In the 4 years of working here, I really, really had to fight for my job.
I started in October 2013. My first year, I didn’t do well. I was pissed that there were a bunch of different senior staff always telling me how to do it, but everyone had their own little ways. I would follow one person’s direction, someone else would come along and say ” I don’t know how “the small kennel” used to do things, but here we etc, etc…” I was very frustrated at the fact that I had “volunteered” a month of my time for free. working almost 7 days a week. Every morning, starting around 7 and finishing work around 6 or so. But the day didn’t stop there, we had to eat super together. That way we were all on the “same page”.
Not only, was I not getting paid, like I understood I would be. But the dinners were mandatory. I needed alone time in my life. It was all quite much and let’s just say, I was also fighting my own demons.
I quit early that season.
Something about quitting early, I had decided that, I could live with being underpaid, as long as I had this dream job of working with dogs, outside and guiding. After allot of back and forth with the original owner.
I got rehired for the next season.
Chantal Dostaler
In court documents, it is stated “In the ruling, Dostaler, who worked for the business from November 2016 to August 2017”. Where did your 4 years come from?
I worked as a seasonal contract worker for 3 seasons, and in my last year (4th season), got hired on the books and continued to work until the summer when I got fired. Nov 2016 to August 2017.
It’s easier to write 4 “years” then to explain this. However, I do intend to explain this better in a future blog. Great Question Bj.