Not worth it - Warehouse DC Associate PetSmart Employee Review

1.0
Dec 8, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The pay is decent and the job keeps you fit

Cons

They consistently move the goal posts so you are always worried about losing your job. They will continue to threaten your job once a week if you don't make a 100% each week or over. This is not easy to do and it's so difficult because the job is very taxing on your body. People get injured and have major back problems from the heavy lifting. You're lifting heavy products for 10-12 hours a day and you have to do it fast so you meet 100% production every single day. NO ONE STAYS VERY LONG because of this, and they start firing people in groups to bring in fresh new workers who won't complain. Sexual harassment is rampant at this place from management and associates alike. It's unbearably hot in the summer and you're working up a sweat for 10 hours on top of that and they still expect you to perform at the same rate. It's freezing in the winter as well. Everyone is always stressed out, I quit this company because it was too stressful making 90% or more each week and constantly being warned that I would lose my job when I worked very hard and had alot of energy everyday to get things done. Even if you try your best you're going to be harassed by meetings with supervisors EVERY WEEK

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Cons

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1.0
Jul 9, 2026
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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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