VCA reviews

2.9

39% would recommend to a friend

(2,345 total reviews)
avatar

Patty Wu

23% approve of CEO

26% positive business outlook

VCA has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 2,345 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The VCA employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Personal Consumer Services industry (3.4 stars).

Reviews by job title

2K reviews
1.0
Jan 17, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good employee discount Might be lucky to work at a decent individual hospital resulting in good coworker relationships

Cons

Minimal training provided from the corporate office so it's hit or miss whether the environment will be good. Terrible pay structure for staff and veterinarians. Veterinary pay structure conflicts with time off benefits. Poor time off benefits for all staff Policies and procedures inconsistent. Observed questionable unethical decisions made by regional and some hospital management. Failure to treat employees consistently and senior corporate management takes very little interest in field/hospital employees. Employee terminations have been due to personal dislike versus a business decision.

2.0
Jul 23, 2018

Don't work here, the company is failing.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Everyone truly does care for the animals here. The quality of care is always top notch. I just wish it was the same for the employees.

Cons

The company is split between both the animal hospital and the pet resort. The management is all on or from the hospital side after the previous manager walked out on the job. Because of this, management has no idea what it takes to do any of the jobs on the resort side of the business. Even though management doesn't know what all any of us really do on the resort side, they always seem to assume we can either do more or we are not doing enough. They tell us not to get overtime, but leave us understaffed with more work to do in the usual shift. They offer the "open door policy", but when you really need them they don't seem to be available or don't offer much guidance at all. The pay is low here, so the majority of people who will take the job are all young and mostly inexperienced. We often hear that it's easy to move up in position as soon as there are job openings, but whenever there are these job openings they typically hire from the outside. In the last three months at least 10 people from various positions have quit.

avatar
VCA Response
7y
Thanks for the review. We take your views and your advice seriously, and we will ensure your feedback reaches the appropriate leadership.
3.0
Mar 14, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

some hospitals have kept good managers, but they're dropping like flies. great staff for the most part. everyone really cares about animals.

Cons

raises and bonuses non-existent. expected to stay late, pick up extra shifts, and miss your breaks. very little PTO, and requests to use it frequently denied. absolutely horrible benefits. impossible to make any change or suggestions for improving the environment for employees- what corporate says, goes. no opportunity for growth. favoritism galore. high turnover, high burnout, and management doesn't care when long-time employees leave, they make no effort to keep employees.

Viewing 19 - 21 of 2,345 Reviews

Glassdoor has 2,422 VCA reviews submitted anonymously by VCA employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if VCA is right for you.