Federal Bureau of Prisons Employee Reviews in Lompoc, CA
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Is a very stressful job! You worked 8 hours and sometimes 16 hours a day. Three different shifts; 8am to 4pm, 4pm to 12am, 12am to 8am.
Material Handler Supervisor (Former Employee) - Lompoc, CA - July 14, 2020
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The most useful review selected by IndeedGood starting point for a federal career and you can buy back your military time. After 15 years in the BOP you’ll get 8 hours of annual leave Per pay period! Good health insurance that you keep after you retire. 401k (TSP) up to 13% of your salary per pay period.
Pros
Good starting point for a federal career!
Cons
BOP is a correctional setting!
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Excellent
Acting CSM/IT Specialist (Current Employee) - Lompoc, CA 93436 - January 23, 2020
Great job, awesome experience. The BOP allows for many adventures and experiences.
Highly recommend due to the ability to get a retirement and experiences that will transition to private sector.
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What people like
- Ability to learn new things
- Clear sense of purpose
- Fair pay for job
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- Trust in colleagues
- Overall satisfaction
- Inclusive work environment
Camaraderie
Senior Officer (Former Employee) - Lompoc, CA 93436 - January 21, 2020
There is a team mentality and one must be cohesive to that principle in that type of environment Once in, you will always be part of a brotherhood which cannot be broken one will always be vigile at the task presented
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Great Benefits
Secretary (Former Employee) - Lompoc, CA - January 8, 2020
Pay is good and benefits are great. Lots of room for promotions if you are willing to relocate. Hard on a single parent with mandatory overtimes and not a lot of flex-ability.
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Great place to work
HVAC Technician and Installer (Former Employee) - Lompoc, CA - January 4, 2020
It was a great learning experience. Your coworkers are helpful in teaching the ropes if you dont exactly know what to do. The retirement package is the best part of the deal.
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Sucks
Federal Correctional Officer (Former Employee) - Lompoc, CA - December 8, 2019
Working with dirtbags and inmates. Hostile work environment and the family is not important. The people who work for the federal correctional complex are dirty.
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Best job I ever had
Senior Officer (Former Employee) - Lompoc, CA - December 7, 2019
What can I say about Lompoc penitentiary lol, prolonged periods of boredom followed by extreme moments of terror I think that would be a very accurate assessment
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Productive
Correctional Treatment Specialist (Former Employee) - Lompoc, CA - September 12, 2019
I liked it! I wouldn't change it for the world. It made me who I am as a person. It's helped my kids to go through private education! I would recommend it to anyone who has the chance!
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Job Security
Unit Secretary (Current Employee) - Lompoc, CA - March 9, 2019
This is a career with many places to advance within. It is a stressful environment with great benefits and great pay. You have to be able to multi task and be ready for anything to happen within a correctional environment no matter what your position is.
Pros
Law enforcement pay
Cons
Possibility of injury or loss of life
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No place to work
Health Technician-Paramedic (Former Employee) - Lompoc, CA 93436 - August 21, 2018
Bad management nationally and regionally creates problems for local management. The employees are awesome and always have your back and there is a very strong and capable union which is needed for this profession.
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Correctional Officer (Former Employee) - Lompoc, CA - April 14, 2018
The work was rewarding . Do your job . Got to learn a lot about life. Also understand the purpose of not braking the law. Dealing with all walks of life was good . they was a lot of training all the time.If I was to say anything bad ,it would be working with bad people.
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Great place to work.
Correctional Officer (Current Employee) - Lompoc, CA - March 23, 2018
A typical work day, you patrol your area, search inmates, their property and where they sleep and count them.
I learned to be patient.
Management is great. They care about their workers.
Workplace is great, everyone gets along.
The hardest part to deal with a irate inmate.
The most enjoyable part of the job is knowing that everyone leaves work the same way they came to work.
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Fun
Correctional Officer (Current Employee) - Lompoc, CA 93436 - September 18, 2017
I learned a lot on staying aware of your surroundings and react as quick as possible. I was able to meet a lot of great people who thought me how to speak to inmates etc.
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security first
Acting Chief Pharmacist (O-4 billet) (Former Employee) - Lompoc, CA - June 28, 2017
the primary of any position in the BOP is maintaining security of the inmates. otherwise the practice is like any other practice except all of your patient population is a felon.
Pros
good computer system for processing information
Cons
all of your patient population is a felon
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Corrections
Trust Fund Supervisor (Current Employee) - Lompoc, CA - April 19, 2017
Work in a corrections setting. Approximately 3000 inmates. Numerous opportunities for various specific career fields. Food Service, Maintenance, Trust Fund, Corrections, Counseling, etc.
Pros
Keep the community safe
Cons
Dealing with inmates.
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Sporadic work
Orderly (Former Employee) - Lompoc, CA - February 17, 2017
The market for work dried up. the job was good once everyone was foreclosing on their mortgages. I would go in and haul off all the garbage, do the landscaping and clean the house.
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Eventful
Senior Office Specialist (Former Employee) - Lompoc, CA - January 26, 2017
This is a good opportunity. Good Job for Federal Work. I enjoyed every minute of it. Great retirement and health insurance. It was a fun job.
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Enjoyed co-workers, Circumstance wasn't comfortable
Janitorial Landscaping Clerk (Former Employee) - Lompoc, CA Taft, CA Tuscon, AZ - November 30, 2016
First I would assign jobs and made sure they had what they needed to complete their job.After I would restock and take inventory of equipment and supplies. I also would log working hours of each worker. I also did payroll.
Pros
Awsome Co-workers
Cons
Micro management
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Upward mobility is limited
Technician (Former Employee) - Lompoc, CA - August 6, 2016
Fair workplace with a great tolerance for new talent. Excellent department management. Retirement benefits are good if you are in position to stay with them for 10 plus years.
Pros
Great location selection
Cons
Must work around convicted felons and dangerous equipment
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this wes not a fun place to work
inmate worker (Former Employee) - Lompoc, CA - October 30, 2015
I was in prison and I mad .12 cents an hour
a typical day at work: I was locked in a dinning room all day
my co-workers were all inmates
the hardest part of my job was having guards for a boss
Pros
no pros
Cons
lote of cons
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Senior Officer Specialist (Former Employee) - USP Lompoc, CA - August 20, 2015
A very diverse atmosphere that allows you to learn about people from all over the world who are incarcerated in the prison system. Working in a maximum security prison is like working within a large city atmosphere. It is a world within itself.
Pros
People contact with persons from all over the world
Cons
Dangerous, lots of violence
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