Pros
MedVet has a positive culture - my colleagues put our values of teamwork, leadership and compassion into action every single day. Promoting the integrity of Veterinary Medicine is paramount. Clients and their veterinarians entrust us with caring for pets in challenging situations and I respect the way our healthcare teams pull together to do everything we can. It can be heartbreaking work at times. Team members are incredibly gentle and caring with patients and their families. MedVet is investing energy and resources into supporting our team members to counter compassion fatigue and to ensure that everyone has what they need to provide the right care. Benefits are great and this company strives to create a culture where team members feel heard (we are in the midst of our second employee engagement survey). We began to provide a more formal leadership development program in 2018 and it will be exciting to see how this translates into daily operations in 2019 and beyond.
Cons
We have grown a lot in the past couple years and there are of course some pains along the way as we work to ensure a uniform experience across all hospitals. Standardizing practice is important to ensure a consistently positive experience but there is resistance to that idea sometimes. Communication has been challenging - some employees do not have a sense of the work that is being done to support our culture and have not yet felt the impact.
