G4S reviews

3.4

52% would recommend to a friend

(3,737 total reviews)
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Ashley Almanza

78% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

G4S has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 3,737 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 and consulting industry (3.5 stars).

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1.0
Oct 16, 2017

Unspeakably awful corporation!

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Pros

I cannot think of any reason why a sane person would choose to work for this company. I am sure most of the decent people leave at the first opportunity as soon as they realise just how bad this company is.

Cons

From my personal experience I believe this company is systemically incompetent, arrogant and oppressive. Of course, there are many decent employees struggling to simply do their job properly. Seems to me to attract the worst kind of 'managers'. Even some of the half decent people tend to get caught up in what I think is a very toxic company culture. The infamous Olympic fiasco was no surprise at all to UK employees - very representative of abysmal organisation. Then there's all those suspicions of corruption scandals. From my experience of working for this company, I wouldn't trust them an inch. If it were possible I'd award zero or minus ratings for every aspect.

2.0
May 26, 2016

Terrible Company

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Pros

They sell it well but!

Cons

Management are hellbent on getting government money, they win the contract by lying and leave the operational staff to pick up the pieces with rubbish equipment. A disorganized and unstructured company

1.0
Jul 8, 2024
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Pros

Low level employees were lovely to work with. Money was okay for entry level work. Hybrid working was nicer.

Cons

Management only care about number and cases. Management fired multiple people within the first two months of me being there. Don't care for employees mental wellbeing or supporting them through working here. There was always a constant threat of being fired despite doing the most. No praise or thanks given to any employee other then those management are friends with. Very unprofessional workplace with management discussing employees infront of the office. No support after training, expected to know everything about the work and be able to solve all issues straight away. Hired multiple groups of temps whilst i was there as people left due to stress and management firing people. No care for the employees at all, seen as just workers. Managent don't care about human limits and will treat you badly if you have a slightly off day. Were not allowed to have your phone on the desks or speak much during work despite the permanent staff and management constantly talking and being on their phones. Customer service management and permanent staff were clearly good friends and would gossip about other staff memebers. Told not to help certain customers if they were too difficult and would take too long as it would mean we wouldnt get our numbers meaning customers went unassisted.

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