Disatisfied long term employee. - General Manager Petco Employee Review

1.0
Jun 19, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Petco is a fun atmosphere to work in if you like animals and don't mind not getting paid very much. Although most of your time will be spent doing remidial tasks around the store, you do have the oppurtunity to interact with many different animals. Petco does offer a 20% discount to their employees, so this helps if you are a pet hobbyist.

Cons

Petco does not pay well or treat their employees well. Don't expect to be respected or treated like anything more than a grunt. Petco does not foster new ideas from employees. Petco also has a lot of mottos that are very untrue, i.e. "Animals come first". If you are in management, don't expect any help or direction from upper or middle management, their job is to tear you down no matter how good your store looks. They also provide very poor feedback, many times leaving you without knowing what you are supposed to do.

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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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