Hi Sheri, I am a technician that recently left a job due to moving for my husband's promotion. I was unaware of how miserable I was until I had the option to leave.  I worked for a private practice for 9 years and it was purchased by a corporation under the guise of a "hybrid." My boss had joked that his only exit strategy was to die, and he had been considering selling the practice but did not want to give up the way he practiced medicine. I had been a technician, became certified, was head tech, then became practice manager over the 9 years. When the company came in, they offered me a salary of a 9-year's experienced practice manager. (This was more than two of the doctors that worked there made...) They gave the whole staff raises and excellent benefits.  I told them that I had not been managing that long, and that I was excited to learn more, and I shared that I was struggling with managing because I loved medicine. I was told that I was doing fine, I did not need any further training, and as long as we ordered from their distributer, used their software, offered their wellness plans, and used their anesthesia protocols, we could continue business as usual. Instead, 3 months in, I was isolated from my initial mentors, felt fearful of losing my job, even was offered a technician position "instead," since statistically, techs do not make good managers.  To prove their point, they gave me very little support and discouraged my attempts to seek outside help.  They were grooming one of my lead techs to take my position behind my back.  I know they did not want to keep paying me what they were. I was so ready to leave that I started sharing my opinions and questioning everything. By the time I put in my notice (one year, exactly from the day they took over) the parting was mutual.  I'm saddened that the opportunity became dramatized and disorganized and that I was disposable. My replacement has already moved on to another practice.  I resigned because I did not want to get fired from a company that seems it will soon own all other veterinary hospitals.  However, if a position opens up (which one always is) that works with my schedule, pays well, and offers benefits, I still will keep looking.  Thanks for letting me rant!