Pros
company draws a lot of talented passionate people who are amazing to work with, offers an excellent pet care discount, provides high caliber veterinary care, offices everywhere which opens possibility of transfer while staying in "The VCA Family" and maintaining benefits, 401k, etc, CE reimbursement, great place to gain hands-on experience in the veterinary field with people at the top of their game, VCA offers limited yearly scholarships to staff members who wish to pursue becoming RVT's
Cons
too much corporate politics crushes the spirit of staff on front lines of pet care, more emphasis on quantity than Quality (perhaps this is just the nature of the inflexible corporate beast vs the more adaptable independent hospital vibe), in-house management is often crippled by trickle-down corporate barking, expensive benefits that aren't affordable on the wages of most employees, VCA just got phagocytized by Mars Inc which will likely make everything even worse, wages could definitely be better considering the magnitude of this company, ridiculously high turnover rates