GardaWorld Employee Reviews

The work is what you make of it, pay a decent for the industry. Most of the time you will be in a react room or training. This is not a job for someone that needs to be challenged daily.

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Productive and fun workplace.

Coin Teller (Former Employee) - Los Angeles, CA - September 21, 2023

This place is a fast paced environment with a lot of work to do everyday, had a good experience working here, with stable hours and pay. Enjoyed my time working for the company. The company do promote long term employees occasionally.

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What people like

Ability to meet personal goals

Areas for improvement

Sense of belonging
Trust in colleagues
Support from manager

Busy environment

Cash Processor Teller (Former Employee) - Los Angeles, CA - September 19, 2023

Management needs improvement.Repetitive work and loud and busy workplaceLearned to be more detailed ortientedHeavy lifting made the job hardWorking by yourself and being able to listen to music as you work

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As long as you have a good account manager and scheduler it's a fantastic place to work

Captain (Former Employee) - North Kansas City, MO - September 16, 2023

Good scheduler then you can get the flexibility,no training when I was promoted to captain.overall easy job and it makes it even easier if you have decent-good people also working at the site

Pros

Easy, good scheduler=flexible schedule

Cons

No training when promoted to Captain

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Beancounters kill the incentives!!!

Security Guard (Former Employee) - St. Louis, MO - September 13, 2023

Security is guided by accountants and beancounters looking to save a penny here and there while killing incentives to do better. The management also cares nothing for the people or they're lives when money is in question. I was told " if I don't make enough here after 20 years on site, I can go elsewhere", which I did. Not impressed with company or management!!

Pros

None I could see.

Cons

Poor pay, poor management, know it all attitude

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Cash Processor (Former Employee) - 6777 Oakbrook - September 13, 2023

If the location is severely under-staffed, run. Don’t work as a Cash processor, the work days are only a grueling, they care very little about their employees. You’ll be overwhelmed and underpaid, they care about pushing out as much work as they can. You will not have a social life, you’ll be too burnt out to enjoy your weekends.

Pros

None

Cons

Pay, hours, working conditions

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A productive and interesting place to work with different cultures and languages

RN Staff Nurse (Former Employee) - El Paso, TX - September 11, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Great team work and experience for me because I was a pediatric nurse before working with Garda world federal. What is the most stressful part about working at the company?It was when 2 or more patients came in ambulance and not responding properly and vital signs wasn’t stabilized or accurately, but MD and nurses was able to stabilize. We work has a team player.What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Environment and the culture was fine because company have interpreted for diferentes languages What is a typical day like for you at the company?It was busy but everybody works as a team and that is the way we took care of the patients

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The work environment is toxic. Pay is messed up and no schedule is posted

Security guard (Former Employee) - Phoenix, AZ - September 10, 2023

ToxicNo funTime to quitWork place is not worth a dimeNo vacation time or PTO or sick timeSupervisor is a complete jokeNever never work for this company

Pros

Work when you want to come late all the time

Cons

No breaks no time off no paid time off or sick time or vacation time

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Terrible experience

Teller (Former Employee) - Long Island City, NY - September 8, 2023

No training, unprofessional management, long hours & union fees with no shop steward ever present. Only positive was the employees who I honestly feel sorry for.

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big company growing so fast they lack genuine care for security officers

Security Officer (Full-time) (Former Employee) - Portland, OR - September 6, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Meeting new contacts for better job opportunities What is the most stressful part about working at the company?There is no support for daily management problems with scheduling and conflicts between officers go unresolved and lack of promised raises ..all Gardaworld wants is a body In a uniform What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Stressful no support for things from uniform problems and pay are daily issues that go unresolved for months and abuse of time card clock in/out to cover for other officers What is a typical day like for you at the company?Stress and anxiety followed by working towards uncertainty in mismanaged accounts

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The Company needs new leadership

Driver Messenger Armed (Current Employee) - Las Vegas, NV - September 4, 2023

The current starting pay is $16.50 an hour which is less than fast food here in Las Vegas. They don’t respect their employees enough to have team building events to raise morale. I have only been here a few years and notice they don’t want employees long term even when they are the ones that make this branch run well. It seems like the company is doing everything possible to get rid of there of stops by providing unreliable service by canceling routes and not returning phone calls of angry customers that want to know why they are not getting the service they pay for. Local management refuses to address these issues. The trucks are getting old and look horrible. Maintenance is not being performed to factory standards. They break down on a regular basis causing us to skip them on their service days. Then the company wonders why our competitors are scooping up our clients. Currently we have corporate leadership that had never worked on the trucks so what makes them qualified to tell me how to do my job.

