Pros
-genuinely good people work here, everyone is there to raise money for animals -something new everyday with all the venues to work -during the busy season its very fast paced, plenty of hours (only during those few months) -lots of other opportunity to work/volunteer in other departments allowing you to possibly move up
Cons
-tons of drama among the staff -not a lot of room to move up, a ton of people with biology and zoology degrees stuck doing basic cashier work -VERY seasonal, during the slow season you'll barley scrap by on 22 hours a week -because of the constant flow of new people every season training is crap, the new people that barley know things get to train the even newer people -some staff might die at the zoo before they quit, that staff are very much locked into there old ways -even Keepers have it rough only 12$ an hour and a super strict schedule to work and little to no room to breathe -most people wanting to be an animal keeper you'll have to wait in line, first you need to apply to be a volunteer get 100 hours or more of time there then wait till a position opens up then apply and hope the drama and politics don't get the better of you