This is not necessarily about ASSA ABLOY as a whole, but about one of its subsidiaries, Ameristar Perimeter Security. When they hire you, they do it under the reputation and credibility of the global brand, which from the outside appears professional, people-focused, and healthy. The reality inside Ameristar is the complete opposite.
I would strongly encourage anyone considering working there to seriously reconsider. Ameristar is one of the most toxic, dysfunctional, and psychologically draining workplaces I have ever experienced. Management is not just part of the problem — management is the problem. The environment employees are subjected to is a direct result of leadership and the culture they have created, normalized, and protected for years.
The harassment, intimidation, favoritism, sexism, unprofessional behavior, racism, and blatant nepotism within management is impossible to ignore once you are inside the company. Practices that should never be tolerated in a professional workplace are excused regularly, while employees are expected to stay silent, tolerate abuse, and continue performing under constant pressure. Leadership protects leadership, no matter how damaging their behavior is to employees.
I have watched people come and go constantly because this place destroys people mentally and emotionally. Employees are burned out, anxious, depressed, overworked, disrespected, and made to feel disposable. The turnover is extreme, and after a few months it becomes painfully clear why so many people leave. This is not normal workplace stress. It is a culture that slowly consumes people.
Human Resources does not help. Reporting concerns feels pointless because employees quickly realize HR exists to protect the company and management, not employees. Concerns are minimized, buried, ignored, or redirected until people eventually give up. Even escalating issues beyond the local level changes very little because the system ultimately protects the same leadership structure responsible for the problems in the first place.
What makes this even more disturbing is that these experiences are not isolated. Many employees privately acknowledge the same issues and have suffered through the same toxic culture. The difference is that most people are too afraid to say it publicly because of retaliation, fear, or simply wanting to move on and recover from the experience.
Ameristar may look like a great opportunity from the outside, but behind the branding is a deeply unhealthy culture driven by toxic leadership, harassment, favoritism, and a complete lack of accountability.
People deserve to make informed decisions before joining this company. Multiple employees have experienced these same issues. I am simply one of the few willing to say it publicly.
