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This organization will lie to you in so many ways that it’s unimaginable how they’re able to stay in business. First they will lie to your face when they tell you how much you’re going to be making. They’ll talk up a reasonable sum but when you get paid you’ll see that you’re making about two thirds of what they promised. That was my problem when I started working. They promised me $12.00 an hour to start but I was only making $9.00 when I got my first check. When I complained they said I was on a probationary period and wouldn’t get a raise until after the probationary period was over. When the probationary period was over, I didn’t get my raise and when I complained they explained to me that it’s up to the Union to provide the raise. I complained to the Union and they told me that it’s my employers responsibility to provide the raise.
Another thing I’ve noticed is the high turnover rate. At what they pay, they can’t keep anyone who is good at being a security officer. People leave all of the time because they can’t believe how they’re getting screwed. The people who stay are such terrible employees that they can’t get jobs elsewhere. So they all create a culture of laziness to support each other.
They also refuse to pay people what they promise their clients they intend to pay. They had the Chicago Transit Authority for years and kept saying that they have to raise their fees because the Union demanded it, the CTA had no problems with paying the raise but what they didn’t know was that the officers were making $8.00 and hour with annual raises of .25 cents a year, but being billed for people making $14 to $15 dollars an hour and semi-annual raises of a dollar.
Securitas also has the cheapest training program of any kind of employer that I’ve ever seen. They have these online training programs that are MS Powerpoint Presentations with simple tests at the end of each that you could only fail if you can’t read.
They also don’t seem to be interested in making sure that you’re safe when you do your job. There have been countless times I’ve been dispatched to respond to a situation with no one backing me up. I had to throw a homeless guy out of an ATM at a bank branch at 2 in the morning and there was a real problem with these homeless guys retaliating, one guy even used pepper spray on another officer.
If you decide to point out that your supervisor is a jerk, or screwing around, they will set you up to loose your job really quick. One Supervisor was notorious for sneaking off to take naps, and when one of his people complained management started to harass the complaining officers. They either set you up by isolating a single infraction, like being late for work or whatever, or they make your life miserable until you quit.
If you’re offered a job by this company, don’t bother trying to negotiate anything with them or getting it in writing, they will screw you over no matter what you try. Just pass them up and use your energies on something else. There are lots of good companies that you can work with, this one is a huge scam.
Working for Securitas Services, means to be in a DEAD END, one step close to be HOMLES. The company knows that, and treats people accordingly. They can terminate you at any time, without a prior notice, and exploit you at the point that you quit. THEIR STRATEGY IS HIRE, AND FIRE. They are HIRING continuously because they are TERMINATING people continuously. Most of their employee are desperate people, not able to find another job. 90 % are illiterate and most of them ignorant. IF you decide to work for Securitas, that is your choice. There is only one explanation for their low pay. IF YOU PAY PEANUTS, YOU GET MONKEYS.
Agree completely. I began working for Securitas shortly after relocating to Florida and obtaining my security license. My first experience with them should have given me warning. When I arrived for my interview, I waited 2 hours only to be told that the woman interviewed in front of me had gotten the position, but that they did have another opening that I could fill. This was in a location one hour from my home, but since I was in need of a paycheck I agreed. Actually, they basically told me that they hired me because I was white, and implied that this meant I was more trustworthy. So, not only are they money hungry and a horrible employer, but they violate EEO laws to boot. In any case, I reported to my post on time for three weeks, and NEVER received a paycheck. When I called to inquire, they directed me to the payroll office in NJ, who told me that they sent the check to the wrong address. Finally, after three weeks of not getting paid, I told them (truthfully) that I could not afford the gas to get to my post. They gave me the run around and would not answer my phone calls, basically forcing me to go in to my shift. Also, they would harass me on my days off by calling many times in a short span asking me to come in or work different/extra hours. However, when I would try to call, nobody would ever answer. Additionally, when I was hired they told me that I would only work third shift for the first day. However, it quickly became an everyday situation. The shift schedule was was erratic, and they would often have me work third and second shift in the same week. Overall, everyone is correct in saying that this is a huge scam with a giant turnover rate, and they screw you out of money and time.
I agree with all the posts written. I began working for Securitas Security company immediately after being discharged honorably from the military. I work with them at a college campus for a mere 5 weeks. Within that five weeks I was quickly introduced to the ### that goes on there. Securitas guards work along side Peace Officers there. They pretty much govern what we do and how we do it. Everything was seemingly very professional. I felt underpaid. I had the option to fore-go my health insurrance for an extra dollar per hour which brought me to 10 per hour.
