The job market is tough, but not as tough as surviving a year at PetSmart - Digital Program Manager PetSmart Employee Review

1.0
Jun 3, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

-(It feels like) As long as you are friends with your boss, you can get promoted twice despite being unqualified and a morally corrupt human -(It seems like) You get promoted if you shop for Anthropology dresses and take vape breaks all day -Fresh Zoloft prescription (also a con) -The most horrifying place I've ever worked, so it can only go up from here!!

Cons

-Management appeared to be auditioning for a role in Mean Girls 3 at all times -Positive year-end review one week, performance improvement plan the very next week -Spineless leaders reporting "egregious behavior" and then being unable to give a clear explanation of what that behavior actually was

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PetSmart Response
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This isn't the work experience we hope associates have when working with us and appreicate your feedback. We encourage you to reach out to the CareSmart line at 1-800-738-4693 so we can learn more and try to support you. Thank you!

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Pros

The staff care a lot and try their hardest but it leads to burn out and being taken advantage of by a company the does not care about YOU.

Cons

Poor management. No work life balance. Bad scheduling. Bad pay. No communication. Leads expected to work more than 10 hours a day during high volume periods, Be responsible for too many things. You run around like a chicken with it's head chopped off the whole time you're at work. Staff are snippy, and rude. A few are okay. Company has you working bare bones, and does not care. Pet parent's are weird, and I don't think have realistic expectations that the boarding facility is more like dropping your dog off at a dog shelter for a week while you go on vacation than a "fun time" for your dog. Dogs get fed, watered, pottied. If that is all you care about, then use the PetHotel. If you want your dog to have fun, and be out of a stressful environment (few dogs do well with constant barking and noise all day, plus being stuck in a cement run, thrown in with a bunch of other dogs who have never been properly socialized) just do in home boarding. I would never board my dog at a place like this.

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