PETCO used to be much better. - Companion Animal Specialist Petco Employee Review

3.0
Nov 19, 2008
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Pros

You do get animal care experience by working at PETCO. Also, my general manager is very good about scheduling my work schedule around my college courses.

Cons

Politics. I've also noticed that since PETCO has cut payroll and "right sized" the amount of animals in the store, the animals in the store no longer come first. Instead of taking care of all the animals once a week they now get taken care of once the enclosures look like crap or they smell really bad.

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5.0
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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
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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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