Uneasy - Anonymous employee Petco Employee Review

CONS Benefits • Poor PTO offering (2 weeks’ vacation, 1 week sick) • CA state minimum maternity leave (must use FMLA/vacation for anything longer) • 401k match below par • Health insurance costs above CA average for corporate Resources/Career • Outdated technology that handcuffs us from making sound business decisions across all facets of the enterprise (most notably, our POS system) • Understaffed in key areas, like inventory, which removes all capabilities for analysis and growth for those in that area • No clear hierarchy or career pathing available. Most moves are to “bigger desks” which then cap out at a certain point with no further opportunities • No training for job specific or even company-wide topics/systems except for a 2-day orientation when starting. Operate under a “trial by fire” mentality. Leadership • New CEO comes across as sexist o When confronted with lack of women in C-suite, responded by parading around female hires in a “look – a girl!” sort of way o Both in at company-wide town hall meetings (“hosted members of the leadership team and their wives” - there are female leaders...) as well as in smaller group meetings has offhandedly insinuated that women are lesser/that men are valued more • Clear disconnect on priorities at the top level o The business has become siloed between sales, inventory, marketing, etc. When we solve a problem in one we aren't looking for the upstream issues it may cause in another o Split leadership team with differing objectives has created no clear strategy to act on at the lower levels. There are differing interpretations of what the best course of action is, but we are left to squabble it out among ourselves which is difficult when – again – we have different business objectives that we are marching to.