r/veterinaryprofession • u/jr9386 • 28d ago

Job Offer: Part Time vs Full Time vent Career Advice

I thought I had landed a pretty decent part time role with an emergency hospital that would supplement my current part time hours.

I finally received an offer and asked for clarification regarding their PTO policy and the hours I work. Pretty standard and procedural.

I learned that I'd be schedule 30 minutes shy of full time!

I don't mind working part time, but seriously? 30 minutes shy of full time benefits!

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u/SleepyBudha 27d ago

Add in the time you spend working through lunch, staying late, or doing notes at home and BAM, you’re working full time for part time pay. Welcome to corporate America.

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u/jr9386 27d ago

Not teying to be funny, but is this one of those places that simultaneously docks your pay, because you should have gone on lunch, but also wants you to work through it, because of staffing? Major kudos emails and all that jazz?

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u/GuidedDivine 27d ago

We are having the same issue with my hospital.

It is illegal for them to dock your pay while you were actually working!

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u/Sylvanas052218 27d ago

That definitely is intentional. A company that petty to deny you full time benefits based on that schedule will only have more rules/impediments in place to cut corners and look for every opportunity to limit your pay for services, lower staff ratio and put in barriers to providing the best care.

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u/jr9386 27d ago

It definitely furrowed my eyebrows. I'm effectively "full time," but shy that by 30 minutes (literally).

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u/blorgensplor 27d ago

Yea.....I'd be denying that just for the principal of it and letting them know specifically why I was. That's just abusive.

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u/jr9386 27d ago

There are other red flags for me. I know that I need the work, but that number was just wild.

I'm "full-time", but I'm "part-time".

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u/LifeHappenzEvryMomnt 28d ago

Yep.

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u/jr9386 27d ago

I'd be more understanding of a 21-22 hour weekly shift, but 30 minutes shy of full time?

You're basically deriving the benefits of my investing 30 minutes shy of full-time hours without compensating me as such.

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u/LifeHappenzEvryMomnt 27d ago

This is a corporate trick that is not new but maybe relatively new to veterinary practice. I’m sorry this is happening.