PetSmart reviews

3.1

37% would recommend to a friend

(10,808 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 10,808 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
4.0
Jun 27, 2015

Previous Focus had better Work-Life Balance

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Work with some great peers, decent pay structure, no weekends at the office, flexibility with certain bosses.

Cons

Current focus post buyout has not been on maintaining the balance between work and life outside of PetSmart driven by senior leadership.

3.0
Jun 23, 2015

PetSmart

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great to work with pets and educate customers on the how to best care for them.

Cons

Changes in upper management has caused a work/life balance that is difficult to manage

1.0
Jun 5, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

employee discount. 3 weeks vacation from the start. Get to hang around with sometimes half nutty "pet parents" on a daily basis.

Cons

If you are going to interview for a Store Management position at Petsmart, I would HIGHLY recommend that you ask how many persons has held the position you are applying for and why they left. Then ask how many final action plans have you given to other managers. There is a reason they pay you well and give you so much vacation. its a trap.. heads up! you are held up to an extremely high expectation that is unattainable by most. Service sales are huge. if you cant convince someone to spend $119 on something they don't need (dog training classes), then stay away! If you dont want to spend an entire overnight or 2, or maybe 3 to "sweep" your entire store to prepare for a potential random audit during your days off or vacation, then DONT take this position. If you are told you will only work 45 hours a week, 1 Sunday a month, and rotate Saturdays, DONT believe it! Its a trap! you will work most weekends and 55-60 hours is more realistic. If you are told you are given an hour for lunch every day, that may be true, but good luck getting to take it! If you do take it, you will be frowned upon. If you are not "growing the basket", watch out for an action plan.. IE if 1 customer comes in every other week to purchase 1000 crickets, that will significantly impact your basket growth with that 1 customer. there is a "we love pets" attitude associated with the company. But how do you think Petsmart is able to keep such a consistent "supply" of small animals, reptiles, birds, fish, etc. in ALL of their stores. The exact same way puppy mills do.. Which petsmart strongly speaks against regularly. HYPOCRITES! PETA does not think highly of them at all. search it for yourself.

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