Petco reviews

Depending on your district/region, lack of effective communication from corporate management can be an issue. Too many chiefs, not enough indians. Also, they want all stores to be the same as far as basic policies go but they will let older stores completely fall apart while opening up new stores at the same time. Why not revamp older stores and provide more hours instead of opening up new stores and letting the old ones fizzle out?

Due to budgets constantly being reduced and positions being eliminated, there is no work/life balance as a Store Leader being you are the only salaried team member in the store. If there are any tasks that need to be completed you get to be the one to finish them. Low wages for Department Leaders cause much turnover (there are other jobs available that pay more for a non-management position than Petco pays for one.) You are constantly on the lookout to hire new Department Mangers because of this. The workload is constantly being increased while there is no increase and/or a reduction in payroll and staffing to accomplish the workload. Increased focus on services sales (grooming, dog training and veterinary services) are being pushed to ridiculous budgetary goals in an effort to make up for lost sales to the internet in stores. Fear is the primary motivator for reaching these goals because your job is now constantly on the line if they are not met.