Pros
DoveLewis has a great history and reputation as a nonprofit. The medical staff truly are top-notch, talented and dedicated. The standard of care animals receive is amazing. The community programs and events DoveLewis puts together are well organized and supported. The organization attracts good people and in my time there I made plenty of great connections.
Cons
The turnover is horrendous. There no other way to put it. I was there less than a year and saw more people leave DoveLewis than at my previous employer where I worked for over three years! There is constant restructuring in the business and programs side of the building, firings are common, and good people quit... often. It felt very abnormal but I loved my job and therefore ignored the warning signs. There are a lot of cliques and frankly unprofessional relationships involving management and their favored staff members. It was a big turn-off. In contrast to my previous job (before DoveLewis) there were hardly any all-staff or even half-staff meetings (I do recognize the hospital environment makes it hard to pull this together) and there was never an anonymous employee survey sent out by HR. The kicker is that I was let go with zero warning. Totally blindsided. This sort of behavior goes against everything management professes to stand for.