Cherokee Federal reviews

3.0

39% would recommend to a friend

(183 total reviews)

Chuck Garrett

3% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Cherokee Federal has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 183 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Cherokee Federal employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Government & Public Administration industry (3.6 stars).

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183 reviews
1.0
Nov 16, 2025

Stay Away

Recommend
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Pros

Leave flexibility, lower management is good. Work life balance is ok.

Cons

Disorganized upper management, benefits are mediocre at best, client displeased with company, sabotages own employees and lower level managers

1.0
Oct 17, 2025

Do not work there unless it's your only option

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The only PRO I can think of while working a Cherokee Federal is you have a job. Not even exaggerating!

Cons

Vherokee Federal do not give a flip about their employees, and they clearly display that with pride. Very unresponsive to inquiry; Management don't communicate anything clearly; don't be surprised if you receive a one-sentence reply to an email you send to HR or other management/leadership; that one-sentence is to refer you to someone else and that someone else refers you back to the first person who sent you to them in the first place. Worse place I ever work for!

2.0
Sep 28, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

The salary was competitive, and the team I worked with was great, including direct management.

Cons

CFED corporate treats all employees contracted to their customers as just numbers and expendable. The benefits were not particularly great, and Human Resources was often unresponsive when there were benefit issues. When working to backfill open positions, CFED recruitment was incredibly slow, rejected known good candidates, and often cleared candidates who were not qualified for the positions posted. Additionally, when a contract is lost, there are claims that CFED recruitment will assist in finding other positions on a similar contract; however, there was no support, and in many cases, recruitment's poor means of vetting candidates actually hindered the successful transition of internal candidates to similar positions.

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