New owner is bringing this company down - Anonymous employee Petco Employee Review

2.0
Jan 20, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You can bring pets to work. The offices are brand new with a nice open layout. There's a gym and a cafe with lots of healthy options.

Cons

New ownership has aggressive goals but have made rash and some borderline unethical decisions that led us to take 1 step forward while taking 2 steps backwards.

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Cons

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Pros

friendly store managers usually good discounts nostalgic

Cons

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