The Portland bureau manager also was paid additional benefits when she resigned. Controversial former Portland bureau manager Suk Rhee received a severance package that included a $176,464 payment and other benefits when she left the Office of Community & Civic Life on Friday, May 14. Current and former employees of the city bureau accused Rhee of creating a toxic work environment, according to a third-party review released on Tuesday, May 18. The review confirmed reports of employee complaints going back years. They include accusations of a dysfunctional work culture, punitive management practices, social and emotional harm experienced by employees, a disconnect between the bureau's goals and its practices, and a lack of resources needed to carry out its responsibilities.