SECURUS Technologies Reviews

2.3

21% would recommend to a friend

(320 total reviews)
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David Abel

49% approve of CEO

22% positive business outlook

SECURUS Technologies has an employee rating of 2.3 out of 5 stars, based on 320 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The SECURUS Technologies employee rating is 40% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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320 reviews
1.0
15 Sept 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Consistently paid bonuses, good overall corporate strategy with consistent growth that is likely to continue. There are some good people here who really care, but many are looking to get out. If you're lucky enough to not be in Dallas, you're isolated from some of the micromanagement.

Cons

Employees are not trusted. Everyone is replaceable. Telecommuting is not allowed (in the operations division, and from what I hear in others as well). You are expected to work at least 9 hours a day (CEO wants 10). Expect to be judged on metrics and SLAs that have nothing to do with actual job performance. You are expected to log time to the minute. You will use ancient software tools that are buggy, difficult to use, and not updated simply because management wants the metrics they generate. If you're looking to be a real project manager, a PM job at Securus is not the job for you. You will be micro-managed by supervisors and managers with no project management experience. Any change to your projects (even simply pushing out a milestone date that doesn't affect the complete date) will require supervisor approval. If you're OK with simply ordering hardware, checking some boxes, and hosting a few meetings for your job, then maybe you'll enjoy this. Compensation is very poor. The project manager salaries at Securus are ~30% below the nationwide average. The bonus helps, but not much. They get what they pay for... if Securus hired (and actually cared about keeping) competent project managers, they would need half the PM staff.

2.0
10 Sept 2015

Fair and balanced review

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

bonus paid out consistantly, there are good people working in different roles who care. Growing company so there should be opportunities.

Cons

The CEO asked for feedback, so here it is. His children are employed here and promoted quickly. There are strong suggestions about how to get ahead, being friendly with one of his sons. There is an old boys network. All employees need training on how to deal with minorities and bias. Quit focusing on bonus and just increase pay for cost of living- annual raises don't cover increasing cost of medical plan (which is terrible). Fire people who have been around forever and don't perform, it's hurting everyone when folks are employed who shouldn't be. Stop mandating a donation to charity and blacklisting people who don't participate, that is illegal and immoral.

2.0
27 June 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

There are some great and very friendly people that work here. New management is try to make change but old politics is strong. If you can work here many other companies would be a breeze.

Cons

IT Management is unorganized and controlling. It is more of a "punch the clock environment" . Their philosophy is more like: 'you don't come to work to enjoy it you come only to work product first people second". Many of the older employees like this environment (slow boring and dull which produces an unfriendly environment), but if you like the modern culture this is not for you.

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SECURUS Technologies Response
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Thank you for your feedback and suggestions. Company Culture is very important to us, any idea is greatly appreciated.
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