Whew! Just as the PROS section is extreme, this section is as well. #1 LYME DISEASE!! 1/4 of my department verifiedly contracted the disease here in a totally tick INFESTED atmosphere. I am blessed to have not, but I feel the organization gives 0% warning about this area being the #1 area for Lyme Disease infection IN THE COUNTRY. Among the returning staff (those working here more than one season), I have found something to the tune of 80% have Lyme Disease, which research seems to indicate they will have recurring symptoms for at least a very long time, if not the rest of their lives!! Google Dutchess County Lyme Disease and check out the CDC reports on Dutchess County.
Intertwined with this, the customer service experience here is very much a high-end crowd, while the accommodations for staff are tents, storage shed style rooms and a trailer park with no A/C (for returning staff only). While the experience is about nature, etc, I felt that the high demands of the day-to-day job deserved either higher pay or better living quarters.
