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      Sweat Shop with Cut-Throat IT VPs - Work In IT Petco Employee Review

      1.0
      Sep 4, 2019
      Work in it
      Recommend
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      Pros

      It's a job and the building is pleasant. However, keeping in mind that the building was constructed by the previous leadership, not the current. To be fair, there are a few IT VPs that are good and fair and respected: Severn, Mike, Brendten.

      Cons

      Zero loyalty in IT leadership. HR worried about the management's opinions and success, not the employees. IT No place for employee experiencing unfair treatment to go. HR even removed the feedback section that used to be available when acknowledging annual reviews. Benefits are terrible. They even have most of the employees fooled into thinking they are helping them by taking away sick days. In reality, they removed sick days so that they no longer have to track the liability on their books or pay out the unused sick days when employees leave the company. I would not work in the infrastructure area for all the money in the world. That is the most poorly lead area. I've watched many a good person intimidated until quitting or fired for not being a yes person.

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      Petco Response
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      We appreciate your honesty and thank you for your candid review. We just wanted to let you know that we're listening, and we're all in this together! Please contact the Petco Hotline at 1-888-736-9834 or http://petcohotline.com/ so we can get a better understanding and work towards resolving your concerns. Thank you!

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