This review is for the Dept of Public Defense - Legal King County Employee Review

1.0
Apr 5, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

the County offers the best benefits package around, which keeps people here no matter how miserable

Cons

From the very top all the way down to supervisors, office politics are put above management principles and everyone fights the union at every turn. The union is ineffective because every level of management has gotten very good at manipulating the system so that supervisors and managers can treat employees badly and burn them out with no real checks and balances in place. They hire more attorneys as cases increase, piling on more work for paralegals and legal assistants, but constantly make excuses about why they won't hire more support staff. I wouldn't recommend anyone work here under any circumstances.

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Pros

Great work life balance Off-site team building yearly if not more Health insurance is top Tier Pay rise yearly

Cons

No room for growth in some department

4.0
Mar 10, 2026
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Pros

Came to Rail from another division in the county, so much better than certain customer facing divisions. Work like balance and hybrid model are great. Lots of room for advancement in the admin world if you want it.

Cons

Can feel like you’re being micro managed or watched from the top at times but middle management is usually good at mitigating this.

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