I have worked at several very shitty TV stations. The least shitty was least shitty due to the station having a dog that liked to walk around and hang out with you. He would scratch to come into my office, sit there with me for about 10 minutes, then ask to be let out and go hang out with someone else.
The rest of the job sucked, especially my abusive boss, but I miss that dog.
My immediate boss wasn't the station manager. Also, the dog technically was there as a 'co-host' of the local afternoon "let's never cover anything important ever" talk show. But since that was a half-hour show and all the dog had to do was sit there...
Serious question... are volunteers "hired" or is there a different word that applies to allowing people to donate their time at a business without the expectation of payment? In this case it's a dog so it doesn't really matter either way but I'm curious.
This particular dog appears to be attached to the "Ohio State University [something] Medical Center", according to what I can make out at the top of that badge.