I am familiar with this company because they always doing some kind of celebrity escorting at the events I attend. But then I realized they also do private security like dropping by at an empty building and gave out tickets and warnings. Since my car has a handicap placard, I could park on any ADA spots, yet this heartless property manager have been stalking and pressuring me for not parking here, then I got more than a ticket or warning. The car got towed thanks to Allied. Never again read more

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This is in La Mesa off Fletcher Pwky, and this is a poor example of a security guard on post. Also, as a customer for this business he was harassing people and blocking their cars. Horrible customer service read more

Allied Universal - Security Systems Near Me - San Diego, California

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Honest from my experience and appreciate that. Doing their jobs and respect the ones that work for the company

DO NOT WORK HERE. Their communication is trash. That's supposed to be a key part in business. Interviews are automated, you'll go in just to be turned away or offered a job but no response. Got offered an in person job, got 0 replies about a start date. A month later I applied for a different position, went to a site interview, was offered the position. 0 response in 2 weeks. Called for an update each week, said they'll get back to me after asking site managers. As a veteran this was complete garbage. They just want to fill slots for anyone incompetent so skim you off pay and find a replacement that also doesn't know what to do in security. Ended up going to a different company and started 3 days late with full communication thru the process. If your interviewer is Alyssa, don't bother,she never replies texts, doesn't answer her phone, no email replies, and her voicemail is always full. As for the other recruiters, they try but in the end, don't reply as well. All new kids that have 0 communication work ethics. read more

I worked here over a year ago, was told I could be rehired after 6 months but once I told the supervisor Matthew that works for Gilead about how he doesn't do his job correctly let alone at all he blocked me from being hired again through allied ! What a joke! They're very unprofessional. read more

0 stars . This place is a shit show . Schedule an interview 3 times and never got seen once. Tried emailing / calling & even showing up in person to the location and nothing . If you're a girl / woman i definitely wouldn't recommend working for this company. Clearly seems to have some issues with working with female employees. read more

No company doesn't like to pay guards correctly. There is a high work place harassment, retaliation and hostile work environment that is very normal. Human Resources does bare minimum with assisting issues. Many guards are scared to speak up about their experiences due to retaliation. They will state they are 'performing an investigation' and than close it with am attempt to gaslight you . If I could choose 0 stars I would read more

Today is Friday May 3rd at the Amtrak Station approx 3:20pm. The Allied Universal guard (AA Female) is hanging out with other staff, not paying attention to the safety of riders. There is a man in a wheelchair who was trying to cross trolley tracks and was stuck, trolley coming, while this Allied guard was laughing and hanging out with other staff. This is the San Diego AMTRAK STATION!!! All it takes is 1 inattentive guard, like this one......and THATS HOW ACCIDENTS OCCUR!!! Officer Garcia Update: 4:00pm, this same guard is doing absolutely nothing...sitting with head down looking at her phone. THIS IS HOW ACCIDENTS OCCUR. read more

Second incident with this company. Same parking lot two different "guards" I am RVing currently as I have once previously and really am enjoying traveling around and soaking up cool weather as the area I live is very hot already and getting hotter. That being said, I have had run ins with security guards telling me not to overnight park. In the middle of the day. Lol. I go to the gym in the parking lot this occurred in. Someone made an announcement in the gym that the security was knocking on the rv and if it was someone inside to let them know. So I walked outside when I hadn't even been there long. The parking lot was only about 70% full and I was parked far since I am oversized. I only took up a parking space and was just over the line to the left I see the security guy from across the lot taking pictures up on top trying to see INSIDE the rv with his phone which I think is SUPER creepy. Just weird. By the time I get to the end of the lot he finally drove away. He had to been there at least 15-20 minutes based on time it took me to get my stuff out and out to the parking lot. I go up to the window, and there is a piece of paper that looks like a ticket. Uh, okay... It was marked "parked in a no parking area" uh...no. I was in a fully marked spot next to other vehicles in spaces. I was a bit over the left line but I would have MAYBE understood if there wasn't over 100 open spots in the lot. The. It was written "no rvs allowed on property " and yet I cleared it with the guy at the gym and he said that wasn't true, as long as I was a patron and not excessively parking there. I also searched around and found not a single posted sign. It's almost as if...he made it up lol The fake ticket stated I could be towed or ticketed at my expense, but when I looked at the law for private parking for public use it states they have to give 96 hours notice. Hey buddy, you are about 94 hours to early there. Haha I sat and watched, looked at the other cars who clearly were car-living and had been there since the day before when I was there (about 14 hours previously 7ish pm the night before I was at the gym too). He ignored them completely. The second incident the DAY after I was parked against the edge of the lot with like ten other cars and the lady saw me go to my vehicle and get in and she blared her siren until I came out...annoying...and then she told me I had to leave because I "can't park here" but yet no issue with the other cars parked along there? It wasn't red, no signs, etc. Get it together allied because this is a bit crazy. This company read more

