Started out great.. now not so much - Veterinary Technician VEG ER for Pets Employee Review

2.0
Sep 29, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Livable wage, rotating schedule, immediate benefits, employee pet discounts

Cons

I’ll start by saying that everything was as it seemed in the beginning. We got through rough times during the pandemic, being understaffed, and opening a new ER vet in the area. It wasn’t easy, but it was everything I had hoped it would be from my interview. Slowly but surely the veil began to lift and things began to devolve. The culture was the first to tank and after a year it was just like any other hospital you may have worked at. The team was generally unhappy. Constant scheduling issues and call-outs were the regular. Corporate seemed so disconnected with anything that was happening or just didn’t care to investigate further. On top of that, hospital management seemed to always have their hands tied by the corporate entity and couldn’t help the support staff even if they wanted to. VEG kept opening more and more hospitals without caring or realizing that some of their current ones were bleeding out. I kept hoping something would change and that we could get back the culture that we had in the beginning, but it never happened. Now all that’s left is more burned out support staff with nowhere else to go because nowhere else will pay the same.

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5.0
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Pros

Great company, great benefits, amazing work culture

Cons

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1.0
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Pros

Clients get to stay with their pets-this is so beneficial for helping the patients feel reassured and comforted during their stay.

Cons

The work ethic of the support staff is deplorable. There is chronic laziness throughout the staff (except for a few staff members who consistently work hard). VEG is known for hiring really young DVMs, and although they complete the 1 yr NERD program, many come out unprepared, are practicing medicine without continued mentorship, make grave medical errors, misdiagnose, and are incompetent surgeons.

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