Texas Water Development Board reviews

Executive management is a disgrace. Chairman Rubinstein is as unethical and slimy as they come. The former Chief Deputy Executive Administrator was handed the position because he's a personal friend of Rubinstein. Just months after he was hired, he was forced to resign amid allegations of sexual harassment, although only because legal action was threatened. If it was just a single complaint, they would have turned a blind eye. Executive management let him leave with dignity and even had the gall to send out an apologetic e-mail expressing their sadness over his departure. Although he was a friend of Rubinstein, all three of the Board members were aware of his track record (not the first time he'd been let go because of sexual harassment...seriously), and did nothing. They are all complicit. If you're a woman, steer clear of the TWDB. Sexual harassment is condoned, ethics are lacking, and execs are more concerned with their political future than they are with providing affordable water infrastructure for the citizens of Texas. I'm afraid of the upcoming legislative session.

Stifling and repressive environment of fear and retribution. Executive management is either from TCEQ or the Governors Office with little if any institutional knowledge of the agency or its programs. They are spoiled, self-serving and entitled; basically the opposite of public servants. The demands they place on staff are entirely unreasonable and stressful. It would be funny except that the opportunity to invoke their anger and retribution lurks at every turn. If you don't march in lock step you're either fired or forced out.