S.E.B. is large national company with, at best, mediocre management. - Armed Guard SEB Security Employee Review

1.0
21 Sept 2014
Recommend
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Pros

The pay is commensurate with the prevailing wage for specialized (armed) assignments, which ranges from $20 to $25 hourly. Most specialized assignments are within retail settings with customers who appreciate coverage.

Cons

There is very little incentive to stay on here. The accounts are managed by long distance using unusual hiring practices. As example, S.E.B. will over-hire for a specialized position, often taking months to select and hire. For a part-time on call position, S.E.B. hires at a ratio of about 7:1, causing six people hired to immediately qualify for unemployment benefits. S.E.B. will contest unemployment after laying people off regardless of circumstances, causing many to give up benefits. The most common ploy is to offer $10 per hour for menial work, after laying off for skilled work at $22/25 per hour, clearly not a valid job continuance offer.

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5.0
25 Feb 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Diversity . And they are very professional

Cons

Working out in the rain and snow

1.0
14 Dec 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Not many. If you're in the office as a dispatcher, you'll start off at $10 an hour and there's a possibility to make more. You'll always be expected to work weekends and nights since it's a 24/7 office. You might have a moderately flexible schedule.

Cons

Oh where to start. It's a family owned company with tons of cronyism and nepotism. Although they got moderately better over the years in hiring qualified people vs someone's brother in law, a friend of a friend who doesn't know what they're doing, or someone that looks pretty sitting in a chair. Management plays favorites, or are absent and can't be bothered to listen to your problems. There is no HR department to go to if you have problems with someone, and protocol for dealing with problems is murky at best and conflicting with people yelling at you at it's worst. Even if you stay You won't be able to qualify for paid time off until you've worked with them for over a year at full time hours. You won't get holidays off, but you will get time and a half for any holiday work. It's an extremely stressful environment to work at day in day out without becoming ground down by it.

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