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FDC Offering $1,000 Hiring Bonuses At Century And Santa Rosa Correctional Institutions
August 29, 2020
The Florida Department of Corrections has announced $1,000 hiring bonuses at prisons across the state, including Century Correctional Institution and the Santa Rosa Correctional Institution.
The bonuses are available for new hires who complete their correctional officer certification through either FDC or certain state colleges will be eligible for the bonus. Paid training is available.
FDC has expanded the applicant base for correctional officers within the state prison system. The minimum age requirement for a correctional officer is 18 years of age.
For more information, visit FLDOCjobs.com.
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9 Responses to “FDC Offering $1,000 Hiring Bonuses At Century And Santa Rosa Correctional Institutions”
“Phillip”, huh? I was a recruiter for FDC for many years and I feel like I’ve heard and given that whole spiel before. I like that knowledge but just come out and say you work there instead of doing all that. When you present it as first hand knowledge, as opposed to someone just laying out bullet points, it hits home with a lot more people. Either way, I like that you still see the good in the place and want people to see it too… OR you’re tired of hearing co-workers complain about being short staffed OR them vacancy rates are through the roof these days? Lol
I agree that how the employees are treated is a major reason to stay or to go. FDOC is infamous for promoting big dumb bullies and letting them get away with doing nothing, while the good workers are left to do the actual work and get pooped on!
I retired a few years ago, with twenty two years, making 16.80 an hour. New hires make almost as much as senior officers and now they will get an extra $1000.00 bonus. That just about says it all for FLDOC.
I agree with you ESC LEO these types of jobs offer a lot of benefits that others do not and the pay is not bad by a reasonable standard.
@Retired the step raises sound nice but they wound up benefiting employees who were no good but couldn’t be removed due to the union policies of state government jobs. Bad employees could stick around and receive a raise just because they were there. This is demoralizing to good employees who have to work next to those people. These step raises also resulted in many employees being paid well above a reasonable rate. Part of having a state job is being a civil servant and giving back, part of this giving back is a lower average pay. Some of the benefits are a secure job with a reliable retirement and low health/dental/etc.
@Tom…. according to the Florida DOC jobs the starting salary for a non-certified officer is $14.49 per hour ($30,150) and for a certified officer $16.10 per hour ($33,500).
There is a salary stipend of $1,200 per year in the following counties:
Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, or St. Lucie counties.
And a $2,000 per year stipend in Palm Beach, Broward, Dade or Monroe counties.
IMHO, the starting salary should be about $34,000 non-certified and about $38,000 to $40,000 once certified. But, the state legislature and the Governor dont seem to care much for Corrections Employees.
If they are having to offer sign on bonuses it makes me wonder what the starting pay is for this job? Because $1000 equals about 40hours tax free @25.00 an hour, So surely they are at the very least paying $25.00 an hour? Usually a sign on bonus is 1 to 2 weeks pay, but I’ve seen it higher in other fields. When you are having trouble finding new employees or are having high turn over it all goes back to the pay rate per hour being too low. Forget the bonus just offer a high starting hourly rate, people in this climate are in desperate need of cash flow.
I know they’re desperate and times are hard, but they can’t see the forest for the trees. If the State had been focusing on staff retention this much, you may not see these advertisements. Experience and training are essential in this environment. You cannot hire a teenager that’s still wet behind the ears and pay them the same as the 20-year vet and expect to not have the turnover rate of DOC. Appreciation is a word that is easily spoken but rarely shown. It all started going south and dividing staff when they stopped issuing step pay raises for time in grade/overall.
This career gives you the chance to be hired and trained at the cost of you employer and then have a guaranteed job making over 30k per year with retirement and insurance.
Not many places do that, other than the military. It could be a good opportunity for some people.
Better keep raising that until someone applies.