Comments on: Job Fair Thursday Seeks To Fill 200 Positions At Two Area Prisons

By: 8

Thu, 13 Aug 2015 02:25:20 +0000

You might check with a Al. CO about their annual raise. I think it has been 6 years that the state has had a pay freeze for state workers/ CO’s.

By: C.O.

C.O. — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 17:54:03 +0000

@ Chris -
Thank you for comment. I appreciate you taking the time to reply.
I do believe everything comes back around, call it Karma or whatever you would like. I am in my mid 30’s and try to live my life as an example to my very young child as to how we as a society should live and act. Am I perfect? ABSOLUTELY NOT, but I try hard to be the best person I can be. I don’t know what your experience is with the career that I have and it’s none of my business, but I hope that it wasn’t so bad that you continue to lump us all together. Each person is just that — an individual person. No matter what has happened in their life. There are too many ways for people to make bad choices, and unfortunately the “right” choice isn’t always the easy choice but we have to be able to live with ourselves and the choices we make.

Take care Chris and best wishes!

By: CO Florida

CO Florida — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 14:38:47 +0000

I have been a CO in Florida for 8 years, and in that8 years I have yet to see an annual salary increase and our longevity perk is a lapel pin that is totally worthless. Considering I have multiple jobs within the prison, but barely get paid for one, Alabama sounds very tempting.

By: chris in Molino

chris in Molino — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 09:54:22 +0000

@CO
You are absolutely right. And i greatly appreciate your sincerity. If more employees had your attitude, no, if more people had your attitude, we would live in a much more wholesome world
I am acutely aware of your job and the difficulty of it. However, despite your lack of a raise, have comfort knowing that everything we do (good or bad) comes back to us eventually. So perhaps your reward will be great. Thank you.

By: c.o.

c.o. — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 02:33:27 +0000

@ Chris – Don’t judge all C.O.’s in Florida for the actions of some. Just as you shouldn’t judge all humans for the action of some. I work very hard to support my family and in 10 years have NEVER once been in any type of trouble. Every job in America and dare I say the world has a handful of “bad” who ruin the reputations of the good just by being employed by the same place…. example — teachers who sleep with students, doctors who pedal drugs, childcare workers who abuse children, just to name a few. I don’t judge all of the people who choose to work in those fields based on the actions of a few bad people. I was being sincere in stating that I hope Alabama DOC can find good honest hard working people. I think they are offering good benefits and if you go into the field of Corrections with a good character you can be one of the ones who gets to do their job and retire, not one of the ones who crosses over to the inmate side. Being a CO is a tough job and you need a good moral character and strong ethic to survive it. Unfortunately now days it seems that strong work ethics and good moral characters are hard to come by, if you need proof of that please read most of the articles on this site you will see that people from all walks of life had made bad choices. I’ve had people that I’ve worked with over the years who chose a bad path, but I know when I go home at night I’ve done the right thing and that by choose to wake up every day and put on my uniform despite the negative press and the no pay raises and whatever else happens that day, I have earned every dime I made that day in an honest fashion and can use that money to buy food for my family and keep a roof over our heads. The C.O’s who break the law deserve to go to prison, just as ANYONE who breaks the law deserves to be punished.

Please don’t judge ALL of us based on the actions of SOME.

By: chris in Molino

chris in Molino — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 21:12:15 +0000

@CO
I hope so too. Cause we all know FDOC is chock full of good, honest, hard working men and women.

By: William

William — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 16:27:32 +0000

>>>Is this job fair today or August 13?

First line of story “The Alabama Department of Corrections will hold a job fair Thursday”

The headline “Job Fair Thursday Seeks….”

By: Charlie

Charlie — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 15:17:20 +0000

Is this job fair today or August 13?

By: C.O.

C.O. — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 11:20:51 +0000

Wow, as a current 10 year Corrections Officer from Florida this makes me want to consider working in Alabama. Florida doesn’t get annual salary increases nor do we get longevity bonuses.

I hope Alabama can fill their positions with good, honest, hardworking men and women.