High pay, but poor leadership and safety concerns - Detention Officer CoreCivic Employee Review

2.0
May 23, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

No interview, pretty much hired if you can pass drug screen and background check Good money, 28.25 hourly

Cons

The warden promotes based off personal relationship, not professional accomplishments or suitability for the job. The captains, one in particular, has no respect for those she supervises. She was investigated and allowed to stay and continue the same behavior. Detention Officers are injured doing drills

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CoreCivic Response
1mo
We appreciate your willingness to share your experience. Your perspective helps us identify opportunities to enhance each employee's work experience. We are always working to ensure that CoreCivic is a great place to work.

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Pros

Promotion Opportunities, Great people, unlimited ot

Cons

Workplace drama it’s always something going on

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CoreCivic Response
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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
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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
2w
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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