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  • 1.  Floating Fill in Position

    Posted 21 days ago

    I have created a position that will be trained in multiple positions and departments with the intent that they will cover positions when staff is out on PTO or calls out due to illness/emergency. Does anyone have experience with this type of position and specifically, creating/maintaining the schedule associated with it? I have an idea about how to create and prioritize and then having them field the requests and maintaining their own calendar. But I'm curious if anyone else has gone through this and experienced an unforeseen issue or found a great way to field requests/maintain a calendar. 


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    Sandra Thomas
    Vice President of Operations
    The Oklahoma Humane Society
    OK
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  • 2.  RE: Floating Fill in Position

    Posted 20 days ago

    My previous shelter tried this for the first time last summer. I left in August and am not sure if they did it again this year.  If you shoot me an email, I'd be happy to send you the email address of the person who oversaw and scheduled the role.

    Karen



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    Karen Green, CAWA
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  • 3.  RE: Floating Fill in Position

    Posted 17 days ago
    Hello Karen,

    I'm reaching in response to your answer to my question about a floating fill in position. My e-mail is Sandra@okhumane.org.


    Thank you so much!


    Sandra Thomas

    Vice President of Operations

    4301 Will Rogers Parkway

    Oklahoma City, OK 73119

    O | 405.724.9812

    www.okhumane.org













  • 4.  RE: Floating Fill in Position

    Posted 14 days ago
    Hi Sandra,

    I apologize for the late reply! The person who helped design the floater position and supervised it was Brittany Perkins and her email address is brittanyp@catadoptionteam.org

    Hope you're able to find all the information you're looking for!

    Karen

    On Mon, Jul 6, 2026, 7:02 AM Sandra Thomas via Maddie's Pet Forum <Mail@maddiesfund.org> wrote:
    Hello Karen, I'm reaching in response to your answer to my question about a floating fill in position. My e-mail is Sandra@okhumane.org. ...
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    Sandra Thomas
    Jul 6, 2026 7:00 AM
    Sandra Thomas
    Hello Karen,

    I'm reaching in response to your answer to my question about a floating fill in position. My e-mail is Sandra@okhumane.org.


    Thank you so much!


    Sandra Thomas

    Vice President of Operations

    4301 Will Rogers Parkway

    Oklahoma City, OK 73119

    O | 405.724.9812

    www.okhumane.org










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  • 5.  RE: Floating Fill in Position

    Posted 9 days ago
    Hi Karen, 

    No need to apologize, I was out of the office last week and just now catching up! Thank you so much for passing the contact info along, I appreciate it!


    Best, 


    Sandra Thomas

    Vice President of Operations

    4301 Will Rogers Parkway

    Oklahoma City, OK 73119

    O | 405.724.9812

    www.okhumane.org