Lack of intelligent leadership, they rely on you and abuse you at the same time. Bullies are allowed to hold decade long management positions and freely abuse their power without any consequences. Unprofessional, unethical, mediocre managers answer to no one and they know that and that's why they have no fear about behaving inappropriately, unprofessionally or unethically. Employee relations does not support the employee, so if you work in this system don't expect fair treatment if your issue is with management. Managers will subtly let you know that you are meaningless and have no voice. The county rather get rid of and replace you then have to invest time in replacing horrific managers. Management treats the work environment like a dictatorship; they think they have the right to dictate who you talk to and what you talk about, they expect you to run every single syllable by them before you speak/write it, and not because it's critical to the work, they do it just to purposely disparage you. Not being able to read their mind and know what color highlighter they want you to use could be a reason for termination. Initiative and competence is a punishable act in this type of lunatic work environment.
