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Working at VCA Animal Hospitals

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VCA Animal Hospitals overview

Industry
Health Care
Revenue
$6.1B
Headquarters
Los Angeles, CA
Employees
27,100
Founded in
1986
Website
Organization type
Public
CEO
Alap Thakkar
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VCA Animal Hospitals is a healthcare company focusing on pet healthcare services, veterinary diagnostics, and practice marketing solutions. Established in 1986 as a leading provider in the United States and Canada, the company operates through a vast network of over 600 small animal veterinary hospitals. Additionally, they offer nationwide clinical laboratory systems (Antech Diagnostics), market-leading animal diagnostic imaging (Sound), and innovative veterinary practice marketing solutions (VetSTREET).

Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, VCA Animal Hospitals employs a diverse workforce of 27,100 individuals and generates an impressive annual revenue of $5.8 billion. The company is known for its strong employee retention and commitment to providing top-notch services within the pet healthcare industry. Under the leadership of CEO Alap Thakkar, VCA Animal Hospitals continues to set the standard for quality pet care and customer satisfaction.

VCA Animal Hospitals's mission statement

Our pledge to you. Since 1976, our doctors and staff have been privileged to provide veterinary care to many wonderful dogs, cats and rabbits in glendale, burbank and other local communities.

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A zippia user wrote a review on Dec 2024
Pros of working at VCA Animal Hospitals

The discount, that is it.

Cons of working at VCA Animal Hospitals

Too many to list. Being a victim of favoritism, constantly asking for more hours and more responsibilities but being ignored while watching younger, less qualified people move up and get bigger raises. Management can do whatever they want and they have zero consequences.

VCA Animal Hospitals benefits

The discount

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3.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Sep 2024
Pros of working at VCA Animal Hospitals

Good benefits, updated equipment.

Cons of working at VCA Animal Hospitals

You become a number. They will give raises then obliterate your hours. You are forced to spend most of your time talking about programs and apps and sign ups instead of talking about the patients. They have a salaried "manager" for EVERY thing! There is so much middle management but when the numbers don't meet their "goals" it is the staff on the floor taking care of patients, whose wages, hours or even jobs are cut. You are serving a corporate business... Not the owner and not the patient.

VCA Animal Hospitals benefits

My vacation time but only because my vacation agreement was grandfathered in from my private practice. The standard vacation time is junk.

What do you like best about VCA Animal Hospitals's CEO and the leadership team?

They talk a really good game. They make you "feel" hard

How would you improve VCA Animal Hospitals's culture?

Less middle management. So much focus on a manager for each adult little program, then under managers, area managers, regional managers, the manager of managers. It's insane.

How did you prepare for the VCA Animal Hospitals interview?

Vca bought my clinic

How does your compensation at VCA Animal Hospitals compare to the industry average?

It's very good if you're looking at simply dollar/hour. But they get around that by only scheduling the team for 30-36 hours so we wind up making way less but you don't know that coming in.

What's the diversity at VCA Animal Hospitals like?

Oh VCA is ALL about diversity and demographics and checking the appropriate inclusivity boxes. Lots of programs and more managers for each diverse group

What brings you the most joy at VCA Animal Hospitals?

I love seeing patients

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A zippia user wrote a review on Aug 2024
Pros of working at VCA Animal Hospitals

Pet benefits, good 401k

Cons of working at VCA Animal Hospitals

Poor management on every level, no communication and they dont stand up for their own beliefs.

What do you like best about VCA Animal Hospitals's CEO and the leadership team?

Nothing

How would you improve VCA Animal Hospitals's culture?

Hire people who do not put friendships over the health of the hospital

How does your compensation at VCA Animal Hospitals compare to the industry average?

Poor

What's the diversity at VCA Animal Hospitals like?

This part is OK

What brings you the most joy at VCA Animal Hospitals?

Helping clients keep their animal companions healthy and safe.

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A zippia user wrote a review on Aug 2024
Pros of working at VCA Animal Hospitals

Up to date medical technology, CE opportunities

Cons of working at VCA Animal Hospitals

Corporate greed, constant price hikes

VCA Animal Hospitals benefits

Personal pet discounts

What do you like best about VCA Animal Hospitals's CEO and the leadership team?

I do not like the CEO and upper management

How would you improve VCA Animal Hospitals's culture?

Show that the front line employees are valued

How did you prepare for the VCA Animal Hospitals interview?

I did not interview, was employed at the time of Pets Choice

How does your compensation at VCA Animal Hospitals compare to the industry average?

According to my research it is low.

