Real talk: Veterinary Technicians/Technologists and those Registered/Certified/Licensed within their regulatory body ARE NOT BEING ACTIVELY TRAINED ON THE JOB the way we were all taught and promised.
It's so hard to find a real clinic that mentors and doesn't just throw you in with vague excuses of poor planning leading to no training time only for you to fail in anxiety because lack of confidence is all it takes for a good VT to step back and say I'd like a secondary, another hand, to trade off with someone more comfortable.
So much attention is placed on Vets that little to no time is taken for VTs and I don't mean in training, I mean in everything - Vets are who the client knows and asks for, Vets are the final call makers on a lot of things, Vets are often looked to as teachers and knowledge keepers WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GOOD in theory or practice.
The divide I often get is
Management: ' We're focusing on onboarding, bulking staff, and rotating shifts to see who works best together'
The team: Getting shuffled around against their whim to find the best ratio of newbies to experienced VTs in order to limit the absolute minimum we have to train at all
I will literally make a whole series in this but agshfkskagsjdkagajdldhaskd frustration, what is this reality why is nothing as good as it ever gets to seem