VCA reviews

2.9

39% would recommend to a friend

(2,346 total reviews)
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23% approve of CEO

26% positive business outlook

VCA has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 2,346 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).

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2K reviews
2.0
Aug 28, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

willing to train, can get overtime, working with animals, education/training is good, employee discount is great, some doctors are great to work with,

Cons

hospital manager and director don't care about their employees, no respect, like to treat employees and talk to them like they're stupid, supervisor allowed to walk all over employees, way too much negative feedback and knit-picking, prices are too high, waste some employees talents supervisors lack supervisory skills, they create anomosity amongst coworkers, promote employees tattling on each other instead of supervisors doing their jobs right, director has no guts

1.0
Jul 11, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits are better than private practice can offer. Potential for good pay. Ability to transfer if move across the country.

Cons

Led by non-veterinary management, whose focus is HR and business. Middle management not allowed to do their jobs- they are puppets. No accountability. No focus on quality of care or medicine. If you take concerns to them, they retaliate. They target certain people they do not like and get them out, even if they are their strongest players. Weakest players who act like they are on cloud 9 all the time will always stay ,even if they practice terrible medicine or do not do their jobs well. Job descriptions for middle management are inaccurate. In fact, you may be disciplined for doing your job. It is all about playing a game if you wish to stay there. Everyone must be happy, even if you have co-workers practicine malpractice. You will be chastised if you like different products than the preferred vendors.

3.0
May 12, 2010

Corporate office...

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Casual dress for most. Some departments allow dogs. "Campus" feel. Sports ticket lotteries. Occasional early Fridays near holiday weekends. Summer flex days for some.

Cons

Very expensive health insurance, like $8k for a couple per year. Not enough paid holidays, maybe 5. Only 3 sick days per year that accure every 4 months and expire at year end. Summer flex days are only for some. Parking for non-management is is a long way from the office. Perks and treatment differ by department.

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