We were severely understaffed that day and I was doing 3 jobs at once (like any day). This was the day after an 11-hour shift where I had to manage way too many dogs in a fenced area the size of a very small back yard. The bigger side of the yard’s fence was remodeled the day before. & the unlicensed contractor did an extremely shitty job, leaving the new fence full of holes.
I have no problem scooping poop, but gosh there was SO MUCH and dogs kept stepping in it & trying to eat it before I could get to it. Most dogs did not get a single break from 11 hours of play because I simply couldn’t be in that many places at once to crate them all.
The next day, they had me watching dogs at the same time I was setting up crates, then they pulled me away for baths.
Mind you, I was guzzling water like it was going out of style. It wasn’t enough. After I got done bathing a dog, I nearly fell over. I was dangerously close to fainting.
When I went to the front to ask to go home, they told me to take a Tylenol and get back to work. I refused and went home.
The next day, minutes after my interview for a much better job, I checked my phone to find myself removed from the schedule. No notification, no termination letter, not even a text. One day I was on the schedule, the next day I was removed. They fired me. First time I caught a firing in my entire 15-year career(s).
Perhaps I dodged a bullet, but goddamn if that wasn’t the most callous place I’d ever worked. If there’s any place that’s begging for a union, it’s there.