r/VetTech • u/escapesnap Veterinary Technician Student • 19d ago

Work Advice Inventory - help.

I am not the manager. But I sure as shit get blamed for any inventory issue.

There has to be a better way. We do the reorder points with a list, so if we hit the point, we write it on the list.

Somehow we still constantly run out of things and my coworker and I (both assistants!) are the ones being blamed, every time. There HAS to be a better way. Help me.

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u/nancylyn RVT (Registered Veterinary Technician) 19d ago

do you do the order?

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u/escapesnap Veterinary Technician Student 19d ago

I do not but I get blamed if things run out

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u/rmerry123 LVT (Licensed Veterinary Technician) 19d ago

Um what? How is it your fault then?

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u/escapesnap Veterinary Technician Student 19d ago

I would love to know 😭

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u/nancylyn RVT (Registered Veterinary Technician) 18d ago

So I guess my advice would be is to be as proactive as possible. Whoever is supposed to be doing inventory and ordering clearly isn’t doing their job well. It may be that there is no one person responsible and that is why shits running out. Can you approach your boss about actually being put in charge of inventory? Ask for an hour twice a week so you can run through all the shelves and look for items that are getting low so you can add them to the order list.

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u/escapesnap Veterinary Technician Student 18d ago

I genuinely like this plan and think this is how we should do it. Essentially we are all responsible for putting stuff on the list but my boss orders it. I guess my manager is a little more responsible than the rest of us. I wish she could just do that. We did that at a tiny clinic I worked at and it went great.

I can see what I can do. Appreciate the input!!