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Security Guards

Allied Universal

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    Customer Review Ratings

    1.19/5 stars

    Average of 79 Customer Reviews

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    • Review fromChristina O.

      Date: 11/26/2022

      1 star
      The company I had been employed by for 3 years American security was sold out to allied University I was hired this week throughout University through the same boss Margie she assured me that I was being brought in full-time hours and would stay at ups full time after Peak I was promised all the peak hours I could handle through Christmas to get straightened out I was brought into the office did my sled training pass my test was put in the computer as a full-time employee with benefits, I was later that day called on Thanksgiving by another boss in the office Brian to work Thanksgiving so I agreed hey then tells me that he is over the site not Margie and that I am not even on the schedule of a job I literally just started the day before I told him she said I was available to work all the hours I could she said it in front of everyone in the office so we end it there I work Thanksgiving night no one showed up for work for shift Friday morning at this time I'm calling this man Brian I'm calling Margie I'm calling the main office and I'm calling the field supervisor tell me that for 4 hours no one whatsoever called me back and left me sitting there at this point I have already been there 14 hours during the 15th hour I get a text from Brian that says I will call you in a little bit pretty much telling me that I don't matter I can just sit there and he'll call me when he's ready when he finally calls he tells me that someone will be there to relieve me within 15 minutes they did not show up for 45 minutes then when I tell him I will be back at work later this afternoon he tells me again you are not on the schedule I do not have you on the schedule we can discuss one I said I don't need to discuss one Margie told me to come to work anyway she is the one that hired me promised me full time hours I'm in the computer is full-time hours and my application plainly says Friday Saturday and Sunday are the days I can work this is unacceptable am looking to reach out to attorney
    • Review fromDaniel Z

      Date: 11/10/2022

      1 star
      The company is top notch when it comes to stolen wages. I worked 9 days in a row. Per CA labor law I should be getting two days of double pay but the post manager doesn't agree. Lawyers won't touch the case because of the low amounts. AU sure knows how to play the wage stealing game
    • Review fromKay K

      Date: 10/27/2022

      1 star
      First off there is no government worldwide humans and any type of Life breeding doesn't even exist on Earth in the virtual reality world United States of America army 1943 caught during the Korean war and it is their prisoner of war to this day that they military intelligence was assigned in 1943 to learn it's motives and the way it thinks AND evidently, to kill anything of it where they are in the universe. military belt technology robots for lack of better words and knowledge and TO stay simple, if you will, #CYBORG "FRANK" #SKYWAYWA shit show: #passedAway #serenityHall #prisonerOfWars #downsyndromeIllegalRetaliationCityHall #TheyConnectToTheirTechnology like #itttechinstatution #virtualRealityCommunications right aka: #CD78DROID AKA: #CEDRIC78 still wearing my #mexicanGoldEagleWithDeviceLocatorAsDiamondInClaw that is a #miracle one as such, in #Washington, 35 or so years later.. is wearing.. #manoloRubio ?and so does the Korean, in a #militaryPrisonCell, #SouthKoreaArmyBase that my ex-waxie #husband 555 67 1530 #bulldogs ,#crashcrew #marinesTRAINEDTOKILLKILLKILL but not their own.. the #enemy as #anotherCountry or #terroristOfOwnCountry hence, #OFFtheWall #impersonating #alliedUniversalSecurity that#onlyHarasses me since 2018! At the #humanServices for my #EBTcard as a lowlife, punky black, no name tag at Imperial ave sd CA location. Fifth floor. I call d HQ in Los Angeles.. they transferede to#sanDiegoKocation she is who said NAME TAGS TO BE WORN ! in attempt then TO JEEP ME FROM GETTING MY EBT TO HARASS.. THEN, ON ROSECRANS 2019,:2021 ISH .. keeping #nextStep from assisting me.. not their job as fake or real security! To other events of attempt to boss, bully, harass, Intimidate! To just now @livertyStationParked tho, no rules apply for real, esp. in a #virrualRealityWorld as a female, #alliedUniversalSecurity kept lights on me, 10:30 pm in parking lot that's closed between 2am and 4 am! I wasn't sleeping, I was doing crafts relax. Didn't bother others
    • Review fromDon B

      Date: 10/15/2022

      1 star
      Bullying filthy, obscene mouthed guards who use racial slurs and threats in the early morning hours outside the sensitive patients' rooms including harmless young females ranging in age from 25 to 50 at the Lawnwood Pavilion Hospital Psychiatric Ward.
    • Review fromAaron M

      Date: 09/06/2022

      1 star
      Allied Universal hired me, I did the training and they haven’t paid me. I’m missing a full 40 hour check.
    • Review fromJoshua F

      Date: 09/02/2022

      1 star
      David is a security guard for Allied Universal that works at my apartment building Promenade Towers in Downtown Los Angeles. He’s a short Hispanic guy with very short hair. He has harassed myself and my wife and newborn baby on numerous occasions. He tried to make up his own rules here. Whenever we’ve lived here for years.. and know the rules. Whenever we park our car temporarily in the correct spot according to the GM here to either bring the baby or groceries inside or bring the baby out to the car. He has put harassing notes on my car as soon as I’ll walk inside and be out of his sight. I’ve discussed this with the GM here as well and people at Goldrich and Kest corporate, and they have assured me he’s been spoken to about this.. but he continues to do things such as that.. coming up to us and saying weird and random unsettling things. He has come onto my patio and tried to tell me I can’t be there.. it has made all of us very uncomfortable. I have spoken to other tenants that have mentioned they’ve also been harassed by him on many occasions. This guy needs some serious training. And to be quite honest.. I don’t see any going back from this. The harassment has been going on for a couple months now, and he’s still here doing it. He needs to be terminated from the property and probably Allied Universal altogether. I really hope something is done about this soon because I’m not sure how many more times I can handle him harassing myself or my family.. and not doing something about it. I try to trust in the process and the property staff, but it’s only a matter of time before he crosses the line once again and what am I supposed to do? Keep allowing him to get away with it and make my family so uncomfortable that we won’t even pick up our packages anymore. We do whatever it takes to avoid him.. this is no way to live. On our own property we feel unsafe because of a guy that is supposed to be providing the safety and peace of mind. It’s simply the opposite.
    • Review fromkimberly m

      Date: 08/25/2022

      1 star
      DO NOT HIRE THIS COMPANY, The staff steals and are all family members of the owners family! If you are NOT a family member than you DON'T get paid
    • Review fromDakota R

      Date: 08/15/2022

      1 star
      If you want to get paid for NOT doing your job, apply here. Sierra C***** runs the Triumph Foods location in St Joseph, MO. If you tell them she referred you they'll probably make you a supervisor right out of the gate. She also sells weed and has sex with other employees in the North shack on a nightly basis. She seems to have everyones (including the supervisor and general managers) penis in her mouth and she always gets what she wants. Got me fired for 'bullying'. BEWARE
    • Review fromElizabeth K

      Date: 08/04/2022

      1 star
      Worst unorganized company I have ever received a job offer from. They black ball you if you complain to corporate office. How does the receptionist have decision making duties? After complaining to corporate about ft. Myers communications skills I missed 3 weeks of work and never got any calls to start post promise. The only good thing about the company was the independent contractor that taught the class.
    • Review fromMarlon S

      Date: 08/01/2022

      1 star
      I was told they would would pay for my finger print scan I paid .They wouldn't give me a refund or a job offer and I have a receipt which she mentioned before they would have taken from paycheck .

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