Travis County Sheriff Reviews

Pros

They believe in helping their staff succeed

Cons

The national struggle to find qualified candidates

Pros

The health and retirement benefits.

Cons

Poor leadership, policy is not applied equally, poor communication from chain of command.

Pros

Your coworkers are generally good people and will be great friends

Cons

Command staff is absolutely terrible and care about no one but themselves and their image.

Pros

Lots of over time due to short staff

Cons

Short staffed because no one wants to work there

Pros

Gain experience, good support, exciting environment

Cons

Scheduling and turnover in staff

Pros

You get to meet other incredibly traumatized people who are going to be some of the only people who can ever understand exactly what working in a jail does to your brain. Also the health insurance is decent but the rx provider is awful

Cons

I was degraded, discriminated against, singled out, and used as a scapegoat. I am disabled and was told by a supervisor that disabled people don't deserve to live and that we're a waste of resources. A lot of the people who work there are casually racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, ect. I came out of this job so much more traumatized than when I went in. It isn't worth it the money. There was also no ladder for me to promote into. If you're a security coordinator, your only options for making more money are to become an officer or pray one of the desk jobs in a different section opens up. After 5 years of working there, I was making the same amount of money as a cadet officer while being expected to do both my job and half of my officer's jobs. I wish that was an exaggeration. They're also not afraid to institutionalize you if you express any hint of mental illness.

Pros

You have a few nice coworkers stuck in the same misery with you

Cons

Chain of command is a bunch of self serving idiots set to make everyone miserable and only care about themselves and getting promoted. Exhausted staff forced to stay for mandatory overtime without lunch breaks and sometimes no pee breaks. Not family friendly not flexible and the reason so much it is people leaving by the hundreds to work in anything else far away. Benefits are ok but not worth the headache. Benefits better than Walmart but not as good as Apple

Pros

No pros all cons worst place ever

Cons

Mandatory overtime meaning they own you and you rarely get to go home when you are supposed to. Terrible job terrible pay terrible management

Pros

Benefits are alright, good pay if you have a roommate or someone to split rent with if you want to live in the area you work

Cons

Horrible leadership and workplace environment. Mandated to work 56+ hours a week. Bad communication. Most problems due to bad leadership and toxic work environments. Bad practices and horrible environment is forcing the few people who do care about their job out of the department

Pros

Decent pay right out of school.

Cons

Limited upward movement. Pay raises decline steeply after 2 years.