Working for the government can be good or bad, depending on a lot of factors. However, you have a tool at your disposal to actually investigate their claims unlike in private businesses: public records requests.
I wish I would have done the following before I accepted a job as a public defender for Alaska. I had limited knowledge of certain office's reputations before I moved to Alaska. I knew Alaska somewhat, one of my buddies was an attorney in a different office.
Anyway,I have heard stories about some people who when interviewed by the Anchorage office were given very low caseload numbers (number of cases per attorney) compared to what they ended up having. Turnover was massive. Any person could make a public records request for the caseload per attorney and you could also investigate the turnover rate. Actual numbers could have given me and others some insight to what was happening in the agency.
I didn't realize the bad reputation the Anchorage PD office had per what others told me later. I could have gotten at least some idea of it if I made public records requests into data beforehand. Do I regret taking that job? No. But I do want to pass along my thoughts about government hiring I learned: Use public records requests to verify data you are told. They can take time so do them before you apply.