Texas Department of Criminal Justice Employee Reviews
Out of 53 Texas Department of Criminal Justice employee reviews, 60% were positive. The remaining 40% were constructive reviews with the goal of helping Texas Department of Criminal Justice improve their work culture.
Briefly describe your overall experience at your company
What do you like best about the leadership team?
Good people and atmosphere .
The Sgt.s and Lt.s are amazing people, and the Major is really great also. But, after that it just goes downhill. There is so much time spent on things that really don't matter in the overall security of the unit. It's all semantics and paperwork.
The care and attention they have to their staff.
Work together with minimal arguments
What does the leadership team need to get better at?
They only care about getting more money for their grants.
Being leaders rather than authoritive figures
Actually leading its employees to do better while giving the tools that are not only imparative but essential to allow employees to effectively do their work to the best of their ablities. This also includes better training and more training thus also justifying more quality pay in the TDCJ system
Treating their employees better and allowing us days off.
learn to start taking care of their people. Helping the moral ,communication, and retention fixed.have a ceo that actually sees us as a person not just a number.
What is the best part about your compensation package?
Great insurance and retirement program
Always paid on time. Had some problems with my insurance being accepted in my hometown a couple of years. They fixed it, eventually, but it created problems.
Not the worst but could improve.
100% medical benefits that are offered.
Life Insurance
Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
We are severely underpaid for the amount of work that we do on a daily basis. I would feel better with an increase in salary.
rank treats us like number not people. They dont appreciate us or have our backs.I think for the job we do we should get paid more . the work life balance is messed up
An across the board salary increase at a minimum of 15%, is required. Raise entry qualifications and age to come into this career. Change the old culture and become progressive and forward thinking. Invest in your correctional work force and your return on that investment will be tremendous!
What are some of the best things about your team?
Kind and compassionate and true friend
We do all work together as a team, no matter what.
Team is like a family.
creating a work family, working together to help each other,the personalities.
The eagerness yo get the job done in the best way possible.
What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better?
Our Team Leader requires extensive training on how to lead and motivate staff, but you really can't fault him/her because their experience in this agency has been negative or non-enhancing. Our Executive Leadership Team needs help and has the ideology "If it ain't broke, why fix it"!
What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?
No tension, just kindness and friendship
Me. I go in with a good attitude. Inmates are moody and angry, some of them. Just try to get through the days.
We pride our selves on reintegration, we do well in that.
That we see each other as family
What needs to change to make the company culture better?
The administrations mind behind leadership
better ways to justify a pay increase.
the morale, the staff shortage,communication between each other,different rank
TDCJ does not supply correctional staff with the tools to be successful, ex: no soap, hand towels when using the restroom. Dated & broken office equipment. Printer paper has to be personally bought by under paid secretarial staff, SAD! The list goes on, noted were the minor issues.
What did you like most about the interview process?
Easy down to earth questions
Filled out an application and submitted it to Huntsville. No one on one really.
Mostly wasnt an interview. Was more of test and a check.
The testing environment written test and interview
Nothing in particular. It was an elementary interview experience as this agency is desperate for employees.
What would you improve about your company's interview process?
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What makes you most happy at work?
serving clients and expanding programs and services
Being around people i like
Knowing that I could potentially make a difference.
Keeping the public safe
What's going wrong and how can it be improved?
The upper does not listen to the people that are actually working the job everyday. They put things on paper that are not feasible as far as time goes. They have forgotten where they came from.
Underpaid workers and staff. Pay increases.
mandatory overtime and some of it is not paid the way it should.
The entire culture of TDCJ needs to change. Analogy; The old wash board was our 1st washing machine but overtime the washing machine has improved becoming what it is today. You don't have to dismantle the agency but forward thinking and being progressive is past due. This agency is also top heavy.
What would you most like to see improved at your company?
staffing shortage and rank changes