Petco is the worst - Anonymous employee Petco Employee Review

1.0
Dec 9, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Cafeteria, campus and you can bring your pets.

Cons

1. Upper management constantly lies. 2. Upper management has no idea what they are doing and can not articulate the path forward. None of the strategies work and there is too much turnover. 3. Middle management is incompetent. Their only worry is to protect their turf and their job. 4. No training is provided to a new employee. 5. Cost cutting means layoffs every year for the past two years. 6. Terrible benefits, no bonus for at least the past two years. No salary increase at least below the Manager level. Long story short: unless you are desperate for a paycheck, look elsewhere.

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- Wonderful people under the Sr. Director level - Dogs in the office - Brand name carries weight on your resume

Cons

- Sr. Directors and above are largely nepotism hires rather than merit-based promotions - Leadership team is toxic and disrespectful, and that tone trickles down to other senior leaders - Gender favoritism shows up repeatedly, with women being asked to pick up the work of men without additional pay. Or men being promoted over women due to favoritism and not merit. - Nearly every employee I worked with was disengaged and functioning out of fear of layoffs rather than job satisfaction (layoffs happen multiple times a year) - The company's declining position also makes it harder to land your next role, since a recent Petco title now reads as coming from a struggling brand

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