security officer

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GardaWorld

So I worked at this job for just about a year and lets just say its a hurricane show. Lets start off with number one issue and its the biggest issue out there.
1) For an armored truck company that requires people to carry firearms, this location does not require any kind of weapons training of any kind. All you need is clear a background, drug test, and be 21. If you have weapons traing be prepared to work with people who have zero training and zero sense of security. There is mutiple red flags just being around some of these people. There is some that I worked with that if I got into a bad situation I felt better by taking that persons firearm and using it myself. 
2) Mangement only cares how fast you get done. They only care how fast you get done. They don't care if you do it safely or correctly, if the day takes longer then so many hours, be prepared for a lashing. 
3) Don't be a good employee here, you will be over worked, taking advantage of, and still let go by the end of the day. Pretty much the worse of an employee you are the better they will treasure you. I delt with 1 individual who drove the trucks, hit mutiple things with it and was still kept on. Just sit there and say yes sir or ma'am, hey will baby you like you are they're own child as well cover your butt no matter what.
4) Zero job safety, I was yelled at mutiple times because certain individuals were not watching their surroundings. When I brought it up to mangement they just surrged it off. 
5) The pay and the hours are absolutely BS. 14 an hr now for an armored truck position. Meanwhile you are putting your life out there on the line everyday moving thousands of dollars and having the possibility of being shot and robbed yourself. As well that you don't get OT until after you 50+hrs in a week. Yes I said that correctly 50+hrs in a week. I don't know how they can get away with that even though its suppose to be OT pay after you hit 40+. Don't ask me ask them.
6) They will not supply you with a weapon of any kind as, you must supply your own weapon and ammo. There is no reimbursement even if you buy a firearm. If you want a vest, be prepared to wait 2-3months to get a decent one as well uniforms.
7) I built very good work relationships with a lot of our customers or businesses that we supplied cash to. I said hello talked to people made them felt self when I was around, treated them like a human being. Management did not like that nore accepted it, they said that they wanted us to be pretty much robots. Walk in do the pickup/dropoff and walk out, maybe throw in a simple hi and goodbye, but thats all. I alsp always tried my best to get things figured out, before involving management. When management found out I was giving the biggest lashing in my life. I would of been better off by just quiting right there and then. 

One Pro I will say though all though most your co workers are idiots, only maybe 2-3 of them are pretty decent. The rest, lets just say good luck working with them I have plenty more but I think whoever is reading this gets the point by now. Please do not go work here, especially at this branch. You will be screwed, overworked, and pushed aside, and will be let go especially if you question things. Just save yourself the headache and don't apply. I really hope I got the point though.

I worked in the command center for one of their accounts. We monitored multiple properties as well as the guards that worked at those properties. I also covered shifts for the guards on location so I was familiar with their whole business structure. 

Like the title said, the guard job on location was the easiest job I've ever seen or heard of anywhere ever (and yet some people still messed it up all the time). The command center position required a bit more knowledge and skill, but once you learned the ropes it was pretty easy too.

The real killer for this company, however, was the office 'culture'. First it's a security position so everyone is either conservative, a bootlicker, a cop wannabe, or hyper religious for some reason. That in of itself wasn't really a surprise or particularly difficult to handle. Things went from okay to horrendous after it became GardaWorld (formerly Whelan). Suddenly almost every ordinary conversation topic became 'too political' or 'inappropriate' for work. It was like working with high school children who were obsessed with tattling on each other.

Then, to make matters worse, Management 100% plays favorites and the nepotism was very real. The only way to progress further in the company is to literally be a friend of someone higher up or to be related or associated with them in some way. The great supervisor I started under was replaced by an outside hire who happened to be an old employee and best friends with the manager (supervisor's boss). She promptly hired a few of her friends who then proceeded to break nearly every rule while simultaneously reporting all of the old employees for exactly the same rule violations.

I called out one of the new-hire-friends for making racist remarks and I was written up and told it was inappropriate to tell someone that the very racist thing they just said could be interpreted as being a very racist thing (which it was, and they totally did say it). I was eventually fired because the new-hire-friends gang began making up things about me and reporting me for all kinds of crazy things that never happened and were proven to never happen (both because of video recordings, my meticulous daily logs, and happenstance of having one or two friendly coworkers who witnessed me during the times I was allegedly having long curse filled rants etc).

After fighting their incompetent HR person, the Judge sided with me stating that there was no proof I had done anything that these people claimed I had. So I at least got unemployment.

I still give them 3 stars because the guard job is mindless and the command center job was actually kind of fun. If you can avoid all the office drama, it's actually pretty good. Otherwise run for the hills.

Firstly, I would like to point out that the following complaints are, I believe, largely no fault of the immediate branch management. I believe most of these issues are due to inadequate management at a company-wide and corporate level. I would like to make it very clear that my branch manager was great, and most of my coworkers were also good, hard-working people.

