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BluePearl Pet Hospital

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Amazing Staff, Corporate Management Culture is like everything bad you've ever heard about Corporate (think Wal-Mart) - Veterinarian BluePearl Pet Hospital Employee Review

3.0
May 12, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The staff are great. I love my coworkers. They provide amazing medical care DESPITE an absolute lack of support from management. Doctor wages are adequate. Healthcare is technically available to all employees.

Cons

They absolutely refuse to pay staff a living wage. Techs/assistants without a well-paid significant other can't afford a studio apartment here. Benefits are mediocre. Management is a joke. Corporate is so busy buying new hospitals that they can't be bothered with managing the ones they already own. Breaks and sick days are frowned upon, if not impossible. Upon purchase, all experienced local management mysteriously "move on to other opportunities" and are replaced by incompetent and inexperienced warm bodies who are never trained. L&I payments, unemployment claims, etc. will never be signed (at best) or fought (at worst). Staff with chronic illnesses will be discriminated against until they quit, unless they are fired first. Every shift is always understaffed, due to inability to hire people fast enough to replace those quitting. Rules are unevenly enforced. Some people will be penalized for coming to work 5 minutes late, others will be promoted for coming to work 30 minutes late. Darryl Shaw will talk right over you with corporate sound bites instead of listening.

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5.0
Jul 10, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great Work Life balance. Management cares for employees and their family.

Cons

With acquisitions ongoing future employment can be unpredictable.

1.0
May 27, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Well at least there's animals.

Cons

Where to begin. I mean, it's honestly just a dumpster fire of a company, but who's surprised there? This is corporate America at its finest. The front desk is the punching bag for everyone. Clients, techs, doctors, mgmt... if you work the front desk, expect to be treated like an imbecile. You will be talked down to, you will be screamed at, you will be sworn at. It's obviously your fault that the prices are so high, it's also your fault that Fluffy's owner called for an update. If you follow protocol, the clients/techs/drs will get angry at you for bothering them. If you don't follow protocol, management will get angry at you for breaking the rules. You're damned if you do, damned if you don't. The overworked technicians take out their frustrations on the front desk, but if you dare to throw it back at them, you'll be the one who gets in trouble. When a tech belittles your intelligence, you are expected to take it with a smile and ask for more. It's the kind of job that really makes the findings of the Stanford Prison Experiment come to life. Oh and the doctors? Well one of the surgeons used to fornicate with techs in the exam rooms, so naturally he's the head surgeon now. My advice to anyone looking to work here is this: don't. If you must, then just be aware that this location is a fine example of why the veterinary industry has the highest rates of suicide.

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