MedVet RVT reviews

2.4

8% would recommend to a friend

(56 total reviews)

Linda Lehmkuhl, DVM, MS, DACVIM (Cardiology)

98% approve of CEO

1% positive business outlook

RVT employees have rated MedVet with 2.4 out of 5 stars, based on 56 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most RVT professionals have an average working experience there. MedVet is rated 34% below average by RVT professionals compared to other employers within the Personal Consumer Services industry (3.6 stars).

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56 reviews
3.0
Jul 9, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

MedVet has some of the most amazing people! You couldn't ask for a better group of people with which to work. Leadership seems to have a great vision and true desire to provide a real good working environment - to improve "employee experience." There is still hope that the working environment will become what leadership has envisioned.

Cons

Seems to have high turnover. A lot of the staff are burned-out and suffering from compassion fatigue. Voicing concerns to management goes unheard and often told we are just complaining (BCD'ing). The employee experience never seems to improve, we just keep getting blamed for negatively impacting other staff members - year after year. More and more leadership positions are being created to support the fast growth of the company, but many of those jobs are never posted (internally or externally). The work pyramid is turning upside-down - the foundation is shrinking while the top is expanding.

1.0
Apr 30, 2017

ER/ICU RVT

Recommend
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Pros

Advanced medicine, knowledgable doctors and loyal team members dedicated to patient care.

Cons

Negligent understaffing, useless management, severe lack of training. While the specialists are top noch and the medicine is highly advanced, any patient that stays in the ICU is grossly undermonitored. Brand new or begginer technicians have upwards of 20+ patients in the ICU assigned to them at any given time. Proper care is impossible to give for critical patients. Staff sometimes work up to 20 hours at a time with no breaks. Technicians are regularly asked to come in early and stay late. Lunch breaks are impossible to take. Patients die from neglicence and ignorance. There is no training protocol. New hires are given a list of patients on day one. Deadly mistakes are made. Management is completely useless and only rely on Ohio's corporate policies. Management refuses to take into account the local hospital's issues. Higher ups have completely alienated the staff from all departments. The turnover is absolutely ridiculous. Staff is miserable, over worked, underpaid and completely exhausted. Former employees have been diagnosed with PTSD from working here. Multiple former staff members report depression and thoughts of suicide during their employment with MedVet. Do not ever work here. It is an absolute nightmare.

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MedVet Response
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Thank you for your review. We appreciate you letting us know of your concerns. We are committed to continuous improvement. However, your review contains inaccurate information that we want to clarify. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there is a national shortage of veterinary technicians. MedVet is not immune to this staffing shortage. Patient care remains our top priority and reinforces our mission of "Leading Specialty Healthcare for Pets." As a result of our commitment to patient care, no patient has ever been in a situation to receive negligent care. While overtime is offered on a regular basis, staff members are not required to work overtime hours. In addition, robust training is provided for all employees including new hire orientation, on-the-job training, continuing education opportunities, leadership, culture and communication skills training and more. MedVet strives to adopt best practices across all of our hospitals--many of which have come from our talented New Orleans professionals. Compassion fatigue is a very real and serious effect of working in any healthcare field. MedVet offers continuing education focused on combating compassion fatigue at our locations. We also offer counseling support through our health insurance and employee assistance program. Should you have further concerns, we encourage you to reach out to our HR team (hr@medvetforpets.com) as we value feedback from employees both past and present.
1.0
Jul 26, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It was great working with clients and helping their pets. The doctors provide excellent care.

Cons

Don't let the amount of job postings available fool you, the employee turnover is the worst I've seen. Good employees leave or are let go for stupid reasons. For being such a large practice (with multiple locations) they don't pay their employees what they are worth and work them like slaves. Nursing staff can have upwards of 25+ patient to care for every hour. It's not the excellent patient care they tell clients. Patients don't receive their treatments on time and management never helps. Don't even think about getting your allotted breaks and lunches. Oh and don't try to cancel your meal deductions for not getting a lunch, management will get pissed. Unfortunately morale is horrible, but it's hard to be happy when the managers make your life a living hell. The managers are mean and the hospital manager is the worst. If you're not a favorite and brown nose they will make sure you're treated unfairly. They will tell you to talk to them about anything and they're here to help but as soon as you have a concern they stab you in the back. Managers like to have sensitive conversations with employees on the floor (I've seen countless techs and aides in tears). The managers also like to discuss other employee's on the floor with each other. Very unprofessional and inexcusable.

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