Worst job I've ever had - Anonymous employee Vets Now Employee Review

1.0
Mar 16, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good for networking and making contacts due to the constant stream of different locum a passing through. I also got to see a wide range of interesting cases. I genuinely can't think of any other positive things to say.

Cons

I've worked as an RVN for 15 years. I was employed by vets now for 18 months and I can honestly say it was the worst 18 months of my career. The wages they pay are terrible considering you're working nights. I'm now paid considerably more working normal Monday to Friday days than I was paid by vets now doing nights and weekends. I did no CPD through vets now the whole time I was there and arranged and paid for all my own. They say the first year is directed CPD but they didn't do any with me. I received no EEC training from then despite them claiming all there staff are trained in ECC, that is just a blatant lie. While I was there they were so desperate for locum vets they'd take anyone, some of the vets I worked with were terrible. I wouldn't take my animals to vets now having seen the standard of care given by some of the vets I had to work with. The management are out of touch with the staff in the clinics. I felt that the company was far too financially motivated, I understand that it's a business and ultimately it's there to make money but I've seen whelping dogs euthanased because the owners couldn't afford a c.section. Vets are given average transactions value targets which encourage them the make a minimum amount of money per consultation. They claim on their adverts they offer a good work life balance but I disagree, I was constantly being hassled to work more shifts due to the lack of permanent staff. The fact that the company can't staff their clinics across the country speaks volumes.

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Vets Now Response
8y
Thank you for taking the time to write a review. I’m disappointed that you feel your experience working for Vets Now was such a negative one. I take on board your suggestion about pay; we’ve recently taken proactive steps to address this by evaluating our staff benefits package to make sure we have a competitive offering that is in line with the rest of the market. It’s true that staffing levels are an issue across the industry, and our recruitment team have been working really hard to reduce our hiring time and make sure we are fully staffed with the best quality talent. In all cases we seek to employ ECC trained staff in our clinics first. We also offer several routes in to ECC for vets and vet nurses through our popular Edge suite of programmes, with tailored training for graduates taking their first steps in to the field, or for those who are looking to further develop their skills. I’m surprised to hear you didn’t undertake any CPD while with us. We offer a great CPD allowance, in fact it is often one of the reasons clinical staff cite for being attracted to Vets Now, and our training team are always on hand to discuss how to access this and to help everyone release their potential and meet their career goals. Thank you once again for your feedback, it helps make Vets Now a better place to work and I wish you all the best with your future endeavours. Kind regards Kirsty

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