Seattle Area Feline Rescue Reviews

Management is, in a word, insane. Employees are given absurd time limits to perform their tasks and are chastised when they inevitably fail. To quote a coworker, "I'm pretty sure nobody can work up to [supervisor]'s standards." They are currently threatening to fire me because of my inability to perform 5 hours worth of work in 4 hours' time. My coworker is apparently often in trouble for the same reason, and she says they have been threatening to fire her for a year. The owner of the company is not as overtly harsh as the supervisor, but she backs up her outrageous demands. Whether the owner is simply operating on bad information or legitimately agrees with the supervisor, the result is the same. The pressure on employees is enormous, and I've heard several have been driven away by management. The supervisor is universally loathed by the employees, and even the volunteers, whose interaction with her is limited, dislike her. She gaslights employees by claiming that prior jobholders lived up to her standards, but this is easily disproved by asking veteran employees, who will tell you that no one has ever satisfied her. You have to have thick skin, the ability to smile and nod when your boss talks nonsense, and probably a spiteful streak to survive working here. (The cats can act as therapists in a pinch, which makes it a little easier.)

The rescue is an extremely busy small space with a small staff, so people need to be able to handle that while managing high pressure and adapting easily to change in order to succeed there. This is a con for some, but not for those who thrive in fast paced and changing environments.