Looking for great pay or easy job go elsewhere - Petco, Dog and Cat Sales Associate Petco Employee Review

3.0
Jul 19, 2010
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Pros

Good employees, some interaction with animals, fairly normal hours rarely after 10 pm or before 8am, get good pto if full time

Cons

Ive been with petco 6 months. Biggest issue is never enough payroll. Our store gets 350 hours or less per week. Corporate has things they want rolled out constantly, focus on cli scores, and animal care but fails to give neccessary hours. Animal's are not first at petco, money is. Second issue is the pay. Max raise is now thirty cents. Wont keep good people without taking better care of them. High Turnover due to poor pay and willingness to keep good people part time. Petco is cheap and has yet to reward hard work that I can see. Bottom line not horrible to work at if you happen to be 18 and living at home. otherwise though find something better.

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5.0
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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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