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I had the pleasure of working with Allied Universal SanDiego since they merged with Allied Barton I wanted to recognize the outstanding managers I worked under Rosa Lopez Anel Barrera Nayeli Sanchez Otis Henderson John Buenaflor And the countless Field Supervisors I enjoyed working with So many of you I don't want to begin to name names and leave someone out You all were great and it was a great ride while it lasted SHALOM Peter V Bozzo read more

Very Unprofessional telephone Etiquette. Who ever the dispatch is needs to be fired immediately. Called me a nigger via telephone as the call was ending! Very unprofessional. read more

Worst place to work at put people in very difficult situations and risk their life from just doing security this place is very unprofessional and need to checked the manager David needs to be fired almost made one of his guards get stabbed in the chest at one of his locations and the guard told him about it and the guard got fired for almost getting stabbed this job Dosent help you succeed in your career avoid this place at all cost they don't care about you or the hard work you put in read more

Worst company in all levels,in Management of course,most of the management team members are family members,so when you start working for a certain account,they tell you that the lead is related to the manager,and the manager is the husband's rover.....and so on.....So....you get confused....you don't really know who you are working for ?!?? is it for the family X or for Allied.Most of the managers don't even know how to spell neither how to resolve any problems or issues in their sites. All they care about is to protect their loved ones even if they are at fault and get rid of the strangers to their blood line This is not a company....this is a business run by families to secure jobs for it's members and their loved ones. So,just look for another security company if you are not one of their member ?!?! read more

It is such a shame that a building that you would consider a "Class A"  building would hire a security by the name of OMAR at DIAMOND VIEW BY PETCO PARK - extremely rude not only to me that I lease in the building but to my sister and I have had clients complain about him as well. After leasing for about 3-4 years now diamond view has disappointed me. I was disrespected while on I was in the lobby. I can also add that other clients are very unhappy with his nasty attitude. If my clients are going to get this unwelcoming experience I might as well go lease at a cheaper location and office and I can guarantee that they will treat my clients with respect. if you hate your job, do not work here, all because you want to be on the phone during your shift so you demand I leave the lobby because you want to take your mask off? He is the so called security and yet I am suppose to feel secured in the building while working late at night? I feel endangered now!  Definitely will NOT BE RENEWING MY LEASE with a so called security that is going to be talking on the phone, and be rude to my clients and my self. read more

I been waiting for the interview for 3 hours there only 3 people waiting on the interview so I left before they said I have to wait another hour even tho I'm scheduled 12pm interview read more

Worked for the company for 3 years. It's a joke. Supervisors have no idea what they're doing and are severely underqualified. Account Managers are just as bad. Good luck EVER contacting HQ for literally anything, you will ALWAYS have to physically go up there for even miniscule trivial things. I had to relocate once and the person giving me a position (Who I'm assuming was in some type of HR/Manager position with the company) kept complaining and making it seem like I was the problem; despite supervisors never giving me breaks or lunches for MONTHS. If you can avoid this company like the plague, I say do it and run as fast as you can. If you've been stuck with this company for a few years, as someone who felt trapped in that craphole, I'm begging you to please find another job and find happiness. You deserve better than to ever work at Allied Universal Security. I would give this place negative stars if I had the opportunity to do so. I'm NOT a bot bro, and I'm NOT CAPPIN', YOU ARE WORKING A DEAD END JOB THIS IS YOUR SIGN TO GET THE HELL OUT OF WORKING THERE!! read more

