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Good idea or bad idea?
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Anonymous 18w

I had this happen to me but kinda the opposite. I was wanting to go to vet school (currently in my third term of vet school 🥳) and applied for a kennel tech position after I graduated with a BS in bio. They didn’t hire me as the kernel tech because I was “too experienced,” but instead made a new position for me as a veterinary floater where I would help out in every position as needed as my prior experiences at other vet clinics allowed me to work any position proficiently.

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Anonymous 18w

This isn’t a piece of proposed or even model sample legislation. I can’t include all the details. But it should be obvious that this doesn’t apply to people who lack certain professional degrees or certifications.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 18w

Because this was a new position, the manager (the vets sister) decided my job would also include things she was responsible for but didn’t like doing (like counting pills for inventory every week which took hoursss sometimes). Even tho I was told that I had more experience than many of my colleagues and the only one with a college degree, they started me at the same pay as the kennel tech they DID hire even tho she had no animal experience, high school diploma, or GED. It led to a lot of

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 18w

Animosity because they admitted that I had enough experience to have a position LITERALLY created for me, had a bachelors, but couldn’t pay me more than someone who had none of that.

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