Worst employer - Anonymous employee Petco Employee Review

1.0
Apr 14, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Was a good company to learn and grow

Cons

Management, fake videos and pictures of senior leaders acting like they care, fake overall talk about values and has none. VPs treat people under them really bad very hierarchical. Total boys club if you worked with someone before that is in a leadership role now you are good. Anyone with tenure is at risk.

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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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