Back in May I got fired from the shelter as manager. I will never understand this. I loved that job, if the board of directors told me that I needed to jump through a hoop every morning before going to work I would have. I loved that job, I took a $200. a week pay cut to take that job. I worked 50 hours a week and got paid for 40. When I took the job my husband told me that there would be politics involved and that I wasn't a very good politician. He was right. No one gave me an answer as to the reason that they really wanted me off the job, they just made up excuses. Two weeks after they hired me they hired an executive director and put him in my office. An executive director normally has an office off site. I told the president of the board that the shelter couldn't afford to pay two of us. Well I guess that was my mistake. The board president constantly told me what a great job I was doing and pretended that she was my friend. She was lying to me. She constantly told everyone at the meetings that she hated a liar, well she must really hate herself.
The board took my means of support from me. They wrecked my life. The shelter lost a lot of contributors and volunteers because of it. The main thing they did was they took my dream from me, helping and working with the dogs and cats everyday.
I'm just warning anyone that thinks working under a volunteer board could be the worst mistake they make.