That being said, there are not a lot of positive things I can say about this job. The work itself was fine, you’re never at a standstill and you’re busy all day long. However; the ratio of workload to employees is unreasonable. My branch had taken on the workload of another branch to help out, but on top of our normal duties, it was absolutely unfair. You would almost never leave at your actual scheduled time, and because of this I was often unable to have a life outside of work. I have no issues working overtime if necessary, and if that is the expectation, but that was not the case. On top of that, our machines were falling apart and would often times just break completely, leaving us even more short staffed. How can you do your job without the tools? My manager had reached out to get us more/new machines, but to no avail. Additionally, our computer systems would often stop working. With all of this happening we were still expected to be on top of the massive workload. 

I have respect for all of my coworkers, however there was a few instances where I encountered some rudeness and it was an overall negative environment. I think this was partially attributed to the stressful nature of things, so I’m not necessarily faulting anyone here, but it did make the work day miserable sometimes. 

The pay is insufficient for the amount, importance and nature of the work being done, and other branches made more per hour for less or equivalent duties and this was widely known. The company also expected us to cut back on overtime which was basically impossible.

Overall, the major problems of this job stem from mismanagement on the corporate level and if Garda wants to retain employees, they must fix these problems. It’s unacceptable to be expected to perform a job at the best of your ability without working tools, period. This also stunts productivity massively, so I don’t understand why this was so difficult. If everyone can do their jobs efficiently, it makes everything better. The pay should 100% be much higher as well, especially given the amount of hard work and dedication I witnessed at this particular branch.

This job would be okay for someone who has an extremely open schedule possibly, but the other factors at play might override that.



Working on a site that was acquired by GardaWorld meant trying to integrate the new company mentality/approach with the old company ideology to service delivery. There have been many struggles along the way and there has been a lack of support from the upper management team in delivering on our clients basic expectations. At a site level we often struggle to meet the basic expectations of the client, as there is little support from the scheduling department when regular and special coverage shifts go unstaffed. Often times when shifts run open the work is then reallocated to patrol staff on site. This leads to a reduced quality in scheduled duties, and increases the stress on Patrol Guards (who often have to forgo their full breaks to accommodate the increased work), Dispatchers and Supervisors who are expected to figure out how to run a shift with multiple extra coverage or even core coverage shifts open, accommodate breaks for fixed positioned staff and respond to unforeseen circumstances and emergencies, and then come back in 8, 12 or 16 hours and do it all over again and again. When guards are assigned for shifts from the scheduling pool they often arrive unequiped for their duty, lacking basic uniform items, claiming they were never issued them from the uniform department. GardaWorld management seems to come up with excuses or band-aid solutions rather than addressing head on the issues that they are faced with. There is also an apparent mentality that it is better to run a shift open than to incur overtime. This only exacerbates a downward spiral in staff turnover, low employee morale and the reduced deliverable of performance to the client. GardaWorld is trying to be a high end restaurant while training and paying employees at drive-in resuarant expectations and rates. If the company doesn't come to terms with its shortcomings and find a way to change it's course, I expect they will lose many major contracts in the coming months and years.

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. ITs said in joking that those charge nurses obtained their position by yelling the loudest and playing actresses verses actually having hands on practical skill sets. Interpersonal communications skills are also lacking and power trips are observed immediately... 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Ex Military style to everything, uncharacteristic to any medical background of those nurses that come from medical centers, hospitals etc... Power trips etc. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Go in and do your job and watch your back. sadly

I quit after 2 months of working for GW. Everything was going great with 5 days a week. Then it went down to 2 or 3 days a week. So being part time, I knew this would take in effect sooner or later. So the problem with my schedule became a problem aside from poor management. For a week on my schedule, I was set to work on Friday & Saturday...So I came in on Friday to find out my days were moved that week to Monday & Wednesday. So I spoke to them about it...I didn't know they had changed it. They told me I was supposed to call them, everyday to see of schedule changes. I was a little confused in why I had to be calling them everyday to make sure of any schedule changes. I still decided to just let it go and continue work & just call them to check for my schedule. Beginning of the next week came and I called & called & called...no answer. I called again on the next day...no answer. It got to a pay day and I went to pick up my *check. It is a twenty minute drive to work (which I'm not making just because they can't answer a phone to confirm my schedule). So when I got there, I checked the schedule and I wasn't on it. I asked them what is going on...they said I've been missing work days and you haven't called. Wow. I had told them I had been calling them & they didn't believe me. The worst part of being there the 2 months, was that they never setup my direct deposit (which I had gave them everything needed for them to). I had to drive up there, even on my days off just to pick up my pay check. They never got me in the system so I can clock in like the rest of the employees. Ridiculous. On top of all this, they never even gave me an I.D badge which I was supposed to have as an Armored Truck Driver. The best thing I did for myself might have just been leaving the company, quietly. Didn't bother going off verbally or even report anyone...

