Avoid at all costs. Underpaid. Bad management. Profit is the motive.
Pros
Colleagues are great people. The work is enjoyable, but thats really the nature of ecology and being outdoors. The company culture (or lack of) takes away from it. Company vehicles available.
Cons
1 - Some of the poorest wages in the sector 2 - huge staff turnover. Very few people in here longer than a year. Everyone uses this place for experience and moves on quick 3 - lots of false promises. You will be told you can work across all ecology areas from bats, mammals and birds. But you will be pigeon holed into one and remain there. 4 - Constantly hiring graduates with new graduate programs in UG and UCC; this only shows that they can’t retain current staff. They refuse to pay a living wage and are not afraid to subtly threaten staff with being let go if they try negotiate. 5 - Ecology managers lack any and all people skills. Management are hired/promoted strictly on their ability to hit profit targets, not manage people. Management once congratulated staff on hitting an €X million profit target - knowing several of their employees were living with parents/remote working because of the low wages and inability to afford rent in Galway or Dublin 6 - They close the office from 27-29th December because they make you use 3 of your annual leave days for this. So really you get 17 - not the legally required 20