Pros
I think everyone starts here because of their love of animals and wanting to make a difference in our little piece of the world. The ideology is inspiring and a worthy cause! Saving animals and finding them forever homes is amazing!
Cons
Unless you are an ACO or APO your starting salary is just above minimum wage! Unless you are permanent or in a time durated position for 1yr you will not get a wage increase. In order to gain seniority as an auxiliary (which you will need to work 910 hours in order to have seniority). While the job does have many heart warming feel good moments many more are gut wrenching and at times dangerous. Many employees have PTSD from the things they have witnessed and experienced, and no support to recover from it! The place is riddled with politics and bad communication about policy and procedure, rules vary from shelter to shelter...if you want transparency this is not the place for you! Its unfortunate that the environment is very toxic. I love my job just not the way the shelters are run!