VEG ER for Pets reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(421 total reviews)
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David Bessler

82% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

VEG ER for Pets has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 421 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The VEG ER for Pets employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Personal Consumer Services industry (3.6 stars).

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421 reviews
4.0
Sep 30, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Management understanding and lenient within reason, teaching hospital, lots of CE opportunities, provided food and great benefits, positive work environment, benefits good and kick in immediately

Cons

Very focused on surveys and Google reviews, weirdly culty about work culture, expect you to participate frequently in unpaid meetings

4.0
May 2, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I have learned a lot since working here and most of people I work with are pleasant.

Cons

I have been working here for almost a year and have yet to receive a raise of any sort. I can barely support myself and my bills with this job based on my pay/hours and would need an increase in pay if I were to try and stay here.

2.0
Jul 30, 2025

Good until it's bad - TOXIC

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Had amazing travel benefits while on the long haul team Great CE opportunities and funding CEO is personable and cares about employees Encouraged to learn and grow

Cons

-Very local management dependent, but mine was so bad that we had almost 100% turnover within a few months of opening - including management! They will work you to the bone, guilt you into working when you're sick "because they can't find coverage", schedule you for day shifts immediately after night shifts and completely mess up your circadian rhythm. They will not accommodate schedule requests unlike other ERs where you can work a set schedule every week. -There seems to be an infinite amount of meetings, emails, and workchats you're expected to attend and respond to when you're off duty. -There is no sense of work/life balance. You either totally buy in to the VEG lifestyle or you're "not a good culture fit". -They hire inexperienced staff that make medical mistakes (to no fault of their own - they're just new grads that are way overwhelmed with no support provided) but YOU will get the blame of it and be at risk of losing your license as the DVM. -Constant interruptions with phone calls, triages, emails etc. -Inexperienced CECs calling "STAT" for obviously non-stat cases (which is also not their fault, they just didn't receive appropriate training). -They advertise GSAFF (give stuff away for free) and VEG Cares but local management gets mad when you GSAFF outside of their arbitrary standard, and they seemingly approve and deny VEG Cares cases with no logical reasoning. Then they blame their staff for things that are clearly management's fault. -Always understaffed, often will not have CEC at all so the one nurse and one doctor available also have to answer phone calls, open the doors, check clients in, all while smiling and offering coffee and water. And taking care of the hospitalized patients and incoming patients... it's just an impossible ask. -Fired 5 very good staff within a few months when we were already short staffed.. but kept very toxic staff who are actually a liability (lie on medical records, assistants who diagnose) -So overwhelmingly toxic that you become a shell of who you were. All my mental and physical health issues went away after I left. There is no amount of money that is worth working at this hospital for.

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VEG ER for Pets Response
6mo
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. We’re truly sorry to hear how challenging your time was at VEG; this is not the experience we want for any of our VEGgies. Emergency medicine is demanding by nature, but it should never come at the cost of your physical health, mental wellbeing, or professional safety, and we take these concerns seriously. Even though you’ve moved on, your perspective is important as we reflect on how we can best support our hospitals and leaders. If you’re open to continuing the conversation, we welcome you to reach out to stephaniedemars@veg.vet so we can learn from this and work to ensure others do not have the same experience.
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