Pros
The hiring process is quick & despite the toxic culture imposed by management, most of the junior and mid-level staff are genuinely amazing people. For many, this was their first and only job, so they might not know there are better work environments out there. The IT deparment is the only exception to the misery & incompetence rule at this organization, probably because the director came from the private sector and is actually good at his job. It's not a coincidence that other managers weren't thrilled when he was hired and started to improve processes and renovate the tech infrastructure from the ground up.
Cons
There were 12 resignations during my first 3 months: I should have seen the writing on the wall. For a labor organization that's supposedly fighting to improve the lives of workers, their own employees are miserable, overworked and underappreciated. Managers dont know how to manage, have zero strategic foresight, can't write a plan to save their lives, they're extremely punitive and will use weekend field work to punish their workers. And because they don't know how to manage, they throw their employees under the bus to save their own skins. And they get away with it bc there's a 1 year probation period! More importantly, if you care about being a good steward of stakeholders' money and resources, in this case union member dues, the wasteful spending and crony hiring practices will drive you nuts.