PetSmart reviews

3.1

37% would recommend to a friend

(10,792 total reviews)
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Ken Hicks

24% approve of CEO

29% positive business outlook

PetSmart has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 10,792 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
Apr 5, 2017

Lacks Transparency through out the Company!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Open door policy is openly communicated

Cons

Training is lacking when being promoted or hired into a Leadership position usually having to learn as you go. Investigations are not done properly when accusations are brought up about a member of leadership. Leadership position do not get coached they can be terminated on the spot because of the position they hold which does not allow for a proper investigation majority of the time. Accused may not provide evidence that will prove the accusations are false. The accused are usually not allowed to participate or be involved with the investigation. Human Resource department are not present for terminations (in person or on a call). Termination can happen from immediate date of accusation or can happen over a month later from the date the incident happened (allows information/documents that would help the investigation to be destroyed because its only held/available for 30 days per Policy and Procedure). After termination HR nor Leadership members will not return calls or messages to discuss termination. Third party CARESmart is not taken seriously to help associates concerns. Never placed on a action plan (write up) for work performance or behavior issues the 8 1/2 years employed with PetSmart but still terminated.

1.0
Sep 24, 2016

Horrible company to work for!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Most employees are hard working and good team members to work with. Competitive salaries compared to other local companies.

Cons

New upper management does not care about employees or their future in the company, so a lot of talented and long time employees are leaving or being made to leave. Leadership just wants to drive higher profit margins and is over-working people at all levels in the company. Total chaos all the time! Everyone is complaining about something and the work environment is very negative. Unless you are among the select favorites you will not get promoted. They prefer to hire more external people than promote from within. Culture of the company has changed for the worse and middle management is just blaming people below them for mistakes or bad decisions to save their jobs.

2.0
Dec 14, 2018
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Pros

The base pay and benefits are very good.

Cons

-Zero work life balance, you will be expected to completely put your family on the back burner. Routinely expected to alter vacations and days off to accommodate last minute corporate visits or other last minute tasks. -Retaliation, although discouraged on paper, is very prevalent. I would never call associate relations on an issue with fear it would come back on me. -Training was simply three days of e-learnings then being fed to the wolves.

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PetSmart Response
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Thank you for the feedback. While it's great to hear you liked the compensation, you raise some concerns are not in line with our values. We'd like to hear more about your experience so we can be sure to address. Please contact the CareSmart line at 1-800-738-4693. Thank you, again.
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