Loved working with the pets. Did not care for lack of advancement. - Anonymous employee PetSmart Employee Review

2.0
Jun 25, 2011
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Loved all the pets you deal with each day. Customer's pets were always fun to play with. Helping customers and making them happy was the best part of the job.

Cons

Pay for part-timers was minimum. Pay for hourly associates and key holders was also very low. You would have a pet-care manager manager making as low as $12.00 per hour and also have them run the building a couple of nights per week. The only people that made decent money were the salary managers.

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5.0
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Pros

Very good relationship with colleague

Cons

Not very flexible on work times

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4.0
Jun 14, 2026
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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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