Job description should have been “Janitor “ - Animal Caregiver ASPCA Employee Review

1.0
Mar 10, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Learned about what the ASPCA is really about.

Cons

I worked at the CARE department (which stands for Canine Annex for Rehabilitation and Enrichment) for 6 months and witnessed NO rehabilitation or enrichment while there. In fact, during the 6 months of my employment, 15 dogs were euthanized for simply not getting along with other dogs. Bear in mind, this number is not nationwide, these dogs were all euthanized in 1 location. Who knows how many are being killed nationwide by this organization. In addition, the job description was misrepresented during the interview process. I am not the only person to attest to this fact. We were told that we would be working closely with the behavior team (whom we rarely saw) and the medical team, providing care for these poor, mistreated animals. In reality, we were janitors. Are entire job consisted of cleaning the entire facility. The only interaction we had with the dogs was at feeding time and 10 minute walks (shorter walks if we were required to sit through protocol seminars which were nonstop and took precedence over dog care).

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2.0
Jul 6, 2026
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Pros

Volunteers, assisting communities, animal care, fostering cohesive memorable relationships are all a cornerstone of a meaningful mission.

Cons

Where to begin? The word toxic is often thrown around when one leaves a job that was less than thrilling. In my 30 year career in animal welfare this was one I could truly call toxic. The insult to injury is they scream at the top of their lings words like “family, DEI, work/life balance, equality, place of love etc.” This is all the extremely hyperbolic behavior of a predator dynamic. Politicking, back stabbing and manipulation the likes of which would make characters from Game of Thrones blush. Lies and deceit tend to take priority for promotion or advancement. Be extremely cautious of those who come to you as friends. They are wolves in sheep’s clothing. This is a culture that is top down in it’s approach of this type of behavior. I watched so many good colleagues get fired under the guise of bad behavior when there were ulterior motives working against many the entire time. I was glad to finally find a launch pad to another means of income and a career move to get away. Having been gone for a few years now it truly dawned on me just how truly awful things were. Which is such a shame because the actual work being performed is an absolute gift. Animal welfare and bullying is synonymous and I’m glad we’re finally seeing an influx of stories detailing how bad it can be. But this was the worst of all of them and second place is a very distant second. Such a shame.

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