COUNT ON LOST PAYCHECKS - Security Guard guardNOW Employee Review

1.0
12 Nov 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

They will literally hire you on the spot and you can immediately earn money.

Cons

I am a former employee of GuardNow and was employed with them for one year. DO NOT work for them, because GuardNow is poorly managed and management is not interested in paying guards in a timely manner. Automatic payroll deposit would be the answer to lost paychecks that were supposed to be mailed out, but GuardNow does not have automatic payroll deposit, so they can finagle the payroll funds for up to three (3) weeks. Two weeks after you submit your timesheet, it is supposed to be mailed out. Another week can pass before you receive your check in the mail and sometimes NEVER. At the time of hire, employees sign an agreement with a clause that permits GuardNow an extra five (5) days to replace the alleged lost check. There were several instances when the check was never mailed; the guards waited three (3) weeks; and the office is filled with guards trying to get their NEVER MAILED paychecks. By the time you get your paycheck, it is time to submit the timesheet for the next pay period. The turnover in the administrative staff is constant and the guards are constantly quitting. Guards can train several relief guards a week. Apparently GuardNow is short staffed and when you are waiting for your post relief, they start to look for relief at the end of your shift. Finally, the client decided to change out GuardNow for another security company.

Explore other reviews about guardNOW

5.0
16 Dec 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

hours are great and kool

Cons

pay was bad and no people skills

1.0
23 Aug 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Salary was in line with industry standards.

Cons

Owner Mike is dishonest and unethical. He will make promises to entice you to work there but once you sign the job offer suddenly the promises that were made significantly change or disappear altogether. Mike demands that all his office staff to work 6 days (48 hours) per week. He will misclassify non-exempt employees as exempt employees to avoid paying them overtime. Mike will give you directions that are very vague and he will give you an unreasonable time frame to complete tasks. Mike is also very erratic and unpredictable. He will give you a project to work on and less than five minutes later he will come back to you and tell you to stop what you are doing and work on a different high priority project. He will then come back to you later in the same day or the next day and demand to know why you did not finish the first task he assigned to you! Mike does not trust any of his employees and he thinks his employees are slackers and out to steal from him. He has the entire office covered by CCTV cameras and sound mikes and he spends hours in his office watching the CCTV footage and trying to catch his office staff not working. Working for guardNOW was like working in a prison.

2
See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All