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They wear a really Good porcelain mask... Discernment is crucial.

Staff Nurse (Former Employee) - El Paso, TX - September 3, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?the pay scale is great, they are a Security company remember that. They like a bunch of other companies dipped their toes into the waters of attempting the medical field during the pandemic. This company doesn't comprehend the medical world, they wear blinders when it comes to scheduling their work schedules. The majority of their nurses at least at the influx facility in El Paso, appear to jump from contract to contract. Not knowing what it like to actually come from a hospital. Their skill set as well as their training is unsafe in that theirs no one to over look their work. They "Wing it" no policy or procedures like their is in a hospital setting, then all of a sudden they attempt to create something to appear ligament like from a medical facility. Their foundation is military and again a security company so theirs No real true understanding or comprehension on how to manage their influx centers. They Wing it on the majority of their processes and leave it like it is. Those nurses that actually hire on and come from a hospital environment, notice this oddity immediately. Its just sad in that Garda and the charge nurses they have in place need some Real help in that they need to return to a medical center and refresh their skills as well as their professionalism to say the least. What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Working with nurses and staff that have been away from any type of hospital or medical facility for a LONG TIME. Charge nurse in place appear to be Lost in having any Basic skill set. -

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No work-life balance

Processing Teller (Former Employee) - West Hempstead, NY - August 31, 2023

Nonstop overtime plus begging you to come in on Saturday to work. Pay was awful but was raised to attract new hires. Even people who have been there for years were being paid the same as new employees. This place was a waste of time.

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The job is great the people in management are unqualified unprofessional with major communication issues

Armed Security Officer (Former Employee) - Nashville, TN - August 29, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Promotions based only on a buddy system of unqualified males very hard for females to get PromotionsThey allow verbal abuse of officers and punish those who complain What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Management doesn't care for the best interest of there officers What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Very Hostel with in management What is a typical day like for you at the company?Always concerned about management not having your back

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Heart is in the Right Place but refuses to Pay Enough to attract ANY Candidates

Supervisor/Manager (Current Employee) - Florida - August 25, 2023

Not enough workers across most areas, but will not offer competative pay to attract any workers leaving remaining workers overworked. Until they offer competative wages, people are overworked.

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Bad management

Security Officer (Former Employee) - 12425 28th st pete - August 23, 2023

Ther managers rude and arrogant. Do go there . They think you need them more they need you and you even less then number this company have to change management asap

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Fun place

Manager (Former Employee) - Boca Raton, FL - August 18, 2023

Great company. Great people and great opportunities for those who goabove and beyond. Recommendations to establish more detailed processes. Need to also improve communication

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Nothing Good About Guardaworld

Corporate Security Concierge (Former Employee) - Reston, VA - August 17, 2023

This company is not supportive of its workers. Literally managers do not care about their workers. No growth opportunities at all. They do not want to give you days off. No pay raise and some managers are uneducated and very unprofessional. I tried for an internship with this company and they could care less in helping you advance. They do not know that we make money for them, not they make money for us.

Pros

None

Cons

Everything

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Military friendly especially for combat MOS's

PSS-ERT (Former Employee) - Bloomfield, NM - August 15, 2023

This was for overseas contracting at USEK in Afghanistan. PSS/ERT course was really well put together, at least with my Instructors. Process takes about 8 months if you get on the ball and have all requested documentation sent asap. Personnel were all great to work with of which all had military/law enforcement background. Overall my experience was great until the shutdown.

Pros

Like military but much better pay.

Cons

Job is based off politics but that's the job.

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It left me exhilarated and wanting more

LVN Staff Nurse (Former Employee) - El Paso, TX - August 15, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Diversity and great people to work withWhat is the most stressful part about working at the company?Working 5, 12-hr shifts/wk and keeping up with everything at homeWhat is the work environment and culture like at the company?So many nurses and Providers from all over the world and the States were great to work with. Our patients were great too. Very busy work environment with time taken for teaching when working in different areas and time for the patients.What is a typical day like for you at the company?A typical day began with checking in to see where I would be working- usually Sick Call with Providers but sometimes Intake, Observation, Covid testing, etc. The time went by fast and could be pulled to other areas during my shift.

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Friendly, objective, helpful, staff.

Medical Administrative Assistant (Former Employee) - Ft. Bliss, TX - August 11, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?All the friendly and helpful staff. They all try to work closely so that whatever you are doing will run smoothly. What is the most stressful part about working at the company?They don't know about some information concerning the end of project What is the work environment and culture like at the company?It's very friendly and attentive What is a typical day like for you at the company?Go into work and start on my job for rest of day unless I am needed for some other reason

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