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    When I moved away, I gave 60 days (that's all I had, since the people who bought our house wanted a 60-day closing). It wound up being a little less as I was getting overwhelmed with all the details of selling, buying a new home in a new state, packing, ...

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    Hi! Is there a reason you don't want to do both? You can't double dip, but you can see which place gives you the best discount and use them for that particular company. We use both Vertical Vet and VGP. ------------------------------ Crystal Dakin ...

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    I'm inclined to agree Autumn, in Texas non-compete clauses are already subject to potential blue line editing by judges if they're deemed to be overly restrictive and, honestly, in this market for veterinarians would you really want your clinic being ...

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    Hey everyone, Does anyone have experience with Vertical Vet? We are current VGP members. Big shift of the practice to Zoetis products in the past few years (majority vaccines and Simparica Trio) has us considering switching. We do also take advantage ...

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    Thank you all for your replies. We have done ACT watch your videos in clinic. We have taken them aside and let them watch them. We have assigned only 1-3 videos to watch in a months time. We have followed up on them. Boy do we get the eye rolls, ...

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    All our team accrue PTO every paycheck up to the maximum, after which it stops accruing until they use some. We try to catch team members approaching their limit before it happens, even though this is an amazing place to work time off is critical, IMHO, ...

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    The advice so far is pretty sound, if you are on good terms with the practice and are just leaving to find new opportunities then a month is nice, no where near long enough to fill the position properly, but enough to at least hand over some tasks. That ...

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    I think 30 days is more standard. However, some owners will cut off their nose despite their face and just tell you to leave. I was in an uncomfortable working position but I still gave 30 days - owners called me at 7pm at home to tell me I did not ...

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