Pros
The residents of the shelter are wonderful people.
Cons
There is no process for training new employees. They basically just showed me where to work and left me to figure things out. This lead to many mistakes, which I was always blamed for. Often the first time I would hear about something was when I "in trouble" for not doing it. There was very poor communication. Management would make a decision about a family that I was working with and then not tell me. I would learn of the decision when I acted on the information I had that was no longer correct. I found working there to be extremely stressful and I was very unhappy. I was actively looking for another job when I was terminated. I had been suffering from severe depression and it was causing performance issues. I spoke to my supervisor about what I was going through and repeatedly asked her if my job was in jeopardy. She always assured me that I was fine and that they wanted to support me and my job was not at risk, right up until they fired me. The environment is also very "clique-ish". Some of the managers are friends with their staff outside of work and they carry that into the work place. It makes you feel very excluded. It also shows when your requests go unanswered but the individuals that are friends get everything right away.
