Pros
Animals are great. Front line staff coworkers are great, Some lower level managers will try to protect you from higher level ones.
Cons
Leadership is contemptuous of employees, the public, and each other. The workplace is unsafe and extremely stressful, and no one will ever have your back. New executive director is deeply unqualified and a puppet of the former director who stepped down in disgrace when his union-busting efforts went sideways. Organization's financial situation is dire, and they blame staff for it instead of the nonexistent finance department. If you work here, you will have no work/life balance. You will be in emotional pain from the animals that can't be saved, and you will take your work home. You will be guilt tripped for using your days off and PTO. You will not get a fair wage or relief of any kind, and leadership will call you greedy for daring to ask for it. You will be told constantly how welcoming and diverse your staff is, but only upper class white people will be your managers. I have been here for many years and it has never been perfect, but the transformation in the last couple years has been hideous. I fear for the future of this organization and advise anyone to stay far, far away.