Profit over pets - Pet Care Associate PetSmart Employee Review

1.0
Nov 25, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you're lucky and get a good CEL (department manager) you may be able to promote and execute poper pet care

Cons

Store leads bonus is tied to animal sales, so the more customers that are upset you denied sale of an animal due to improper care the less money your manager will make. I experienced my manager selling her back yard bred dogs out of the store for $2000 each and management covered it up since she sold him a dog too. Super shady, money hungry, and will force you to abuse animals. Great lip service by the PR team and material, but very little is genuine or practiced.

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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
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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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