Lack of Company Benefits - General Manager Petco Employee Review

1.0
Dec 22, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I can't think of any right now

Cons

*Compensation - with Hourly rates for employees going up every year, we as General Managers are still making what we thought was a great wage years ago - which is now nothing when newly hired hourlys are going to be hired in at $13 per hour - starting in 2 weeks. Why have our wages not been adjusted? *Denied a 2019 3RD Qtr Bonus due to Targets being RIDICULOUSLY way above Comp (35-50%) - after an "Exception" was approved by Territory General Manager and told to us that we would get a bonus - then to find out by HR that ALL "Exceptions" that were approved had been denied!! Way to make your Management Team and store partners feel the TRUST in this organization. So much for a Merry Christmas for our families. Bet Ron and others got their Bonus this year!!!!! *Hourly "General Managers" required to work every Friday, Saturday and Sunday during the Month of December and required to work 6 days (for the 1st time since we were moved to hourly management over 10 years ago) the week of Christmas - forget the family values that Ron preaches when we don't get to spend ANY time with our families during the holidays - bet Ron had more than 1 day off during this busy week - or vacationed somewhere with his family!!

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Petco Response
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We appreciate your honest feedback, and want to thank you for your employment with us — you've been with us a long time, and we are grateful for that! Would you please reach out to us at the Petco Hotline at 1-888-736-9834 or http://petcohotline.com/, so we can get a better understanding of your concerns and suggestions? Thank you!

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