The last time I went to the company & pick up my check, they told me I'm not on the schedule & they don't know what else to tell me. That same day I had to come back twice because my check didn't come in yet, it was late. had to drive back my twenty minutes & come back again. (the day I quit)

I was hired on with the Knoxville branch to help open up a month after i was hired.  The branch opened up with the local Branch manager being fired a month later due to the Regional Vice President not agreeing with his decisions. Later everyone in the new branch decided to quit, but myself.   Had the branch working great until I realized the person underneath of myself was planning with the acting branch manager to take over my position (was being back stabbed all the way by my supervisor who was two faced).  I decided to leave due to family issues and found out later that the new supervisor had made everyone else quit due to him not being able to manage teammates and trying to pawn off his work to others so that he could leave early to visit his children.  The upper management was told lies about the job I was doing so that the active "branch manager" could put his favorite person in charge instead of myself.  This is the worse place to work.  They claim to care about the messenger and driver but will refuse to acquire new vehicles (most of them have either over 500,000 miles or have been in major accidents and repaired with minor fixes), they over work you even if you tell the acting supervisor that you need  more personnel, you will not receive them 
 until its too late and everyone else has quit, overtime does not start until 51 hours in a work week and pray that nothing is wrong with your pay check (if there is, you will not see the back pay for at least a couple of months if at all).   This company does not care about its personnel (but they claim that they do); they just care about the overall bonus that the big wigs are getting.  They will work you to death with little to no training and then demand that if a route is not completed, that you will return the next day to complete it, even if it means working weekends off that you were promised not to be working.  Stay as far away from this company as possible.

I spent my time in Garda Armored Car Services as a employee who had difficulties and it would be very hard for me to work with unusual peoples with domestic problems because of the situation at hand and since that I have a military experience background they would hate to follow the way the job should be operated and only two percent liked me in Garda and before that I became a TVM Technician and did far better than others and some employees reported Garda for being insufficient at work. I was very neat in appearance and my boots stayed highly shined and I never missed a day of work and I would punch in at 6:55am exactly everyday for two years and 9 months and even when I was ill at times. I served Garda very well and covered myself on paper by using a notebook that I would carry everyday to work. The surrounding wasn't fun and the only way that you could have fun at work that if you and that partner of yours liked each others and I only endured misery and stress but I accomplished one advancement from Garda and that was a TVM Technician. I think that my life will be much better without Garda in it and I have learn to move on and learn from what has truly happened to me while I was there.
Note: I would try very hard to be accepted in Garda but ninety-eight percent rejected me because I was different and no one ever wanted to comprehend me but only five peoples for two years and nine months did and just about all the employees didn't want to teach the new employees the outline of the job because of the fear of losing their job as an armored car personnel and that's how I had to live my life in Garda in Edison, New Jersey.

Began working with the company as an armored guard picking up and delivering money at banks, supermarkets, ATMs and other establishments. In 2001 I obtained my class B driver’s license and I was promoted to lead crew driver where I supervised a crew of two. During this time, I monitored the crew to ensure customer’s timely service to meet specified pick-up and delivery time request. Inspected the vehicle and performed a daily pre and post- trip inspection to comply with company policy and DOT regulations. In 2005, I was promoted to Vault Security where I collected deposits from the drivers, organized the next day’s currency delivery, monitored any suspected shortage of deposits and completed a mileage report of all delivery trucks. At the end of each day, I organized and loaded all collected deposits to a highly secured shuttle and transported to the final terminal for verification. In August 2012, I was promoted to assistant manager where I am able to utilize my prior experience with the company to implement cost saving and customer satisfaction procedures. Some of these procedures include overtime reduction by re-shifting some of the routes for timely delivery and setting up new customers in the appropriate route. Process payroll and closely monitor the need for overtime personnel. Prepare the weekly driver work schedule to make sure we are properly staffed. Work closely with our customers and drivers addressing their questions, problems or concerns. Arrange necessary emergency repairs of broken down and disabled delivery trucks to prevent disruption of service to our customers. Communicate with our corporate office and offer suggestions time and cost saving suggestions.

I was a certified Screening officer
It is your decision after all to work for Gardaworld or not, but read this review before you made your decision.
You’re basically in the bottom line, least they care about you.
Process: you apply for the job and you get a phone call, then you go there to see bunch of other candidates waiting outside in the lobby!
You will have a quick presentation first, then you will have quick written English exam.
After that, you will have object recognition test
If you successfully pass, they will move forward to the next level( interview) if you fail which is most likely( you get to go home after you wasted time waiting and waiting.
If you go forward to the interview, they will see who is better fit for their club show, they don’t really care what you say in your interview
Once you get the job, you don’t have stability yet! Be carful they might fire you at anytime without advance notice
You have 3 months basically to pass their meeting requirements, which is online test! 
Then you go to either Ottawa or Toronto to do your other test, and if you fail, you are fired or if you’re lucky you might get another try later
The job itself is not hard, but the people you work with are difficult to work with, you’re basically a little puppet for them! And they’re the certified ones! 
You get paid just as the factory worker does, so there’s no variation compared to regular factory worker, but at least your life is miserable with gardaworld
Don’t bother raise your voice and talk to hire up, because no one can hear you or care about you!
Honestly, I wouldn’t waste my time working for the anymore
Trust me, don’t waste your time and regret later
Think wisely before working for them

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