In 2023, an Oregon veterinarian left a $150,000 job to ‘soft retire’; three years later, relief work pays about twice as much
Ron Titterington has “soft-retired” after decades as a practice owner and chief medical officer at a pet care HMO (Credits: Ron Titterington) In August 2023, Oregon veterinarian Ron Titterington left a stressful executive job that paid $150,000 a year to begin what he calls “soft retirement.”Three years later, working flexible relief shifts on his own…