What's the diversity at VCA Animal Hospitals like?

LGBTQ is good. Ageism and racism is present.

What brings you the most joy at VCA Animal Hospitals?

The teamwork at my clinic, the happy clients, the pets

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A zippia user wrote a review on Jul 2023
Pros of working at VCA Animal Hospitals

Overall the upper management are very supportive and respectful.

Cons of working at VCA Animal Hospitals

Low salaries and not enough time off.

VCA Animal Hospitals benefits

Health Care

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A zippia user wrote a review on Jun 2023
Pros of working at VCA Animal Hospitals

Caring for the pets well being.

Cons of working at VCA Animal Hospitals

Leadership is unhelpful and very biased.

VCA Animal Hospitals benefits

Caring for the pets.

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A zippia user wrote a review on Apr 2023
Pros of working at VCA Animal Hospitals

The patients, staff anf some most clients we work with

Cons of working at VCA Animal Hospitals

Pay and the distinct separation of upper management and actually working on patients.

VCA Animal Hospitals benefits

Nothing

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A zippia user wrote a review on Jan 2023
Pros of working at VCA Animal Hospitals

VCA really wants its doctors to practice a high quality of medicine

Cons of working at VCA Animal Hospitals

The Corporate headquarters is way too Woke

VCA Animal Hospitals benefits

autonomy

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A zippia user wrote a review on Jul 2021
Pros of working at VCA Animal Hospitals

I love the staff that I work with, everyone works as a team. The work I do is fulfilling and I couldn't think of another career for me.

Cons of working at VCA Animal Hospitals

Pay

VCA Animal Hospitals benefits

None

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A zippia user wrote a review on Apr 2021
Pros of working at VCA Animal Hospitals

I love the patients and the people I work with

Cons of working at VCA Animal Hospitals

The management team

VCA Animal Hospitals benefits

Competitive pay

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A zippia user wrote a review on Jan 2021
Pros of working at VCA Animal Hospitals

The flexibility in hours and work load.

Cons of working at VCA Animal Hospitals

The pay isn’t sustainable even with experience

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A zippia user wrote a review on Mar 2019
Pros of working at VCA Animal Hospitals

Nice employer and nature of the work

Cons of working at VCA Animal Hospitals

The pay and benefits

VCA Animal Hospitals benefits

Lunch and free massages

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The team at VCA Animal Hospitals

  • The founders of VCA Animal Hospitals are Robert Antin, Arthur Antin and Neil Tauber.
  • The key people at VCA Animal Hospitals are Alap Thakkar, Robert Antin and Arthur Antin.
Key people
Alap Thakkar
Robert Antin
Arthur Antin
Neil Tauber

VCA Animal Hospitals rankings

VCA Animal Hospitals is ranked #10 on the Best Health Care companies to work for in Los Angeles, CA list. Zippia's Best Places to Work lists provide unbiased, data-based evaluations of companies. Rankings are based on government and proprietary data on salaries, company financial health, and employee diversity.

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VCA Animal Hospitals salaries

Average VCA Animal Hospitals salary
$35,930
yearly
$17.27 hourly
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VCA Animal Hospitals diversity

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Diversity score
We calculated VCA Animal Hospitals’s diversity score by measuring multiple factors, including the ethnic background, gender identity, and language skills of VCA Animal Hospitals’s workforce.
VCA Animal Hospitals diversity summary. Zippia estimates VCA Animal Hospitals's demographics and statistics using a database of 30 million profiles. Zippia verifies estimates with BLS, Census, and current job openings data for accuracy. We calculated VCA Animal Hospitals's diversity score by measuring multiple factors, including the ethnic background, gender identity, and language skills of VCA Animal Hospitals's workforce.
  • VCA Animal Hospitals has 27,100 employees.
  • 80% of VCA Animal Hospitals employees are women, while 20% are men.
  • The most common ethnicity at VCA Animal Hospitals is White (61%).
  • 19% of VCA Animal Hospitals employees are Hispanic or Latino.
  • 10% of VCA Animal Hospitals employees are Black or African American.
  • The average employee at VCA Animal Hospitals makes $35,930 per year.
  • VCA Animal Hospitals employees are most likely to be members of the democratic party.
  • Employees at VCA Animal Hospitals stay with the company for 3.8 years on average.

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VCA Animal Hospitals financial performance

9.1
Performance score

We calculated the performance score of companies by measuring multiple factors, including revenue, longevity, and stock market performance.

VCA Animal Hospitals currently has 6.0B in revenue. VCA Animal Hospitals's most recent quarter produced 1.5b (q2'2023).

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