Decent job for terrible pay. - Anonymous employee Petco Employee Review

3.0
Apr 19, 2010
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Steady paycheck if you are a full time employee. A "non-professional" or "laid back" working environment. Awesome co-workers. If you are stressed there are birds, ferrets, or customer pets to play with.

Cons

Overall incompetence of management and employees. No hours given for basic store operations. Ridiculously disproportionate expectations on the job and no time to fulfill them. Decent animal care but with such little time allotted none of the animals are socialized. Our animal vendor is terrible too...I see more deceased and ill animals on a daily basis than I would care to admit. Did I mention not enough hours to run the store? Also, a terribly inaccurate inventory system. Very low pay for the expected job duties.

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Cons

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Cons

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