Ineligible! How Allied Barton Denies Unemployment Benefits

If you happen to find yourself on a site that Allied Barton cannot maintain and loses the account due to no fault of your own. I feel for you. There are two guards at this point. The guard who keeps his/her job and starts at another site immediately without a break in pay. Or the guard that is kept isolated and uninformed about his/her continuing employment, receives a letter blaming them for failing to keep in contact, and now find themselves without a job.
This tactic is called Isolation.
When Allied Barton loses an account, it is not necessarily the fault of the guard(s). This responsibility rests with the account manager, operations manager. The manager most likely lacks communication and people skills. You just can't teach leadership. You can't take an Allied Barton course on leadership or read books about it. What has happened is that the Client has either given up trying to communicate with the manager and/or has found another security service that is a better fit (cheaper). Most often it's both.
Bottom line. Here's the rundown!
Your site has been discontinued. Your account manager, operations manager, and Human Resources (HR) abandon you and do not offer you continued work. You file an unemployment claim. Which you are entitled to while you look for another job.
At this point you have become an ongoing expense to Allied Barton. In their eyes it was your fault that they no longer have an account. They don't want you! You see, Allied Barton has to carry the expense of having anyone on unemployment. And as a "cost saving" measure they have to get you off of their books.
When you file a claim this alerts your account manager, operations manager, and HR. HR contacts a third party whose sole purpose is to deny employees' unemployment benefits. Your unemployment claim will be challenged by Corporate Cost Control, Inc. out of Londonderry, NH. They work for Allied Barton. Their job is to discredit you and have the Unemployment Board find you not eligible to receive unemployment benefits.
If you are successful and are found to be eligible you will hear from Allied Barton. They will now offer you a job. But why? Allied Barton has already complained to the Unemployment Board that your work didn't meet their standards and that you were discharged for misconduct. So why would they want to rehire a guard that couldn't "Dare to be G.R.E.A.T", who didn't meet their standards? For the sole purpose to interrupt and cease your claim. I'm sure that you would rather be working. But why work for a company that doesn't want you? HR knows that you cannot refuse work when offered. If you do, Corporate Cost Control, Inc. will file another appeal and attack again stating that you refused suitable work when offered. So you accept the work. You find that the site is not suitable. It's a "problem site". The Client is probably dissatisfied with the account manager, the guards are not up to par, and Allied Barton is on the verge of losing the account. You've been set up to fail!
You find that the work environment is impossible to perform your job effectively or at all. You've been put into a situation with little to no choice and decide that you can't take it anymore. You want your dignity back. So you quit. Without just cause, Allied Barton and Corporate Cost Control, Inc. has just got what they wanted. They wanted to break you. Now Allied Barton is completely rid of an employee that they didn't want and doesn't have to pay on an unemployment claim anymore. And Corporate Cost Control, Inc. has destroyed and taken advantage of yet another employee trying to make a living in this down economy. Nothing personal, it's just business.
And to add insult to injury, if you want to continue working in the security field, you won't be able to. The word is out. No other company will hire you.
Good luck in your fight!

No Advancement For Old Men.

I had been with Allied Barton for over three years. And in that time period you would think that I would have been offered a chance to advance to a higher degree of responsibility like account manager. You would think  that after three years I would receive a raise or a pat on the back every now and then. Forget about it. If you're not in the account managers' "inner circle" advancement is not in your future. And if you're over 50 years old, regardless of your experience or years with Allied Barton, you're staying put in a dead end job. Kiss up to a connected account manager long enough by doing some dirty work for them like setting up a guard that they want to get rid of by bringing charges of misconduct or complaining in secret that the "target" guard's work is all of a sudden not up to par with Allied Barton standards. (So that they can fire the "target" guard and not have to pay unemployment benefits.) Or if the "inner circle" really likes you they will invite you to their company award ceremonies and award you with achievement plaques that you didn't earn or deserve. Maybe they'll invite you to go with them to the gun range or out to frequent the local pub to lift a couple of 16 ounce curls. Most of the account managers with Allied Barton are between the ages of 30 to 40ish. Sites supervisors can be as young as 20 to 30. My last three site managers were in that age range. Hired off the street with no security guard experience. No life experience to even start to have an idea of what public relations and dealing with the public is all about. And no desire to do the job other than to collect a paycheck. So when you hear the complaint that your supervisor and/or account manager lacks people skills, this is the reason why and is part of the problem. They are ill trained, immature, and inexperienced. Yet Allied Barton promotes these folks over a more qualified candidate.
My first site supervisor only got the job and position because he was related in some way to the property management client. Family, close friend, unknown. And I believe that hiring this individual was a condition that Allied Barton had to hire this individual in order to secure the account. He almost got fired for losing a site employee's FedEx package. He dodged that bullet and then ended up getting an award for most improved guard and had only been in the security field for only THREE MONTHS! He subsequently quit to work for another security company after successfully negotiating a raise for himself and implementing amendments to our existing post orders that even he would not carry out. The next manager was a military vet with a college degree and under 30 years old. Stayed less than six months. Got a job in her related field according to her degree. The last supervisor was in their early 20's. Didn't give a damn about the account other than collecting a paycheck. The Client constantly complained about his poor performance and how he was not doing his job. It fell on deaf ears with the account manager who doesn't answer his phone calls and is only available during business hours. Allied Barton lost the account!
Not once was I asked to take over even though as I was the better candidate. I did get a pat on the back though for holding down the account during the transition period between supervisor #2 and supervisor #3.
Nonetheless folks. If you honestly believe that Allied Barton promotes from within and that you will receive advancement for your growth and achievement with the company, you'll be bitterly disappointed. If you are over 50 years old, their is no advancement, no gratitude. You're a target waiting to be put out into the streets with no safely net, no job, and not eligible for unemployment insurance.
Good luck!