Getting out of hand - Management PetSmart Employee Review

2.0
Nov 11, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You get to know great people that work just as hard as you do. If you are a good leader, you can build a great team and enjoy your job some what.

Cons

Out of control pricing. New prices to be put up almost every weekend. A huge cut in labor hours in 2014 placing huge expectations that are completely out of reach. Salaried managers are expected to pick up the extra work and pretty much live at the store doing all of the jobs of the hourly associates and managers weren't able to complete due to not having enough employees to do the job. Pay is low for the amount of work that you are expected to do. With more pay, it would be a little more doable with the high expectations.

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Pros

Amazing space to work. Benefits great.

Cons

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1.0
Jul 9, 2026
Recommend
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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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