Petco reviews

3.0

35% would recommend to a friend

(6,870 total reviews)
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Joel D. Anderson

31% approve of CEO

26% positive business outlook

Petco has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 6,870 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
4.0
Dec 16, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

They truly believe in their mission and values as a pet company. You can learn as much as you can as long as you are proactive. You will find stability in the company, as long as you deliver and show value

Cons

Some temas lack of structure or communication. Ownership of some projects may vary

2.0
Dec 16, 2025

Working for corpo petco

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Depending on location, they will have clientele for you... Unless it's a slow salon then you'll be fighting for dogs and sitting around all day waiting for a same day apt. Also they are supposed to provide you blades/clippers/shears but most are garbage and you'll have to buy your own. The biggest PRO is that it's free training and a great place to start as a newbie with no money.

Cons

Dirty workplace, old buildings a lot of time, breaking/old equipment, too cheap to provide new stuff for salon only hand me downs a lot of time, cheap prices that are only worth it if you are forcing up selling packages, usually poor management (especially GSL's who take advantage of how they get paid,), NO HOLIDAYS OFF EVER, force you to work weekends and will put you on the schedule 7+10 days in a row during "blackout"(meaning no calling in/PTO during the holidays and everyone has to work MORE), strict policies that ruin efficiency and get in the way of your grooming, little control over your schedule with same day apts and you can't block your schedule to prevent this when you already have a packed schedule, and many more :)

2.0
Dec 15, 2025

Not worth it

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Learn about animals and meet cool coworkers Get commission

Cons

Never enough time to focus on dog training Treated more like another store employee Non flexible hours Not enough pay for the work you do (including commission)

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