I’m a civil servant in the county I live. The blatant disregard for civil service laws is atrocious, at this point I’m ready to walk away and most of my colleagues are leaving, many to not work at all. Our new county commissioner has given countless jobs to people from his church with no degrees or experience that didn’t take civil service tests, I’m talking high up and high paying jobs. By doing this he’s passing over people who have worked here for years and scored well on civil service tests. The worst part about it is he sends an email announcing every new hire. We haven’t had an internal promotion since he took over but over 50 new outside hires. What are your experiences with civil service?