Worked in aquatics dept - Anonymous employee PetSmart Employee Review

3.0
Jun 24, 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

If you love working with animals, this may be the place for you. Although only there for a summer it was a great learning experience to say the least

Cons

If you have a dislike for cleaning up dog poo or urine this is not the place for you. This is the only part of the job that really creeped me out.

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Pros

15% off whole store 50% proprietary brands Petting animals Friendly customers Almost never declines requested days off

Cons

Must have min one weekend day available No room for growth very hard to become full time Must make requests a month in advance even thought the schedule come out Thurs/fri for the following week, shifts can be unpredictable Coworkers with seniority have “better” shifts Scrubbing tanks may have you armpit deep They say everyone is equal and gets paid the same but not everyone put in the same effort, ex: some people don’t do pet care at all or never close or never work truck days

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