Cheap company with horrible management - Accounting Petco Employee Review

1.0
Aug 11, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Being allowed to bring your pets to work is a very cool idea, and it was fun being able to walk around and pet different ones in different cubes.

Cons

Management is incompetent and rules by fear. Pay is disgustingly low for the amount of work you do. The company is just plain cheap. Instead of bonuses Jim Myers will roll a ice cream cart around and give you a free ice cream bar and pretend that it is better than getting a money bonus.

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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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