Nearing the end of my first week there I was harrassed by 2 of the peace offiers. Unfortunately they were the ones assigning the additional campus training and giving my weekly tests and alarm/scenerio drills. These guys would come up to my post one at a time twice each. Their story was a man (a Sergent Peace Officer) had put handcuffs on a woman and done sexual things to her and did I see anything? My telling the truth and saying "No." was not enough. When the 2nd peace officer came up to me another time I then knew this could get out of hand. At that moment I should have brought it up to the headquarters but I was so desparate for work I didn't thinking it would all slide by in short time. I was threatened that by me not using my military core values and agreeing to side with them that this could have a bad outcome on my employment there. I was approached twice more for the same situation. Sure enough I was fired for being in the wrong place. The place I was in covered my posts. However, my posts seemed to have been instantly changed. I was told I had the north side of campus which covers 50% of it. Where I was I had right to be. I was blamed for using their equipement etc.. without authorization of even having the post I was told by post command.
First day I worked there moral of all the other officers were low. Seemed like a project apartment hallway when I frist started working there. Everyone showing me their nooks n crannys to do nothing for the 9 hour shifts. Everyone with the exception of 3 were doing the absolute wrong thing.
As far as my pay was concerned, I was quick to ask for overtime. And I'd sure did get it. During our first shift we'd get a 30 minute lunch break which was not subtracted from our paychecks. However, if we done another 8 hour shift we'd get the first half hour lunch break as well as the 2nd half hour lunch break taken off. For some reason that was the way it works. So I figured it's really nothing to complain about. Instead of getting paid 16 hours I get paid 15 hours. Now when I get my paycheck which was weekly, it would say I was paid 13.65 hours instead of 16. It shows that I've done 16 hours OT but I'm only paid for 13.65 hours of it. Doesn't make sense to me. Also once per month Securitas removes 25 dollars for a licensing fee. Even if I was there longer than 5 weeks, I was only a couple more weeks from abandoning that job for another. It was totally not worth it and I wish even a year later there was something I could do about it legally.
The corporation itself is only concerned with making short-term money, garnered by reaping profits from a huge client base in every major sector of the security industry. This leads to low wages and morale, poor and abusive management, illegal business practices and labor and safety law violations, and all this in a company with over 200, 000 employees which also promulgates nepotism, racism, and favoritism at the branch operations level. They are a poster-child for what large Private Security have ( and shouldnt have) become.
Amen this company is a bunch of crooks!
I cannot wait to bring this company to court. I was unlawfully terminated for "insubordination". This came after the company requested that I would sign a "Voluntary Resignation" form. I refused at the most and requested that I would be terminated. Although, There was no excuse for termination it was granted. FSM Andrew Stokoe was making his little british comments directed at me, (Very rude comments). I spoke my peace directed at him. After I was terminated for unlawful reasons, I told Mr. Andrew Stokoe, He is nothing but a "Blow-Hard".
This after all was final, was the reason for my termination because this company never had a reason to let me go.
That is BS. The way you treat the company is exactly the way it will treat you. If you were a lazy, stupid employee then you know how they will treat you? They will treat you like a lazy, stupid employee. Its like that in any company. Unless the government payes benifits to a company that employs lazy, stupid employees. If you lived up to those 12.oo and hour instead of complaining and demanding for them, then you would get them.
While working for the company I was also a full-time Police Officer and held many certifications within the security and law enforcement field. Securitas did not let my pay reflect that. They would bargain down to the bottom dollar. Paycheck after paycheck would come and sure enough my pay was at their discretion. I never had the same paycheck throughout my entire employment. I was more than qualified and they placed me a leadership position without the pay. I retained my employment for the fact that I enjoyed the duties I performed and the team I was working with.
On several occasions I would cover other contracts/sites as flex officer. How demeaning, but the overtime was good. The only issue was, again, my paycheck did not reflect the overtime that I had accumulated. Here I was helping the company and the least they could do would be to compensate me for my time.
While working as ERT, I had the area of approximately 20 square miles. Within 20 square miles I had a couple of large cities which contained populations 50,000 +. I responded to alarms regardless if they were false or actual. On one particular occasion the alarm company called me to respond to a particular location. They alarm company gave me the address and the alarm status. I was in the area and responded promptly within 6 minutes. After securing the site I determined that alarm was not activated and called the alarm company back with that information. I verified the site location name and address with the alarm company and explained that at the site the alarm had not been activated. I cleared the call without incident.
The next day I was called into the Securitas office. My District and Regional manager were waiting. They inquired about the alarm that I had the day prior. I explained what had happened and presented the corresponding forms that I had documented the alarm response. The District manager explained that an alarm had went off at another location which was the same client account. He stated that the client said that the building was vandalized and thousands of dollars of company assets were taken from the property. After looking at my paperwork and speaking to the alarm company, we ALL determined that the alarm company had given me the wrong location address which was associated with that client account. No fault of mine I thought. Boy was I misinformed. The Client wanted “someone to held responsible”, which was told to me by the District Manager. This particular client was Securitas’ largest contract in the immediate area. So go figure they are going to keep this client happy. So what does Securitas do they said they were “letting me go” and “terminating my employment” because I was an “at will employee”, not because of this incident.
Securitas, in my opinion and by evidence, misrepresents itself, violates labor laws, safety standards and is a money first before the employee company.