Good place to work, but maybe not a career - Management PetSmart Employee Review

3.0
Nov 1, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You get benefits right away if you're full time. You don't have to wait 90 days like at most places. People are pretty friendly and willing to help. Safety for animals is really the top priority. Most schedules are pretty flexible. Extra pay for overnight shifts. Paid holidays. 2 personal days in addition to vacation and sick hours. Customer are way better than typical retail customers.

Cons

Every year. they cut hours drastically but expect double the work. Overtime is frowned upon, but Especially in critical areas like stocking, customer service and cashiering. Pay is not competitive and not worth the stress. Promotion only seems to happen if you know the right person or you suck up enough to the right person. Not sure if store issues really get rolled up to executives because every store manager wants to be a hero. Company seems to look outside to fill management positions instead of grooming/working with associates to be ready for those positions

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Pros

Amazing space to work. Benefits great.

Cons

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1.0
Jul 9, 2026
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Pros

The staff care a lot and try their hardest but it leads to burn out and being taken advantage of by a company the does not care about YOU.

Cons

Poor management. No work life balance. Bad scheduling. Bad pay. No communication. Leads expected to work more than 10 hours a day during high volume periods, Be responsible for too many things. You run around like a chicken with it's head chopped off the whole time you're at work. Staff are snippy, and rude. A few are okay. Company has you working bare bones, and does not care. Pet parent's are weird, and I don't think have realistic expectations that the boarding facility is more like dropping your dog off at a dog shelter for a week while you go on vacation than a "fun time" for your dog. Dogs get fed, watered, pottied. If that is all you care about, then use the PetHotel. If you want your dog to have fun, and be out of a stressful environment (few dogs do well with constant barking and noise all day, plus being stuck in a cement run, thrown in with a bunch of other dogs who have never been properly socialized) just do in home boarding. I would never board my dog at a place like this.

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