I accepted a job with universal protection services in 2012 for Sacramento office. I worked for them for almost 5 years never received a raise. I was never late and I rarely called off in 5 years maybe 4 days total. In 2015 they terminated me on a rumor that I said something, and there was no investigation I was just terminated.I have nothing but bad things to say about this company, as soon as they hire you they're trying to fire you. Your rating score is a 0. Terrible supervisors, especially Joe Bayless. read more

I worked for Allied Universal a couple of years ago, and left on good terms. I enjoyed my job and had a great boss. But, I found a better job with great benefits and great pay, 104 hours of PTO, and 13 paid holidays, but have been laid off. Now, I am back in the job hunt. What i've noticed is that Allied Universal has the biggest sector of security jobs. With the company being so big (and they just bought out American Security), why don't they offer better pay and better insurance? PTO and paid holidays would be a huge plus. At $11.33 an hour and $82 out of check each week, a single person can not make it like that. Get it together AU, and just maybe you can keep some good employees and not have such a turnover. read more

I was on my way to an interview and changed my find after I saw too many people in the room. Does this look like social distancing to you? read more

Allied Universal - Security Systems Near Me - San Diego, California

I am writing about a most wonderful Security Officer, Doug Wilmer who works in Mission Valley, San Diego at the Hazard Center. He is very friendly, consciences, deeply care about people and an all around good guy. My Daughter has mental illness run away from home and ended up hiding out at the Mission Valley Hazard Center for quiet a while. I was asking around trying to find her when I met Doug. He took her picture, my phone number and promised to keep his eye on her. As a Father, he understood what I am going through missing my Daughter. He found her next day and comforted her. Doug let me know that she is found, and was able to get the Pert team transport her to the hospital. Thank you so much, Doug. You show a good example how to be a wonderful human being. I recommend that Allied Universal give him a raise for doing a great job for 5 years. read more

This is not a security company. If anything then take the money from the property they should be providing service too. I live in the Griffis Mission Valley Apartments in San Diego and have not seen this company once do their job. I call them to report homeless people all over our property and nothing changes. The only thing they seem to do is drive the car to the top floor of our parking garage, which you would think they'd be good at securing the garage. We constantly have people getting their car's broken into and homeless people living in our stairways and the top of the garage. I would not recommend anyone use Allied Universal for security. The worst part of it is I can't give them a lower star, they haven't even earned this one star. You'd be better off standing outside of your business with a candle than having these guys patrol your property. read more

First, I understand that I will be criticized for what I'm about to say. I totally lost all faith in the upper middle management at my job sight in Poway, CA. Our account manager has completely alienated all the guards from the management team by stripping the watch commander's of all authority, lying to the guards on a regular basis, bullying the guards to get what she wants & mirco-managing every little thing that both the watch commander's and guards do. It is for this reason that I had to leave the company being apart on a rash of guards leaving the job sight. At last count she lost quarter of her work force. If you enjoy being under appreciated. Then this is the site for you. read more

This place is a hot mess. The person in charge is honestly horrible at communicating, it doesn't matter if there's an emergency, or something happens in your life because it takes days or even weeks to hear back from anyone. If you quit, get fired, or give your 30 day notice it takes them awhile to issue your last pay. Clearly shows they aren't familiar with California's labor code section 201 and section 203. I've never seen such an unorganized and horrible communication in a company until this place. Honestly, you have better luck working some place other than you do with this place. read more

This company isn't even worth a half star! Very unreliable,no inforsement,and all they do is walk around and not stop anything from happening! If you are a security company than hire and train employees that look the part and will enforce the rules set by whomever hired them. read more

