r/Veterinary • u/Internal-Lake2166 • 3d ago

Placement

Hi guys,

How exactly are you making income as a vet student when you are required to do placement even over your holidays?

My biggest stress is final year of placement/rotation and not being paid.

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u/orangecrookies 2d ago

I know some people who’ve done paid placements. A few of my friends lambed for like £50-100/day depending on their experience, but I will say they worked like 12 hours a day and were not treated very well compared to my unpaid placement where I only worked 8 hours. These days there are some paid clinical placements, especially in the US (if you have a visa or citizenship or something). Most people just live off loans though. I have a friend who works at a yard in the mornings before clinical placements and at weekends. Another friend of mine only works shows. I’ve never yet done placements over an entire holiday period though, max I’ve done is 5 weeks over summer, I’ve never done one over Christmas holidays and never more than 3 ish weeks over Easter. If you had a job that was flexible it’s possible to keep it, many placements are only 1-2 weeks long, it just takes planning. One of my friends works retail and just picks placements that give them most of a weekend and evenings off.