Vantaggi
My coworkers are amazing, some locations are unionized which means more job security, annual raises, benefits typically get better with each round of bargaining, 12 sick days a year, 1 personal day, start at 3 weeks paid vacation for full time employees, RRSP matching for all union positions, not all non union positions have this, bereavement pay, lots more
Svantaggi
The organization heads consistently mess up the budget, they are constantly hiring more positions for provincial office with huge salaries, but pay the people that are actually working with the animals very little. They don't replace staff in the shelters or hospitals when people quit. There is a lot of guilting employees to work harder or stay for OT to care for animals to make up for not enough staff. I think it is probably a different experience for people in roles that don't deal directly with animals.