They come up with creative ways to increase revenue and improve pet parent experiences
Not much, honestly. We all love the dogs, but we are often too stressed by management , understaffing, and crowding in our big dog yard to really enjoy our time with the fur babies.
The rare moments when I get to hang out with our teacup dogs. I'm more of a big dog person usually, but there's nothing like the calm of the teacups after two hours with forty big dogs.
I really felt like it would be a supportive and diverse workplace. I was looking forward to many days hanging out with the dogs in manageable groups and doing the enrichments. Cleaning poop cans was a small price to pay for all those snuggles.
My coworkers are phenomenal. We really feel like a team, bonded by our struggle against management and problem dogs. We work hard together against the clock when we are understaffed, and at the end of the day we can sigh in relief that we made it.
I'm paid 11/hour to often work multiple peoples shifts, Im scheduled more days than I requested I be limited to due to my health and am often told to "stick it out" when I voice my concerns. Some days we have 50 dogs in our bigs yard, one of whom jumps the barrier and I get scolded for rotating them