Administrative Building

The Administrative Building allows players to hire employees who perform various tasks throughout the zoo.

The building is found in the Shop menu, under Buildings and Special Places, and then under the sub-category Buildings. At 20,000 Zoo Dollars (ZD), it is unlikely a level 8 player will be able to afford this building when it first becomes available.

It is not possible to collect Trading Cards for this structure, and only one Administrative Building is permitted per zoo. While it can be moved and rotated at will, if the building is returned to inventory the build-timer will be reset.

Employees

Employees are generally not necessary in smaller zoos, but can be tremendously helpful in large zoos with many animals, plants, shops, restrooms and garbage containers.

There are 4 types of employees:

Zoo Keeper tends to animals who need food, water or entertainment.
Garbage Collector empties full garbage cans and picks up trash.
Treasurer collects money from shops and the entrance gate.
Gardener tends plants which need attention.

Once hired employees are automatically dispatched from the Administrative Building upon login and begin wandering around the zoo, performing their respective duties as tasks are encountered. Employees are only active while the player is logged in; zoo tasks will accumulate as usual while logged out. Each new login will cause employees to be freshly dispatched from the Administrative Building.

Level: 8

Cost: 20,000 ZD

Build time: 8 hours

Function: Enables the hiring of employees which help complete routine tasks in your zoo.

^{Garbage Collector, Gardner, Zoo Keeper and Treasurer}

Employees can only travel on paths and must be within a certain range of a task to complete it, which varies by employee type:

Zoo Keeper must be within 2 tiles of of an enclosure or building housing animals.
Garbage Collector must be within 1 tile of a garbage can or Garbage Depot.
Treasurer must be within 4 tiles of a shop, restroom, Mall or Restroom Depot.
Gardener must be within 6 tiles of trees, bushes, shrubs, flowers or other plants.

Though they always start from the Administrative Building, each time a path junction is encountered an employee may make a random turn. Very large zoos with many possible routes may find sections of the zoo get missed by employees; designing a zoo with efficient pathways for employees is part of the challenge of My Free Zoo.

You can learn more about employees in the employees section.

Hiring Employees

Upon first entering the Administrative Building you'll be presented with three open positions and 7 locked positions. Locked positions can be permanently opened with diamonds.

^{Administrative Building interface showing 6 unlocked positions, 5 of which contain employees}

Each position can be filled by a single employee or a team. A team consists of 3 employees. Employees and employee teams both work by contracts lasting either 7 or 30 days.

Employees typically cost Diamonds. Free 7-day contracts are sometimes acquired as Story-Task rewards or from certain vendors, but these items cannot be reliably obtained.

Contract costs:

To hire employees, click on an open position and then select the desired type of employee and the length of the employee's contract. Any free employee cards in inventory will be shown on this screen.

^{Hiring menu. Note the free cards from inventory on the bottom row.}

^{Clicking on the green '+' button allows you to change contract duration.}

Once hired, employee contracts cannot be terminated. Employees will continue to be active until the contracted time has run out. Contracts may be extended at any time by entering the Administrative Building and clicking on the employee whose contract you would like to extend.

Story-Tasks

The Administrative Building is featured in a Story-Task, the details of which can be found in the Story-Tasks section of the My Free Zoo Wiki. Contains spoilers!

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