Texas Coalition for Animal Protection Reviews

- Management is EXTREMELY disorganized and disconnected. You will work under around 10 different managers, in different locations, with entirely different “rules” for working at their clinic. It is exhausting having to remember all of the niche pet peeves and preferences of all of the different clinic managers depending on which location you are at that day, which ties into my next point: - You will be forced to travel all over north Texas with almost no exception to work at every single clinic, only if you are a Denton local. It makes little sense to me why the Denton locals are made to travel the furthest distances to work at clinics up to an hour and a half away from Denton. Once a month, there is a special clinic that is set up in Hillsboro. On these shifts, you are rarely back in Denton before 8pm after starting the day at 6am. - The pay leaves quite a bit to be desired. For the amount of work and effort they are asking of their employees, you would think that Administration would want their employees to be able to afford to pay their bills and put food on the table. Unfortunately, this company seeks out individuals who are passionate about their work and take advantage of their interest. They expect you to stay because you love what you do, even if missing one shift will set you behind on the bills for at least a few months. - There is very little compassion shown towards the employees that keep this company afloat. Without the hard work of every single frontline position in the clinics (Vet Assistants, Vaccine Techs, Vet Techs), this company would cease to exist entirely. This matters little to the administration team however. You could show up and give 100% every single day, never missing a shift or showing up late, and two call outs later you are put on a probation and at risk of being terminated. In my time I saw several people put on these probations due to situations completely out of their control (Cancelled flights, inclement weather, hospital stays, illness, etc.), and it didn’t matter at all. All the administration team sees is an unworked shift and an inconvenience. - The social climate is very juvenile. Management gossips outside of work with employees about their peers, and if you are not a part of a certain group or type of person you are made to feel outcasted. Management of the Denton clinic brags openly about “giving new hires a hard time” and being overly nitpicky to make new employees, who are trying to learn a new skill in a very poorly managed space feel less than for not being experts immediately. You have to be very careful whom you speak with, and about what, because everything you say or do always comes back on you (and almost always in the form of a “chat” with management or admin). This company keeps extremely detailed files on all of its employees, notating everything that could be considered an “issue” with a certain employee. Be it their appearance, their tone of voice, if they follow up on things like asking when their bonuses will come in, making comments about money or wages at all while on the clock, etc. Every single time an employee has an interaction with admin or management, no matter how seemingly small it was, it is notated in this file (which the employee does not have any access to at all). -Huge double standards between management and employees. A regular employee would be written up (and had a new note added to their elusive file!) and scolded like a tardy high school student by management for being even one minute late, while management frequently shows up late, leaves early, and runs errands during the work day. On several occasions the Denton manager has left while there are still patients in the clinic to pick up her child, or go to a doctor's appointment. However, those same leniences are not granted to employees. You’re working in the admin office and get an important call from your doctor or spouse? They ask that you clock out to take any personal calls. -There is absolutely zero downtime allowed. This company wants you to be working every single second that you are on the clock. It doesn’t matter if you just got done vaccinating hundreds of animals in a row with no breaks. The second it slows down you are handed a mountain of, what they legitimately call, “busy work.” It’s the end of the day, everything is done, and you can’t leave because your manager can’t manage their workload in a timely manner? Better find something to do or you’ll be written up for being idle. - Even as a full time employee, you will not be making 40 hours a week. Maybe 35 if you’re really lucky and the admin doesn’t notice how close you are to almost being an actual full time employee. The more realistic hours per pay period is around 60, with management cutting employees hours before their scheduled time, and with payroll days where admin clocks you out at a certain time regardless of if you are actually done by then (you never are).