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Since my termination from Securitas I have been looking up the complaints filed against them they stack up rather high. My complaints of Securitas does indeed go along with the other complaints that I have seen false reports from Securitas Bloomington Office to cover there own tracks. I was terminated as a supervisor for checking on my crews. as Securitas says I was responsible for there actions, after hearing several complaints of Security Officers napping on there post, playing with lap top computers all night, watching movies, ect not doing what they were getting paid to do. after checking on the Officers one night it took bloomington Branch manager 2 months to respond or after another Officer was fired to begin to harrass myself as Branch Manager called it a investigation but was allowed to ask employees if they observed myself doing any wrong doing. the focus went from them not doing there job to me. Our security was poorlly trained if trained at all. I had been asking for more training for our security team and that they needed to be focused on working as a team. Bloomington Office did not agree with my high expectations from security instead I was terminated. And barred from from the military site I was working. The branch manager went as far as telling the employees they could not speak with myself or be seen with me or the would be repramanded or terminated. I returned my equipment in good faith as I said I would the Bloomington Office will not return my personal belongings to me. Securitas employment hotline was a joke also I filed a complaint as did another employee both our responses were the same on different issues. hard to believe this company can stay in the guidlines of security contracts as they dont want to spend the miney or the time on there employees. the pictures posted are of the poor conditions provided to security no running water, no shade from the heat
I agree the company can do better, there insurance is nogood the working conditions are terrible they do promote lazy non-working people . the bloomington office is terrible to deal with if they quit cussing at you long enough for you to get any words in
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
I can agree i have worked for securitas in the medical field for over 2 years at a kaiser hospital in california and i have had to deal with a lot of the same garbage no water or sun screen not allowed to wear a wide brimmed professional hat at my own expense working overtime almost constantly for 2 years I have watched them fire good people while keeping losers around We asked for new equipment and were told they don't have money we have to do standby on 1799/5150 patients in the emergency room for 6 sometimes more than 12 hours on hard floors asked for golf cart to get around the hospital campus easier and quieter told no money were currently short of people were working 12 to 16 hours and now the security and pharmacy management have put there heads together since the pharmacy is getting new computer software that they want an officer in the pharmacy 12 hours a day seven days a week in plain clothes with a radio and our hospital I. D. when the officer hand book states we are to be in uniform when on duty just another way of securitas saving kaiser money I informed my supervisor and security manager i didn't think it was legal by going against policies of ethics and uniforms and that i would not do it but it's like kaiser have policies but don't enforce them i notified my supervisor and manager if i am forced to do this i was going to resign after being named officer of the year last year and not calling off once in over 2 years there response none so i will probably won't be there much longer just shows you are right we don't count just the almighty dollar counts
Securitas does take little notice in their consistently well performing officers, as they tend to not toot their own horns while taking care of business. Securitas also tends to promote the officers that suck up to the clients (meanwhile missing very very key security issues while they're busy doing so), this leaves the clients feeling great- until the client sees the hole in that problem when the loss of money comes into play and hits like a freight train when sued etc.
Now, what I can't understand is how some of these officers / former officers are not taking a little time to read over their posts before posting. It makes you look like an angry person with no actual education, so you will not be taken as seriously. Watch what, and how you write. It helps with credibility.
The officers need to operate smarter to be more efficient and ready, while not being to busy sucking up to the client with petty side jobs like assisting with food deliveries (meanwhile missing fist fights down the sidewalk 30 feet away as they are distracted). This person got promoted from where I work. Making people happy doing what she wasn't supposed to be doing, missing critical security flaws, but made enough of the right people happy that she moved up.
So, that being said. Securitas needs to keep molding together people with high awareness that notice things such as this. They seem more interested in if client is happy momentarily, rather than if a site is properly secure and happy in the long run.
I've been with Securitas for 3+ years. I have seen them put someone with no time at the site, no credentials, no experience, over me, because I am a female. Then say they didn't know I was interested in moving up and I didn't ask about the job they "Didn't have to post and were not obligated to fill from in site". There was someone in that position until they took HIM out and had another MAN to slap in it. Since then, the guy quit and the position has remained unfilled for 9 months ...and I still work there. The boss misses more work than the entire department combined. He was out 21 days last year, and only worked 16 hours off his scheduled hours. I worked 135 hours over my regular 40 hour schedule. There is NO advancement for women at this site. There is NO raise in pay. There is NO thanks for going above and beyond for them. The big office management never talks to you and could be compared to kitty litter...they only cover S**T up when they are called on it.
Nothing Going to be did any way but i'm posting this information so the other guards can see i agree with them on every thing been said. this company is a joke, people come to work late every day never at their post on time but sign in on time. supervisors are the worse. they should be asame . the good people get fired and they keep a..holds,
The people whu work for this company looks like idiots i can't belive how sainbury's give them a job
all the security in the fontana library are lazy n dnt ivren do theire work i heard today a securitas she has a freind that goes theires n is a bumb n was talkin mess to my mom luckly i wasnt theire n my mother told me that she was just laughfing the lady that works for ur guys company securitas so if shes a secury theire weres the help att so if sumbody is fighting theire just gona sit theire n watch it im tired of lazy workers do nuthing n everytime i go pick up my mother i always c sum of them just kicking it outside doing nuthing
I agree that all security needs to unionize.
This company could care less about there guards..They put you at dangerous posts without any protection...Oh call PD if you have a problem...Well if you have been shot it is hard to call somebody for help...
I've been with securitas for a little over a month I am a commissioned officer working at a non commission post . The thing is this post should be commissioned because I'm out. In the middle of no where and there is a lot of nice cars in the parking lot we don't even have a guard shack we have to sit in a chair on the sidewalk what they don't understand is that this post can be very dangerous because you hear constant gun fire you have wild dogs and you have people driving in and out of the parking lot all night with me there with just a flash light what the f*** is a flashlight going to do if the perps have guns I need my 45 FNH that would make me fill a lot safer and a lot better.
After reading all the above mentioned complaints, what do you expect from a company that puts the bottom line first above all else? They are in business first to make money! The CEO has to make his million plus salary and perks, the regional presidents need to make their $250K salaries plus big bonuses, the Area VPs, oh yea, they make anywhere from $75, 00 to $150, 000 a year plus bonus, and the branch managers? They are knocking down $40, 000- $75, 000 depending upon where they live, how many years they work for the company, and good they are on their knees. You little piss-ants should be GREATFULL there is enough to pay you anything at all! Now, I said that tongue and cheek, but that's many of those bozo's think because I used to be one of them! You need to UNIONIZE FOLKS! And I don't mean the SEIU which in Securitas back pocket, , , YOU NEED TO BE REPRESENTED BY A SECURITY UNION! NOT A UNION THAT REPRESENTS JANITORS WAITERS, HOUSEKEEPERS, ETC! YOU need a Union that gets YOU, the people who generate the big bucks the money first, before it goes up to the FAT CATS! Stay tuned, more to follow!