Transform offsets rotation is all wrong

Whether I set Apply Transform Offsets or Apply Scene Offsets, so long as there is an initial rotation I get completely incorrect results.

Here is a simple example to illustrate the problem...

• Offset rotation = (25, 0, 0)
• Animation clip ends on rotation = (0, 45, 0)

Desired result:


Actual result:



Unfortunately, I fear that this is working as intended, since it looks the same as rotating in the scene view with the gizmo set to local-space. How can I change the behavior so it rotates in world-space? The current behavior is not very useful to me. Thanks!