Pros
*Employees have strong passion toward the mission *Friendly employees *Good reputation in the animal welfare community
Cons
*Animals are #1 and the employees are always #2, IF THAT *CEO has no people leadership skills, does not trust her leaders or employees and is difficult to communicate with *Favoritism runs ramptant *Not a family friendly employer. Very few, if any, employees have children. *Physical work environment is poor. Dirty offices, roaches, desk drawers won't open, etc; *Training and OnBoarding is non-existent *The CEO does not listen to her employees and does not allow for appropriate discipline to take place IF it's a close friend or a long time employee of APA! *Extremely high turnover - close to 30%. It's a revolving door with little to no action for change. *Lack of communicaton from executive leadership *Unreasonable job expectations/no work/life balance