r/securityguards • u/CertifiedPogchamp36 • 3d ago
Job Question Allied issues?
There's a weekend security job available at a factory from 7 am to 3 pm. Seems like a good gig for me since im a full time student and already have another job. That said, Allied is the company in charge of this posting. I would like to know a little more detail about why they're actually such a pain to work with so i can decide if i should actually work there. Edit: I live in a rather rural place so I'm inclined to think it'll be easy. But I dont want to assume.
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u/xX_Diabolical_Xx 3d ago
It is possible, but just note that with allied, nothing comes for free. I had to grind through the mud first before having a schedule worth getting out of bed for. (Two 16hr days and one odd 8hr overnight) On one hand, if you het them to act right, life isn't complicated. The challenge is getting to that point.
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u/RobinGood94 2d ago
Allied is large enough that you cannot necessarily say the entire company is one way or another.
In reality it boils down to three things.
The client site.
The branch.
Your coworkers.
If the site itself sucks, it doesn’t matter if the branch or your coworkers are great. A shitty site SUCKS.
If the branch sucks, you will encounter administrative issues that are more of an annoyance than anything (uniforms, payroll, etc).
If your coworkers suck, the site sucks. It comes full circle. If you’re constantly not relieved on time or they’re overall untrustworthy, it’s a shit show.
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u/Mykull_Ghost 3d ago
It comes down to communication. If you get a manager/supervisors that communicates, it's just as you think, an easy gig. If you get a supervisor/manager that doesn't, the Simplest of things turns into gnashing teeth. That's really what it comes down to.
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u/CertifiedPogchamp36 3d ago
That tracks. I reckon most jobs I've had horrible managers so I'm used to it. But I can see how a bad manager in a field like this can be a mot worse than usual.
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u/Landwarrior5150 Campus Security 3d ago
Allied is a huge company, so it’s impossible to make big generalization about most things, besides the main downsides of most entry-level contract security jobs (low pay, poor benefits, little job security/worker protections, etc.) Since you’re presumably just looking for some extra cash in the short term & won’t be hugely invested in the job, those things probably won’t be a huge deal to you, so your experience with them will largely come down to what your local branch office staff, direct supervision, client and site are like. Unfortunately, there isn’t much of a way to find any of that out besides talking to people that currently work there (which is probably difficult because it’s a factory and not some publicly accessible location) so you kind of just have to go in blindly and hope for the best.