Banfield Pet Hospital reviews

I have worked for Banfield as a Vet Assistant for almost three years now. I have made two minor raises each year and am still only making less than $13/hour. The pay is basically horrible for the type of work that is required of VAs. We work our butts off with very little compensation. The corporation is horrible in the fact that you are a tiny little fish in a giant sea. The corporate money makers don't care at all about the hospital workers who are doing the dirty work. Our hospital has a ton of employee/doctor turnover and it's a struggle to keep things consistent. Basically I am only working there still because I have established myself there and can pretty much get whatever shifts and time off that I want.

1. Too much pressure from upper management to focus on money/average patient charge all the time. You are always getting yelled at about it and can be written up if you don't 'upsell' enough. 2. Trying to squeeze in too many pets everyday. This directly leads to rushed visits, too much stress on all the staff, owners getting upset because they have long waits, leaving late almost every night so your personal family life suffers, and most importantly poor quality of medicine because you only get time for a few mins with each pet 3. Too much staff turnover due to the stress and lack of support 4. Hospitals are only shut 2 days a year, for Xmas and Thanksgiving, so you will have to work on most holidays/weekends and are probably going to miss a lot of important family events. 5. You are expected to just smile and take verbal abuse from clients. Management cares way more about not upsetting a client, even if they are wrong or being unreasonable, than they do about you or how that drags down the staffs morale.