FCi - Correctional Officer FCi Federal Employee Review

contract job at Dept of Homeland Security through FCI Federal. :the hours are good, over time is offered during busy season. the pay is good and the work is easy.. pretty much typing all day but keying speed does matter. a lot of potlucks and incentives. room for growth!

when over time is mandatory in april.

Okay pay, 10 basic paid federal holidays. 5 sick days for the first year of employment, 5 personal holiday days. But those days are not paid unless you've accrued the time previously.

Accruing time for sick days or days off is next to impossible. only 1.5 hours are accrued for every 80 hours worked. the time clock system is over complicated and unnecessarily so. Only 8% of each division can take a certain day off (i.e. black friday, christmas eve, etc) and that usually means about 8 people. More often than not, there is no work for you when you come in for your shift and all the team leaders are usually in a meeting for 45 minutes at the beginning of the shift. overtime must be scheduled and verified. The environment is reminiscent of high school in that talking is treated like a crime. training isn't promised and doesn't seem to be a priority so almost everyone has no idea what they're doing most of the time. really really high turnover rate means work is spread thin and people get forgotten about.