Pros
Mostly pleasant work environment, opportunity to learn a lot about animals.
Cons
Reading other reviews on here, there is a common theme I can definitely relate to- Petco does not provide enough payroll to effectively run it's operations. It is both a one-stop pet supply store and a pet store with hundreds of animals to take care of. The store I work at generally has between 3-5 employees working at a time, including managers. Everyone is passionate about taking good care of our animals but we simply don't have the time to do it. It's not like if a customer asks us to help them learn how to set up an aquarium, we can say "No, I can't do that because these Bettas need water changes." The pressure that is put on the management from corporate is all related to sales and customer perception, and gives little consideration to actual animal care. The emotional toll from knowing that you could have saved an animal's life if you were actually given the time to do so, can be overwhelming, especially when it comes up again and again.