Today, after 8 years in exceptionally difficult veterinarian classes which put me $200,000 in debt, and 7 months of job searching, I finally got a job. I will be inspecting feces for worms while making minimum wage. FML
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Today, I finally got a job after months of searching due to Covid. The bad news? It's cleaning dog kennels. I have an extreme fear of animal poop. FML
Today, after spending thousands of dollars and several years pursuing a higher education so I could get a high paying job doing something that requires skill and brainpower, I finally got my first job offer after months of searching. I will be cleaning houses. FML
Today, I started my dream job of being a veterinarian. My first day consisted of having to put down 12 dogs and 5 cats. FML
Today, I happily went to an interview after job searching for months. I learned a large part of my job would be cleaning the toilets. Every. Single. Hour. I used to lecture at a university until budget cuts happened. FML
Today, after 10 years in practice as a veterinarian, I began an internship in hopes of becoming a surgeon. The other intern/roommate never came, so we worked extra but don’t make enough to pay rent and buy groceries. We talked to HR about it and they give us a list of food banks. We work for a university. FML
Today, after six years, two raises, and a promotion, thanks to student loans I make less disposable income than I did when I first started this job. FML
Today, at my minimum wage job, we received a half-way decomposed dog found in a lake. It was my job to tear open the bag and try to identify the breed and color. It would've been easier if the body wasn't crawling with maggots. FML
Today, I was fired from my local animal shelter. I was a volunteer and am currently in school for veterinary technology. My education made the paid staff at the shelter feel threatened. FML
Today, I had to hunt down and collect a stray dog's feces for my parasitology class. FML
Today, after spending about 5 years to go back to school, get my life together and get a real job, I now make about $100 less a month. I used to work as a dishwasher. FML
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BigFudge 2
gotta start somewhere.
memphius 4
welcome to the united states, the land of joblessness, poverty and debt...
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Comments (209)
anspiano 7
You could have been a real doctor in that time
a_nutritionist 10
they are a real doctor.
disney_blonde 16
Don't most vets have their own practices? Not many vet offices I have been to have more than one doctor, so most likely you will need to start your own practice to use your degree.
CrazyCountryGirl 5
In bigger vet cooperations there is more than one vet.
bonehead800 0
Nope. A practice is another huge investment/loan that the majority of us don't mess with, or at least not right out of school. Most places have more than one doctor, but not always more than one on the same day if the case load doesn't fit it. Also, all the "start at the bottom to work up" folks -- the job OP describes is what we generally do in high school getting experience before applying to vet school after undergrad. It's the equivalent to someone getting a PhD and being totally qualified to teach at a high-level university and being stuck with a job leading story time in kindergarten.
alabamajoe77 3
sounds like someone should have researched the field a little better. apparently there isn't a very high demand for vet-techs. they offered that for votech. 200k seems like a lot!
Boojay 1
ydi for wasting all that time and money
NAU_future 7
Op could have been looking for internships while they were in school. I'm surprised a bit that during eight years of vet school they weren't required to find an internship or at the least be offered one.
PghSportsNation 0
Your job is the sh*t!! Soon you'll move up to pee testing Ala Louie Anderson in Coming to America
idunnolol108 0
Go to Narnia!
goofygirl27 0
well that sucks hope they stop it
docscientist 10
f our lives for living on this world
lies_ah 3
water for elephants!