"A soul-crushing and demeaning environment that thrives on causing harm to others"
Pros
Good experience with county budgeting, high-level fiscal work, and public-sector operations. The role itself offers meaningful responsibility and exposure to major budget processes.
Cons
In my experience, the work environment was deeply unhealthy. I experienced inappropriate and sexualized comments from leadership, excessive workload, poor boundaries, favoritism, and a culture where raising concerns did not feel safe. Professional lines were often blurred in ways that made the workplace confusing, stressful, and at times humiliating. Concerns that should have been treated seriously instead felt minimized, redirected, or made riskier to raise. The overall message was that some people were protected, some people were favored, and others were expected to absorb unreasonable pressure without complaint. This did not feel like an isolated problem or a one-time misunderstanding. From what I saw and later learned, the office and executive leadership have also been tied to multiple discrimination and retaliation complaints and publicly reported settlements. People considering this job deserve to know that context before walking in, because the day-to-day experience may be very different from how the position looks on paper.