PetSmart reviews

3.1

37% would recommend to a friend

(10,816 total reviews)
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Ken Hicks

23% approve of CEO

29% positive business outlook

PetSmart has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 10,816 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The PetSmart employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.4 stars).

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11K reviews
1.0
Jun 16, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pet Friendly, dedicated employees who are passionate about the health and welfare of pets. Regular customers and seeing their pets in store.

Cons

The company takes advantage of this passion and offers little support to store management in order to do their job. The cuts prior to the sale made it impossible to staff and run the stores. This was a very top down approach to leadership and showed that senior leaders were completely out of touch with the store environment. Expect to work 6 days a week as a Store Manager and Operations Manager. Grooming needs a major overhaul beyond just SMS, there needs to be real leadership development for the Salon Manager. Most salons that I worked with generated more in revenue weekly than most PetsHotels, yet the PetsHotel has 1 salaried manager, 1 assistant, and 1-2 leads. Whereas the Salon Manager is left by themselves to lead their team. The only support they can hope to receive is from the Store or Operations Managers who are already overwhelmed with autocratic tasks.

1.0
Apr 30, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

First starting off with company was very good, they would listen to your opinion, was "family orientated", You had some freedom to do what was right for the store/company/customers. Pay was average to a little above for the responsibilities. vacation time was nice, started off with more then most companies.

Cons

Upper management, they want truth from you yet they are not truthful with you. Inconsistent from one store to another on policies and procedures. You might get nothing for breaking a policy where another manager might get fired. HR is a joke, takes the side of upper management or hourly associates all the time, guilty until you prove them wrong, then it is a witch hunt for you cause you called them out, NO OPEN DOOR POLICY which so ever, even though they will talk till they are blue in the face about how supportive the upper management and hr teams are. DM was not supportive, all about them, what we can do for them, make them look good. Poorly managed company the last couple of years, mainly in the mid corporate management level.

4.0
Apr 30, 2015

Sr Financial Analyst

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Can bring pets to work. Atmosphere can be like a family. Pay is great.

Cons

The company has just been purchased and there is a lot of unsettling movement going on at this time.

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