Use to be a really great place to work.. no so much now - Hospital Ops Lead VEG ER for Pets Employee Review

3.0
Jan 28, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- CE stipend for registered and unregistered staff - Scrub Stipend - Sick pay (accrued) - PTO (accrued)

Cons

- Non-licensed or salaried staff do not get to invest in the company. This includes lower management/leadership roles as well. - lower management/leadership doesn't get a more generous stipend, same as unregistered staff members. - HR and a lot of management talks to employees in a politician-style, not in a human way. - Scheduling for nurses - PTO/Sick policy: they require that you use sick pay if you call out for any reason. If you do not have sick pay accrued then you have to use PTO to maintain over 30hrs/per week to keep your fulltime status. When they made this change this year 2026, they previously were allowing staff to go into negative PTO as a "sick pay" style bank but didn't reset staff at least to 0 PTO so it dug the hole even worse for them. - Management has become EXTREMELY strict out of nowhere. Insane budget cuts. Penalizing staff for even being a minute late. - Requires 30min UNPAID lunch breaks even in states that it is not legally required. - Got rid of their fitness benefits that paid for in-person classes and downgraded to only virtual classes (cost cuts)

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VEG ER for Pets Response
5mo
Thank you for taking the time to share such thoughtful and detailed feedback. We appreciate you calling out the benefits that have supported you, and we’re equally sorry to hear how strongly things have shifted for you over time. Concerns about changes in our policies, scheduling, benefit adjustments, and fears about becoming “too corporate” are not taken lightly; that’s not the environment we aim for at VEG. To help address your concerns, your People Partner is available for a confidential conversation, or you can use our All Voices platform to share more about your experience anonymously. Thank you again for your honesty!

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