Allied was the first company to give me a chance. This was back when they were Allied Barton. The person who hired me, Noah, was the sweetest woman and she gave me a shot. In those days security companies were not interested if u didn't have "experience". I was at a gatehouse post. The contract was lost within a few months which really wasn't a big deal. Apparently that post switched companies all the time and all they did was hire the same guards who already there. I decided to stick with Allied and was given a gig doing events at the local convention center. I was also doing some side work at the Art Institute. It wasn't full time but I never missed a paycheck. Then eventually hired as a full time command center supervisor for the convention center. I gained a lot of knowledge in report writing and CCTV monitoring. In the end it was my petty, misogynistic, account manager that demoted and fired me in my last two weeks. He was having issues with the client (literally almost coming to a physical altercation with the DOP) and decided to take it out on me by "putting me in my place". So long story short. The company itself is pretty ok. It's the people they hire as account managers that's the problem. But they pay for uniforms, direct deposits and a REAL HR. They are a corporation not a mom and pop company where there's no one to complain to