Getting worse… - Team Leader PetSmart Employee Review

1.0
Jun 13, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Coworkers are genuinely awesome. There is a united love for pets that is unique to retail.

Cons

Anyone above store management is completely separated from reality. Work load continues to grow as labor continues to shrink and they have completely moved away from making the company about people. It is strictly about chasing numbers (some irrelevant from bottom line) and shifts priorities depending what numbers become the lowest, poor management is often celebrated as true, devoted employees are shunned as favoritism runs rampant. They do of course mask this with a “belonging campaign” that does little more then highlight obscure holidays while increasing workload with break room posters and activities. FYI, most employees do not get a chance to use the break room as there is often only 3 employees at a time in the building.

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5.0
Jul 13, 2026
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Pros

everyone communicates and willing to pass on knowledge

Cons

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1.0
Jul 9, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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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