Started off great then went to crap - Cashier/Pet Care Associate PetSmart Employee Review

3.0
May 16, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You get to work with animals and you can get some nice co workers( if you're lucky)

Cons

When I started here, it was great, and I had support of management. Then one of the managers got promoted, and he became a bully and was putting people down, had an attitude all the time, and basically made people feel like they weren't worth anything. If you even tried to address anything he made, you feel even worse about yourself. Then they start cutting hours and expect you to get everything done with very little staff and it's unreasonable. And don't even ask for a raise or more hours, because that won't happen but your upper management will get a raise. No problem no questions asked.

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Pros

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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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