Little respect and opportunities for advancement. - Pet Care Specialist PetSmart Employee Review

2.0
Dec 10, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

If you have a love of animals and interpersonal relations with their owners, PetSmart is a fantastic place to work. In addition, caring for the pets and doing a more than satisfactory job is a reward in and of itself.

Cons

Managers did not respect intelligence nor the abilities of employees. In addition, employees have little ability to advance in either ability (no training), or in qualification for other job positions. This is my primary complaint with management. While it may have just been my personal experience- I found that PetSmart had a relatively high turn-over rate at my store because managers did not take a personal interest in employees and thus, did not know enough to work with them to improve not only the employees experience, but the level and quality of work they perform as well as care to pets and animals in store.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Jul 9, 2026
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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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