Invest More In Hourly Employees - Assistant Manager Petco Employee Review

3.0
Jun 21, 2020
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Pros

Good work life balance and not hard to learn your job, although there is a lot to learn. PetCo does really great work with the PetCo Foundation. The company invests a great deal in helping animals. They have set high standards for animal care and do well enforcing those standards.

Cons

Doesn't seem like corporate realizes what burden they place on the employees when they push for certain results. Feels like you can never really meet expectations regardless of the effort and speed you work. The payroll is so tight it becomes physically impossible to get all the work down within your shift, even our top employees struggle. The way work is getting down is because employees are working off the clock and the salaried manager becomes married to the store working 70-80 per week.

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Pros

Good environment, good management and able to learn and improve

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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