associate

animal care specialist

manager in training

veterinary technician

groundskeeper

Bideawee

Some advice to new applicants.. Back out while you still can. I am only writing this for this position and location. I was there for 9 months and it is the most unprofessional work setting i have ever experienced. When applying to Bideawee i was excited because of what they stood for and what they are attempting to achieve. Anyone that works in this field knows we do it for the animals. With that being said, that is not the culture at this Wantagh location. Management is extremely unprofessional and biased towards the older staff there. No matter how hard you work to make the stay for the animals there great, the staff make working peacefully, impossible. Constant gossip, consistent negativity, criticism of your work experience and how you personally like to do things.  Yet they don’t properly train you. The older staff there are incompetent and do as they please but the manager is too worried about her personal relationships that she doesn’t correct them. Instead they will micro manage and nit pick at the things you do differently without guiding you after, and then go chat about you. This is high school. Most importantly, 80% of the staff there, do NOT care for these animals. They are there to work their 8 hours and go. No socializing of animals, no working one on one with harder to place dogs, no cross training between animal species. Instead they warn you not to go near the bad dogs and to leave them alone. Not me, i spent my time there rehabilitating their longest stay “aggressive” dog and made progress but still got criticized with the way i managed my time. Wantagh Location at Bideawee, specifically the kennel workers, good luck. There is no room for advancement here and even if there was, management wont push you for it. In recent months, All new good staff members left due to the despicable management there. It will keep happening until new fresh management is found.

Throughout my time that I worked at Bideawee I went through it all. The workload and management can be oppressive and staff is taken advantage of. I loved working with the people there and how close we were but honestly it felt like I lived at Bideawee and was sometimes home. Although we have over 200+ volunteers it does not help compensate  with the amount of work,stress and longevity in a days work. Higher management seems to think that amount of active volunteers and logging hours can makeup for an actually trained staff member. Don’t get me wrong we have some really wonderful volunteers that deserve the recognition but more often than not we just have too many of them that want to sit down with a kitten or puppy rather than clean. Management doesn’t want to spend money for staffing so staff is always overworked and doing the work of 2 sometimes 3 people. 
Also in order to avoid a bad yelp review from adopters management would just be complacent and give them an animal. This is probably one of the more frustrating things that happens too often. 
And of course due to low staffing, its almost impossible to ask for any PTO. God forbid you ask for a weekend off after 3 consecutive weeks of stress and exhaustion.

Bideawee was like a hidden gem. I couldn't wait to start working here. I applied and hoped for the best. When I finally heard back, the entire interview process was quick and kind of sloppy. The person who hired me was my direct supervisor and started off kind of nice but quickly changed. The management has no real idea what work you do in the adoption center. All they care about is numbers and getting animals out. At one point there were over 100 animals with only 4-5 staff members. You just get burned out with no real assistance. 

We deal with the New York adopters. Many of them are lovely people and the ones who are awful seem to be management's favorite. When people stalk, harass, berate and insult the staff, we are expected to give these people animals because everyone is a donor! And god forbid we turn away a possible donor. 

The work you do with the animals really is rewarding and if you love animals this could be the place for you, just don't expect management to care. You won't be paid well for your work either.

What is the best part of working at the company?
I liked to socialize with them and play with them 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
There are no stressful part it was fun I had a good time 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It was nice the environment and culture there was great 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
A typical day was changing the litterbox and playing with them

Great mission, compassionate workplace and good teamwork. Animals are well taken care of. Adoption's follow-up is good.
At the time I worked there, the management was poor and not well structured. Nowadays management has made considerable progress.
Adoption's applications are not always thorough.  
Pay is not great.
Animals are amazing!!!

i loved working at Bideawee i loved being with the animals and spending time with them. But you also have to  clean a lot and scrub and basically  a lot of sanitary duties.  the people there are amazing the staff and adopters. Everyone is really nice and its a great place to be and you feel like your apart of a family. I'd recommend this job to pet lovers and people lovers.

I have been a volunteer at Bideawee since April 2017 and it's an amazing shelter! All of the staff members are dedicated to the wellbeing of the animals. Bideawee is where I began to slowly gain administrative skills and I would recommend volunteering at Bideawee to everybody I know!

Best job I ever had. You make a difference in people’s lives. It’s beautiful there. It’s makes you feel like you’re making a difference. I looked forward to going to work every day. And doing things most people can’t do

Don’t work for this company !!! I was the personal assistant and I had literally just started my job and only to find out they gave a fraudulent check for me to deposit to help for company supplies !!! The lady made it seem like I didn’t know what I was talking about

prodactive workplace for accounting environment.Animal shelter for adoption ,clinic, learning center. Performed a lot of accounting entries.Montly closings.Work on bank recinciliation,different reports for audithors

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Associate 4 salaries reported	$17.25 per hour
Animal care specialist 5 salaries reported	$17.40 per hour
Manager in training 3 salaries reported	$77,500 per year
Veterinary technician 1 salary reported	$33.00 per hour
Groundskeeper 4 salaries reported	$20.00 per hour

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