Talented Teams Constantly Asked to Do More With Less - Creative Petco Employee Review

2.0
May 19, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great coworkers, strong creative talent, collaborative teams, and opportunities to gain experience across many areas of production and operations.

Cons

Employees are often overworked and expected to cover multiple roles at once while teams continue operating with lean staffing. Workloads can feel unsustainable despite strong company performance, and burnout has noticeably impacted morale. Many talented employees have started looking elsewhere because the pace and expectations no longer feel sustainable.

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5.0
Jun 2, 2026
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Pros

Good environment, good management and able to learn and improve

Cons

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2.0
Jul 2, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

friendly store managers usually good discounts nostalgic

Cons

Forced to stay short staffed. Couldn't take proper breaks most days as a closing lead unless it was during the first few hours of shift. At the time the regional manager seemed more worried about the aesthetics of the back animal rooms floor that only employees saw when we had ac issues, issues getting access to an exotic vet, and only had enough hours to have two employees working at a time most shift on most days. I only had a couple interactions but that was one of them. Could not call off sick without leaving the store scrambling to find someone to stay open. Also sold improper habitats.

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