THIS COMPANY DOES REWARD OR RESPECT LOYALTY. DOES NOT OFFER DECENT PAY RATES. WILL NOT ACCOMDATE YOUR SCHEDULE.

Horrible place to work for! I started working for this company in June of 2010. I left my last job because this job had offered health insurance and paid vacations and regular benefits. I was assigned to work at Harley-Davidson in Menomonee Falls. For awhile there has been talk about people getting laid off because of the other Harley plants shutting – more...  down. Recently Guardsmark got the account for Miller-Coors. So you would think that they would open that up for people already employed with them. Instead they decided to hire new employees. And security officers that are transferring to the plant where I work will be replacing some of the employees already working there. So I am being laid off because apparently there is no work for me, yet they just hired a few new people here and they have the new Miller-Coors account. When I asked why they chose me to be laid off, I was never really given an answer. And I asked why couldn't I go to the Miller account they told me they weren't using anyone for that. Yet there are ads in the paper on various job search websites!

So don't apply unless you want to get screwed over time and time again! I was completely blind sided by this! – less