Securitas review: The truth about Securitas at the SVM Facility

( ORIGINALLY) Written October 29, 2025

Other BAD Reviews:
https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Securitas/locations/CA/Trona

People HATE Working Here...
(Including Supervisors and Account Managers).

I believe that one previous Account manager actually posted a picture of themselves flipping off this place on their last day on social media. 

A Plant worker came up to me the other day and was like "You guys are Securitas?" I responded, " You've been here years longer than I have been, and you just noticed that? He replied, "Yeah, I read some of the reviews, they were really bad."

I have no doubt that the previous reviews on this page are accurate. Things have gotten MUCH worse than what the previous posters wrote about..
We are SEVERELY under-managed 2 total supervisors for a staff of about 16, which means there is really NO room for growth or advancement and those supervisors? Well, they are being overburdened and treated like c***. I wouldn't be surprised if they both left and no one wanted to take their places that already work here. The new Account Manager (#1 Supervisor just quit today 10-28-25 after being here less than 2 months. I think they figured out that this place isn't fixable).

Let's start off in February of 2025. We had a meeting with the BM that was a disastrous s***-show, we were told that we were 200k over the Plant's security budget and that cuts were being made. Several people found out that day that they were getting demoted/pay cut for the first time in front of all their coworkers with no prior knowledge. There were people that were in a college class (Emergency Medical Technician) SPECIFICALLY for this job and that that requirement was no longer necessary/needed that the Plant no longer wanted security EMTs and that they could drop the class if they wanted. Of course the meeting was on the last day that a student could drop a class, because that is just the way this place rolls. Some of the people were not even full-time employees and had spent out of their own pocket money for the class (so they really couldn't afford it very well). The company said that they would reimburse the credit cost, but NOT the textbook or uniform of the class (How much are college textbooks? DUH). Prior to this they were BREATHING down people's necks to get their EMT certifications (they have been very wishy-washy about this job requirement and are pretty wishy-washy on almost everything that has to do with this job).

At the end of the meeting people were taken back one by one to pick their new schedules (according to seniority, or that's what they said at least...). But talking to others, there seemed to be some run around there as well (like certain slots were held open for some people and not really by seniority after all). On a positive note, one employee handed in their resignation to the BM the day of the meeting.

Unfortunately the way that meeting went created an environment of perceived hostility with the very organization we are supposed to provide service for. This was the most poorly ran and unprofessional meeting that I've ever experienced. It felt like the BM either HATES this account or doesn't care at all (like this account is a major pain in the a**), or maybe that they don't want to deal with it anymore and actually wants it to FAIL

The only people that got to keep their original positions were the #1 and #2 people and they both left in a matter of months. One person in the meeting said "If things are being done by seniority, than why is #2 getting to stay at #2 because there was a supervisor that had been there longer than them. The response was "Because, that's what the client wanted." From there the blame-shifting was directly pointed at the client... Everything was basically the client's fault. They owned NOTHING and redirected everything from that point forward. It was OBVIOUS that the company WOULD NOT support #2 at that point and yet any abuse/abusive demand that was directed toward #1 from the Plant was allowed by the company to continue (the Account Manager had already had their pay cut almost 28%, so of course they were going to leave ASAP). This meeting was the beginning of the end of this place and they CANNOT be taken seriously anymore. I would not be surprised if one or both of our current supervisors leaves within the next six months as well. (one [New Account Manager] just did right after the first draft of this review was concluded).

Branch keeps screwing up and embarrassing us/themselves continuously , the FAIL is getting old. Shortly after people got pay-cuts and or demotions we get an e-mail about DAILYPAY (a pay day loan service... According to MULTIPLE State's Attorney General's Offices) telling us SPECIFICALLY it's a "service" not a payday loan program (it's pretty sad when you consider contacting the State AG's office and SEC to potentially start an inquiry on your employer). I WOULD NEVER expose any of my employees to PREDATORY FINANCE. Do you think that we are stupid and/or desperate? (Obviously you have NO RESPECT for your people).

Hard work is not appreciated here (no reason to really try) and severe unreliability and under-performance is hardly ever addressed except by condescending, passive-aggressive e-mails sent out to everyone (even those that are not part of the problem). 

Our timekeeping system (and Securitas technology in general) is a joke. If the phone system is good than why do we have to write down our hours on a time sheet? Conversely if the time sheets are an OK system then why do we have to use a call in system? There is A LOT of pointless and time wasting redundancy here. Also higher-ups at the branch level (possibly even higher) are horrible with technology, PII, infosec/confidentiality. Not too long ago, a large round of write-ups went out and most of them ended up going to the wrong recipients. There has also been incidents of people being included in group emails that they shouldn't be, including talk of discipline or potential termination. 

The true nature of the job: This really isn't a security job as much as an administrative assistant/auxiliary Logistics position... While wearing a security uniform. People come here and it is not unusual to hear from them in their first week, "This was not was I was led to believe I was going to be doing here," or a similar variant to this. Working here for any reasonable amount of time would probably lead someone to believe that they will do anything to get someone to work here and then start working on reducing/managing lowered expectations. Why not just be honest and upfront in the beginning? They gaslight and ghost people, it's just what they do.

This place also has a lot of gull/nerve, when a previous manager was reduced to regular staff they were told that they appreciated that they worked opposite days of #2 because he had supervisory experience! They also played this game... Be a teammate, check your co-worker's paperwork... NOTHING DOING! you want oversight? HIRE MANAGERS. People are not doing work above their pay-grades anymore. these people are abusive, not appreciative and manipulative on top of that!

The hardest part of this job is the inconsistency, procedures keep changing and turnover is very high, which means people frequently leave before really learning the job, or really only care to learn enough to collect a paycheck, until they find something else.

This place literally c***s on their good people, so in essence they are TRAINING their staff to stop caring because it wont do anything for them.

Final points:

They have brought up a candidate's gender during the interview process and brought up an employee's age when dealing with them. People have also been led to believe that they have a job and then get ghosted. Do you not realize that we find out EVERYTHING that you do? We found out our old Account Manager was going to leave when their job was posted on the internet... Then people that work here applied for it and the postings were taken down in one day.

People that work here also have looked into job listings here, or people that they know and this is what came up... The online process asked if they would be willing to take (pay range) between 3-5 dollars LESS than we are currently getting paid. Good luck with that, you can't get people to reliably show up for what you are paying now. If you reduce what you're paying now, you might as well hire the Trona tweakers that are currently stealing from us now. 

We have received condescending emails about punctuality and attendance saying we pay you at this account better than 95% of our other accounts, try paying less and see what happens... How many of your accounts include about an hour round trip to the site for the majority of your employees? You are not doing us any favors out of the kindness of your hearts. YOU HAVE TO PAY BETTER to get people to come here. Gas and vehicle upkeep is EXPENSIVE.

Oh, ANOTHER thing they have told jobseekers in the past... We have a carpool that goes out there and a bunch of other B.S.. I WISH... 

There is even more that could be said, the main objective being to express the belief that if you are willing to put good faith effort and be a good worker/employee... You deserve better.

To the Account Manager that just left, good luck, you seemed like an alright person... You deserve better, I think we all do.
Pros
Most of the people that have worked here are alright people...

Cons
Branch Management and total inconsistency...

This wasn't the worst job I ever had, but it is the one that I cared the least about, because that's what Victorville's Branch Office TRAINED their people to do... THROUGH THEIR ACTIONS.

They have literally caught security officers stealing people's food and drinks out of their locked offices and didn't fire them.