Used to be better - General Manager Petco Employee Review

2.0
Jan 19, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Can be a great place to work if your manager is fair and willing to build a positive work environment -Having animals come in to see you everyday is a major plus -Employee discount is nice, but they no longer stack discounts with employee discount

Cons

-Can be traumatizing seeing shipments of dead animals come in -Field leadership and corporate leadership would rather sit behind a desk and have conference calls than actually make strategies to help stores, mentor partners, -Discrimination against pregnant and female employees -Not willing to fairly compensate based on experience or tenure with the company -Human resources relies on what district managers say, and do not properly investigate district managers and up when complaints are made -Modest annual ranges, 3% at most -Extreme favoritism with district managers trickles down into stores

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5.0
May 6, 2026
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Pros

Good environment and great people

Cons

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1.0
Jul 14, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Wonderful people under the Sr. Director level - Dogs in the office - Brand name carries weight on your resume

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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