Waste of time - Assistant Manager Petco Employee Review

1.0
Jan 12, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Animal care and job experience

Cons

Petco does not give you the resources to properly care for animals. When animals get sick they end up dying before they make it to the vet due to Petco not giving locations enough hours to be properly staffed. General managers and district managers have a long history of being friends and they will team up on employees if they have any concerns or complaints. This corrupts the company entirely. Animals do not come first at Petco, money does. Petco will do whatever is takes to increase sales even if that means the animals will suffer. This job completely ruined my mental health and any compassion i had for the animals.

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Cons

- Sr. Directors and above are largely nepotism hires rather than merit-based promotions - Leadership team is toxic and disrespectful, and that tone trickles down to other senior leaders - Gender favoritism shows up repeatedly, with women being asked to pick up the work of men without additional pay. Or men being promoted over women due to favoritism and not merit. - Nearly every employee I worked with was disengaged and functioning out of fear of layoffs rather than job satisfaction (layoffs happen multiple times a year) - The company's declining position also makes it harder to land your next role, since a recent Petco title now reads as coming from a struggling brand

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