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      Detention officer - Anonymous employee CoreCivic Employee Review

      3.0
      28 Feb 2018
      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      The schedule was awesome. Rotating weekends off. Pay was very decent for no experience in that field. And it pays the most on the correction field. Only at the Houston location. The Houston processing center.

      Cons

      The job is so easy that it’s boring. If you work overnight in the dormitories it’s hard to stay up while the detainees are in the room asleep Recommend to sign up for day shift when there are openings. Although the pay is great there were no raises. I been there for 6 years and started at 19.62 and ended 19.62. Only when the company decides to give a raise.. all officers make the same no matter how well do or experience you have. Employees can be friendly but as all jobs you have the bad ones. Be cordial but keep colleagues out of your personal life.

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      CoreCivic Response
      8y
      Thank you for your feedback. Many of our facilities are operated under the Service Contract Act or our contract is governed by DOL wage determination. In those cases the pay rate does not change unless the Department Of Labor releases a new wage determination for the area.

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      5.0
      6 Jun 2026
      Operations supervisor
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Promotion Opportunities, Great people, unlimited ot

      Cons

      Workplace drama it’s always something going on

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      CoreCivic Response
      3w
      Thanks for your feedback! We’re glad to hear you’ve had a positive experience while working with CoreCivic. We are always working to foster respectful, professional environments and strengthen our culture.
      1.0
      10 Jun 2026
      Data engineer
      Recommend
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      Business outlook

      Pros

      CC Uses cutting-edge Technologies, which is good experience for resume building; many of the Teams are collaborative; interesting work and you can believe in company goals.

      Cons

      Director and Manager level mgmt at corporate here do not provide guidance on projects. There is a lot of turnover on data projects because new employees are thrown into the deep end and then just blamed if results are not as expected. CC really needs more hands-on project oversight. There are also behavioral and anger issues with a couple long-time ppl as well, and this is both exhausting and (sometimes) outright humiliating. They need to treat new people better.

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      CoreCivic Response
      3w
      Thank you for your feedback around technology and project management. We will share your comments with the appropriate leaders for their awareness and review.
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