Started Okay, Ended Badly - Cashier Petco Employee Review

1.0
Jul 17, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Enjoyed working with most of the customers and the animals. Decent hours, fair pay for area.

Cons

Ending Management of store was rude and had a very skewed view of what a pet store ought to be. Cut pet care hours (hours allowed for cleaning, feeding, etc) by almost half. Put pet care employees in a position of not being able to thoroughly do their job. Also expected reptile specialist to cashier while trying to clean and care for reptiles.

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Pros

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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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