Seems like gold from a distance - Sr. Business Systems Administrator CoreCivic Employee Review

2.0
Jan 27, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good Pay, Some Potential to be under great leadership. Some possibility to move around, or learn something new

Cons

Toxic, Silo'd Teams Gate Keepers for information, blocking growth of those that just do there job. Leadership is just as toxic as the team in some situations. if you dont have a military or police/jail background, you will more than likely not fit. everyone is all about themselves, and do not like to share the wealth in knowledge sharing. Almost like the person is afraid you are trying to steal their job. if you do not gain the graces from the upper leadership, you will feel it, see it, and so will everyone else. unfortunately i dislike almost everything about this place, but ended up on a decent small team that keeps me there. They have no problem to work you to your bone, and give no recognition, and have no problem with it. its like a cult, so be careful, i have been looking to leave for some time, and found that some leadership found out about me interviewing elsewhere, and they continue to fill my day extremely full, and when i need to take time for a dentist appointment or something(secretely interview) they are all trying to block it by questioning me about what procedure i need and try to downplay whatever reason i come up with in order to pushback, and have had projects put on my lap with i dont think you are gonna make that appointment, might want to call em... responses i had a dog pass away in the morning, and had me off when it came to concentration and all for the day, had a meeting with leadership, and he asked what was wrong, i explained that my dog that was almost 14 years old, passed a few hours before. His only response was. I always say, pets are a distraction, and have no place in where you work. Lets go onto it.. referring to the starting the meeting. this individual has been known to pull meetings to a stop, and call out someone for their cat being in the background and shaming them, completely out of line comments, disgusting vibe

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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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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
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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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