Your veterinary practice is busy. The schedule is full, the phones are ringing, overtime is increasing, and your team is exhausted.

So, does that automatically mean it is time to hire?

Not necessarily.

In this episode of the Clean Books, Strong Practice Podcast, host Anthony Barge explains why veterinary hiring decisions must be based on more than workload, frustration, or a single payroll percentage.

A clinic may desperately need additional support operationally but still lack the financial capacity to carry another permanent employee. On the other hand, refusing to hire because payroll has crossed an arbitrary threshold can increase overtime, accelerate burnout, restrict revenue, and force the practice owner to perform work that should be delegated.

The real question is not simply, ...