Boy I tell you this is nasty work they do here . They do employees so wrong and don't appreciate them at all. I would never refer anyone to work with this branch . Rosa , Nayeli Sanchez are nasty people , very rude and hard to work with . Disrespectful to the highest level, operational managers get mad and take you off the schedule . HR doesn't do nothing , no call backs can't answer and love to send to voicemail . If they have something personal against you they do everything else but let you go . Deny time off , make sure pay Checks are have errors and higher ups will fuck with you . Very unprofessional and are not the only security company in America read more

Very sorry company. They never noticed there employees. It sometimes seems like if there guards stay on the phone and are men they get promoted. But if you are a women with kids they seem to dis you more. Don't tell them you have kids if you are a women. Don't say your married. Depending on your site, and who is your supervisor. This company is wack. If you applied try another security company. I had a racist surpviser, and I tried to call HR. The office refused to transfer me over.into the problem got too big. No1 did anything. No one tried to do anything. read more

Went to Scripps in Carmel Valley and a security guard from this company named Michael was harassing an elderly man on the way in. I told him his behavior was not appropriate and he went off on me! They need to look into they employ and need to teach them costumer service skill! I tried to post the video of his behavior but only picture are allowed. It was super upsetting! Would not use this company. read more

Allied Universal - The rude security guard that was harassing the elderly man and myself - Security Systems Near Me - San Diego, California

I wanted to commend one of the security officers Eric, I met at the El Cajon Family Recourse Center for helping me when I need it, and for dealing with a difficult customer at the same time with a calm demeanor. Thank you. read more

This company doesn't even deserve one star. TERRIBLE. I'm not even understanding how they are in business. Are you looking at the pictures? This is just a small portion of how they run their business. No sense of management. They have no idea if their employees are even showing up to work or not. And when there are gaps in coverage they can't even get coverage. You are left with no one. But then again look at the photos! Is the who so you want covering your site? DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY! read more

This is the worst security ever. Formerly Summit Security, I believe. Costa Verde Village apartments uses their "services" (which are a joke) to secure the premises. Yeah right. My car was broken into in my apartments underground garage. The gates to this garage have been broken for at least 3 months. There are no security cameras. Gee thanks, guys. The shattered glass littering the garage should be a nice reminder to all the residents of how great your "security" is. read more

Allied Universal - What happens when 'Universal Protection Services' is in charge of security for your garage. - Security Systems Near Me - San Diego, California

I applied for a position on the 5th of august. I got an orientation that was scheduled on the 8th. I attended orientation and completed all paperwork and assignments. Here it is the 29th and I don't have a site or uniforms or anything. When I call to check on the status of my employment i get the run around. Had a manager tell me there was nothing they could do. A whole month later and still no word just wait. Thanks for the gainful employment........ read more

I worked for UPS after they bought out Heritage Security company. It was the worst job and company I have ever worked for in my life! -You will get paid minimum wage and do not expect a raise anytime soon. -You will also get to wear a cheaply made uniform. -You will also work terrible hours in bad site locations. -NO VACATION! that's right you heard me you get no vacation or vacation pay. You will just receive a 200 dollar bonus check for slaving away all year. -Management is absolutely terrible! Especially the North County office. - Be prepared to work your butt off and get no reward, no appreciation, not even a thanks for all the hard work you do from anybody. -There is no way to advance higher in the company. -The best part is when your are waiting for somebody to relieve you from your post after a long day of slaving away at work and nobody shows up. Because management forgot to schedule somebody to relieve you from your site. Believe me it happens so much you will almost get used to it. In other words working for Universal Protection Services is the definition of a DEAD END JOB! read more

Allied Universal - This UPS employee face is what I looked like when I worked for them. - Security Systems Near Me - San Diego, California

I was met at the Michaels exit in North County Square yesterday at noon. The security officer had been called since i had told the manager of the store that i cannot medically wear a mask. I have a SEVERE panic disorder, stemming from a traumatic crime committed against me. I had told the officer that i was medically exempt and he repeatedly asked me why. SUPER ILLEGAL. I'd make sure your employees know the HIPPA laws, especially since i could've called the DOJ right then and there and reported him. Any way, after providing documentation (since he said i had to provide it) i pulled out the card given to me by my dr. Again, he proceeded to tell me it wasn't good enough and continued asking what my medical issues were. This man 100% harassed me and if i would've had mace, I wouldve used it in a heartbeat.... Medical Exemptions aside: HE WAS NOT EVEN WEARING A MASK!!!!! SO HE FOLLOWS ME AND HARASSES ME ALLLLLLL THE WAY TO MY CAR ABOUT WEARING A MASK, MEANWHILE HE'S MASK FREE!!! read more

