Petco reviews

3.0

36% would recommend to a friend

(6,865 total reviews)
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Joel D. Anderson

33% approve of CEO

26% positive business outlook

Petco has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 6,865 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Petco employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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7K reviews
1.0
Sep 10, 2012

Unrealistic expectations on a shoestring budget...

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Pros

Working with the animals can be fun. Seeing the pets that come in is good. PTO is generous - if you can last at least a year.

Cons

Payroll sucks - and nobody wants to acknowledge it, yet they keep piling on one stupid project after another. They want 'meaningfull engagements' with the customers - yet you are one of only 2 or 3 people working the entire store, while trying to complete a multitude of tasks. Great training tools (MLC) - yet no hours to utilize them... They want you to sell dogtraining classes - but supply no support to execute the classes ($400+ in dt sales = 1 hour of payroll for 6 weeks, $360 - 3 classes sold - gets you nothing to conduct them.)

5.0
Sep 4, 2012

Fullfilling

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Pros

Working towards Healthier Pets, Happier People, and Better World

Cons

None, But you better be a hands on and a working manager

3.0
Aug 15, 2012

Stressful

Recommend
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Pros

Excited kids getting pets. Discount. Steady work. Seeing cool new pet products. Making money. Co workers passionate about animals. Adoption.

Cons

No hours. Shifts cut often. Animals get sick and die. Stinks if your store has a rodent problem. You have to clean up dog poop and pee after guests animals who are too lazy to do it themselves.

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