The Uncharted Veterinary Podcast

The Uncharted Veterinary Podcast


UVP - 211 - (HOF)The Team Is Mad I Won't Cover Staff Shortages

December 28, 2022

Hall of fame episode. Originally aired as UVP 168.

This week on the podcast, Dr. Andy Roark and Stephanie Goss are sharing a conversation they recently had with a group of managers who was struggling with something that feels familiar to us all at this point. These managers are short handed. And a lot of them came into their roll from the team side so they have the skills to fill in on the floor when needed. Their teams are really getting frustrated and/or angry with them when they refuse to cover gaps in the schedule in order to get their own jobs done including things like trying to hire, interview and payroll. It feels like the ultimate rock and a hard places conversation. Let’s get into this…