Pros
- Pet retail is fairly unique in my opinion. You create bonds with people and their pets that are different than the bonds formed with regulars at other retailers. - They do have the safety of the pets in mind. - Because PetSmart does a few different things (Grooming, training, boarding, and retail) there are a lot of options to try different things. The PetSmarts that I have worked in have always had managers who were more than happy to cross train people. - Overall, I would say PetSmart is a good company to work for at the moment, but we shall see what happens in the next few months/years as the execs try to get the company in top shape to go public, and then sell. - Flexible schedules for part-timers - Minimum starting pay in this area seems to be around $9
Cons
- It's retail. The only person who *might* have set hours is the store manager, depending on how ethical they are. And most likely, you will be working all weekend, every weekend. - Of course the company, region, and district gives stores direction, the actual success and failure of the store and the morale of the store very much depends on the store managers. In my area there is what is referred to by a lot of people as the "good ol' boys club". This is referring to a group of store managers that have been around for a very long time, and generally, they have a set of rules that they follow that benefits themselves and their schedules, while caring very little about everyone else. - The company is changing. That could be good, or bad, but currently, corporate are trying to maximize profits and improvements without recognizing that the changes they are making and the additional tasks they would like to be done at store level requires time and manpower. Of course, they simultaneously cut hours. - They really only want part-timers. It is extremely difficult to secure a full time position.
