G4S reviews

3.4

52% would recommend to a friend

(3,739 total reviews)
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Ashley Almanza

81% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

G4S has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 3,739 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The G4S employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Jun 6, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

they have big posts, benefits is that since they have big posts there is overtime available at some posts they pay overtime if work they pay without a problem uniform is free, as long as you return when fired or quit pay is good in some posts compared to other companies

Cons

when you are 1st hired they make you believe they are the best in the world , there are so many benefits, all an ilusion, when you begin you realize is not what they said at first. too much favoritism. depends if supervisor like you he work with you, if are not their ass kisser, they will make you work the worst schedules, do most of the work, while supervisor & their friends are doing nothing or doing the easy work while you are doing their job. supervisor dont respect employees. you have to be available 24 hours for them. you dont get a time or day of work before they require you to accept the position after you accept and you canot do all the shift they want , they say then why did you accept the offer?? hey am not sure all the posts supervisor and offices are same way i am only taling about m experience, you might get something good.

5.0
Dec 20, 2010

Challenging

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Global company with a strong identity 570,000 people can't all be wrong Fair remuneration - usually! If you're prepared to read a book for 5 hours of an 8 hour shift, you'll get nowhere, but if you put in the graft it's possible to achieve your goals Good support for the best ideas from employees Relevant core values, key of which is Integrity Loyalty is rewarded

Cons

Long hours at times Lots of mileage every week Communication between junior / middle management and shop floor is at times non-existent Senoir management only ever say thanks to the troops at Christmas time. Strong tendency towards knee-jerk reactions in policy & procedure A number of managers don't seem to appreciate how their decisions will affect others ability to do their work Group is very good at looking forward but individual business units are focused on the here and now and the two views don't always gel. or translate into a coherent message. Management-speak. "Incentivise the management silos to impact actionable solutions in order to pro-actively facilitate going forward" anyone?

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