Your mother should never get involved, when you are a grown woman. Sarah knew what she was getting into.  She doesn't do the position correctly, she's well, awful, and her lying and lack of knowledge makes her a very easy target.  Her mother's overly mothering keeps that glass ceiling above us all. (Women).  If you can't take the comments, the public sector is not for you.  Only the strong survive. Because, really she hasn't had it that bad.