Pros
Plenty of opportunities to cross train in different departments, opportunities for continuing education for on the job success, building relationships with your team and regular customers over time.
Cons
For starters, after the corporate buyout in 2015; a lot of our good vendors for live animals were cut out, and lower quality vendors started supplying livestock. I can't tell you how many times animals have come in DOA or severely injured, caused harm to themselves, the pet care team, or other animals; and psychologically traumatized from the terrible conditions they come from. Also because of the buyout; my title as 'Pet Care Lead' went from being an actual, on-paper position with due compensation for pay; to being a De-facto title with me becoming the only full time associate being entrusted with supervisory functions. I was promised a promotion to management that never came. The training for pet care is a one hour lackluster pish-posh of company jargon at best. I was the ONLY one in the department who had a degree in the sciences.