Unethical and corrupt management that screws both employees and customers - Security Officer ABM Industries Employee Review

1.0
Nov 30, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

This company should not exist. You are better off remaining unemployed because ABM will risk you life, and find a way to wiggle out of any legal commitments, so you will end up unemployed and unable to work.

Cons

No respect for employees. If you raised a legitimate concern you were treated like you weren't even human. Supervisors were chosen that couldn't fail any higher, and couldn't get another job even when they tried. You were expected to do whatever you were told no matter how unethical it was, and if you exposed a coworker's misconduct with evidence you were threatened with being fired for being a whistler blower. ABM would make promises to their customers, take their money, and than fail to provide the services they had promised while pocketing the money. ABM likes to hire failed cops to boost their reputation in security, but these morons only know how to break all the rules, frame people, and provide horrible customer service. The SEIU was in complete collaboration with ABM, and always sided with the company. The union rep always told you the management at ABM was great, and you should be completely honest. When you followed the SEIU's advice you were fired based on false accusations and the SEIU dragged their feet and refused to help you.

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5.0
Jun 21, 2026
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Pros

Flexible, Accommodating, Team-building, Fair Benefits

Cons

Corporate America is not the greatest. Very cliquey depending on the region and how high up you go. Management is colder the higher up you go. Hard to establish contact cross-company.

2.0
Jul 5, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great people who don’t INTEND to cause harm. The company tries to do right by its frontline team members.

Cons

Everybody wants to outwork their co-workers to prove they should stay with the company. The company’s focus is completely muddled and confusing—when I was interviewed and hired, we were focused on facilities services. How did we end up with 98% of our focus on semiconductors, AI, and Data Centers? Eight months into my first year in the job, they did company-wide layoffs, increased our in-office days from 3 to 4, and gave me another person’s job (which I was barely trained for). For the next 7 months, the job became agonizing and torturous. I was expected to act as a director or executive, while being paid the salary and given the permission and ability of the lowest-paid on the team (which is what I was hired to be). The company has shady ways of getting rid of people and expecting everyone to act as if nothing happened. The culture has completely changed, as DEI is not the focus anymore, and it has become increasingly apparent. Finally, always remember, that for ABM, company margins are more important than the talent and people you hire!

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