While there are some exceptions, generally you should stay away. - Anonymous employee Petco Employee Review

1.0
Mar 11, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You can bring your pets to work. There's plenty of work to be done! There are a rare few excellent employees that are incredible to work with, despite all the things stacked against them. (See cons)

Cons

Inexperienced upper management running experienced long term employees. Too many chiefs. Expect to pay the price for bad decisions of your bosses and their bosses. Lots of red tape. Poor benefits package. Embarrassingly high turnover. Archaic systems and processes. Lack of trust between employee and employer. I could go on and on, but it becomes too long to read.

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Cons

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Cons

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