2.0
Mar 21, 2011
Current employee
New York, NY
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
Stable for the staff. There is no advancement but if you want a job in this economy with a 3% raise each year this is the place. Unless you become management then you can expect to be fired within 5 years
Cons
Its a very political enviornment. The boss is a political appointment and so are all his department heads. Attorneys run everything and think they are all geniuses (they aren't or they'd be in private practice not government). Every new boss spends the first three years telling you why they are better than they last boss and the next two years trying to find a new job or mitigate damage they've caused. Morale and professional decorum are low and relationships are always strained by backbiting, infighting and liasions.