Pros
I assume working for nva corporate would be exciting to some. The same folks that make good sales people, stock brokers, and business folks may enjoy the churn and burn of clinic procurement, cutting payroll, and riding out of a clinics formerly good name in an area.
If you don’t find decidving both customers and subordinates to be morally troubling, and you think that managing people whose jobs you both could not do, and don’t care to learn how to do is a good leadership and management technique, I suppose a management role with nva would be an attractive opportunity. It would be attractive because, let’s face it, if you were a hotshot business type coming out of school or looking for an opportunity to make a name in the industry, you wouldn’t be doing mergers and aquiditions of mom-and-pop veterinary clinics would you?
If you care about veterainary care, or the people that provide it, NVA is not for you. According to their stated business plan/model, their aim is to take advantage of a perceived “growth opportunity” and the “lack of consolidation” in the veterainary field, it is not to improve veterainary care in the clinics they procure.
Cons
Soul sucking.
Not able to bring anything to the table for clinics or patients (even if the employee wants to.)
Medical care suffers in the name of prying every last “efficient” cent out of a clinic.
Made to take advantage of peoples’ affection for their pets in the name of greed.
Lacks any discernible aptitude in the field, and shows indifference when this is pointed out.
Made to lie repeatedly to subordinate staff about plans for clinics procured. This clearly seems to be a systemic feature of this company.
Management is openly dismissive or worse to subordinates.
Management is absent and over burdened with responsibilities (or just inept and indifferent).
