Under appreciated employee. - Store Associate Petco Employee Review

2.0
Jul 11, 2012
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Pros

The regular customers are just about the only pros.

Cons

The pay is horrible especially for the amount of money that the store makes The manager treats employees as if they are robots and simply doesn't care about our social lifestyle and she shows that by making some employees work 6-7 days straight but split between 2 weeks just so that it won't seem illegal. You get talked down to by higher up and they act like their s&@t is golden. And the manager does not follow through with promises

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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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