I want to write about a wonderful Security Guard, Doug Wilmer who works in Mission Valley in the Hazard Center. He was most helpful finding my Daughter who mentally challenged, and was hiding out in the Center. We have been trying to find her without success, until we me Doug. I gave Dough her picture, my name and phone number. As a Father he understood the stress I was under and promised to try to keep his eye on her. Next day he called me and told me that he located her. Dough was very kind to her, helped her to calm down. He also helped to get her to the hospital. I cannot thank Doug enough for being kind, consciences, understanding and an all around great guy. He is an example how people should be. Allied, please give Doug a raise, as he been employed for 5 years, doing a wonderful job. read more

The worst behavior I have witnessed in a long time occurred today from an Allied Universal "security guard" today at Scripps Carmel Valley around 10:45am on Thursday, May 6. The "security guard" refused to give his name or information but later found out it could be Michael. In any case, the "guard" harassed an elderly Asian man who was trying to deliver food to an office on premises & then went on to berate a woman who stood up for the food delivery man who was on her way to a doctors appointment. This guard was so unprofessional, rude, obnoxious & insulting. I can't believe anyone would hire someone like that to represent their company. read more

Allied Universal is my favorite Security Company. I am the new owner of a store located on 6th Ave and I am glad to be in this neighborhood. All security guards are always prompt to help us. I trust anyone of them and one of my favorite is called Jake. read more

Giulio, Jr, a Security Guard (who works for ALLIED UNIVERSAL SECURITY @ Walmart/Vista Way CA) gave me his last [EXTRA] COVID19 [SHIELD], when I did not have one. I told him I was a high-risk, COVID19 patron. Following, we had a very good "Jesus-talk". Giulio is a very kind, quiet-natured and Customer-Friendly kinda Guy, all the while attentive to his Job as a Security Guard as well. read more

I was offered a position I was told to do a background check so I proceed to the facility I was told allied universal would pay .I get to to the office I had to pay I called Allied universal no answer or return of email so I paid Allied universal would not refund my money with a receipt! I feel this is unprofessional and unethical.I also called to speak to survivors or who was in charge no response! read more

From the San Diego office at ABM Security Services, Eric Wallis and Francisco Vera were falsifying reports against employees. Under the supervision of Eric, Francisco was permitted to repeatedly write disciplinary reports based solely on conjecture. During his employment, Francisco was inappropriately eager to write up employees without fact checking. Eric was showing favoritism towards women by not issuing disciplinary action and write ups to women, when due. Eric and Francisco would create and support any false narrative that would secure their standings with ABM. Francisco was having sex with prostitutes at Tijuana brothels. read more

A message to all apartment management and property management - DO NOT HIRE UNIVERSAL PROTECTION (aka Allied Universal). They will take advantage of you, collect the checks you send them, and do little or nothing to earn it. If you currently do business with them, fire them and hire a real security company. Universal Protection truly is a poor excuse for a business and for a security company. Universal Protection Service SUCKS!!! I live at Avion at Spectrum Apartments in San Diego. I often call them at night to come clear inconsiderate loud idiots from the hot tub and pool area. Their dispatch people on the phone are almost always rude, as if they are being bothered. Half the time their security person doesn't even show up until I've called them back two or three more times. When they do show up, it takes much too long and they don't make any difference. It's the same thing every time they show up - they politely tell the noise makers they got a noise complaint - as if they are inconveniencing the noise makers. Then they leave the properly, only for the noise makers to immediately start making noise all over again. If this isn't enough, look at all the other bad reviews they have. If you're an apartment manager or property manager and you hire Universal Protection to save money, you'll get what you pay for.... NOTHING!!! read more