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      Great pay but work/life balance is difficult - Correctional Officer CoreCivic Employee Review

      3.0
      Oct 11, 2021
      Correctional officer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great pay with no experience or degree. If you want overtime its there for the taking. You can work with a great group of people but it's hard to find a good group you work alongside, but when you do your bad days are good when you have a solid crew working with you. Room for growth if you wish to promote but it can take quite a few interviews to get promoted

      Cons

      Mandated overtime is non-stop and not knowing when you can go home makes home life difficult. 12-16 hr shifts happen a few times a week. Tough to keep staff with all the overtime so work/life balance is very hard in the current climate with COVID. Health Benefits aren't that great. Upper management says they understand and that they care but in the end they have positions that need to be filled so that means you stay again and again for overtime even when you really can't

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      CoreCivic Response
      4y
      Thank you for your comments and concerns. We take this feedback very seriously and will share your comments with the appropriate team members. We appreciate your service to CoreCivic.

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      5.0
      Jul 15, 2026
      Correctional officer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The leadership is great and I love my job.

      Cons

      This job has its cons that’ll you’ll expect working in a prison.

      1.0
      Jun 10, 2026
      Data engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      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
      1mo
      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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