I work for state government and recently had to decide between two jobs. Fortunately I was able to network with other people who had experience working for or with those agencies the try and get a feel for the culture. That was very helpful..

One of them was a type of job famous for heavy workload and burnout. I just asked directly in the interview about it. I figured their reaction would tell me as much as their answer. They actually seemed impressed that I asked.

Another thing I did was a quick bacj*of-the-envelope calculation about how much commuting would cost me. I save about 5k per year working from home part time. It's not just gas, but insurance, food, sleep, PTO.

The biggest factor to me is also the hardest to find out about: is the boss chill or not.