GardaWorld reviews

3.1

52% would recommend to a friend

(2,905 total reviews)
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Stéphan D. Crétier

52% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

GardaWorld has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,905 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The GardaWorld 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
Jan 26, 2015

Death Trap

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

None, nonetheless, nonexistent, I wish, still waiting for the time to get treated like a valuable employee, human being, person or a hard working, honest US citizen

Cons

Everything wants to kill you, from not seeing your family, wife or girlfriend for days at a time, too much time on the road with unsafe trucks, faulty equipment, backup and little to none safety and security training, we get pay not enough money to survive, micromanagement at it's best, people on the road due to the economy and some customers due to the lack of respect we get.. we give it back to them.

1.0
Jul 6, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay was good to start

Cons

HR Department does not care about employees Management is always right and employees do not matter No career opportunities (never posted or updated) No work life balance Say they have flex time but this is untrue Insurance went way up and they blamed it on ObamaCare No yearly reviews, so raises are not yearly and when you ask they state its in their handbook and if you get one, it's not retro

1.0
Nov 11, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

We get paid in currency which can then be spent on goods and services. The people are great. Not the people running the company mind you, but the people making it work.

Cons

I get the feeling that the corporate entities resent the workers. The COO stopped by the other day and avoided us like the plague. Probably thought somebody would ask him about overtime. Overtime. You don't get any until you hit 50 hours. There are pending lawsuits regarding this blatant abuse of a vague DOT law. Our President and COO used to work for JP Morgan during the LIBOR scandal. Now I would never accuse him of taking part in a WIDESPREAD network of FRAUD while working for his previous employer, but the timing of his tenure there and subsequent departure is certainly interesting. Trucks are rough. Our current batch of mechanics are friendly and hard working, and have honestly turned around most of the trucks. But they look pretty banged up and some are half rusted, which is a nice visual metaphor for the state of the company itself. Garda is one of those companies that hires low skilled individuals and takes advantage of their life circumstances. It also hires veterans by the dozen to reap tax breaks and cut back on training. It's one of those companies that doesn't really need us, but knows that we need them. It's serfdom at its finest.

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