I worked for Petsmart for 3 years. I planned my entire life around this company. I went to school to work at corporate, I worked my butt off. I truly, genuinely used to love my job. Petsmart says they're all about supporting current employees. I interviewed for FIVE corporate jobs and was not valued because I didn't have real world experience outside of school for all of them. Do you want to know why I didn't have out side of school experience? I was working 40 hours a week with Petsmart and taking 18 credit hours. They're full of crap. It also became very obvious through all of these interviews that the people in corporate have NO clue what store level is like or what any of these positions even do. Every interview included me having to explain what my job is because they don't know. I put literally all of myself into this company and left feeling undervalued, exhausted and incredibly sad.
The response to the COVID pandemic was absolutely horrendous. I watched myself, my staff and my fellow managers deteriorate as this company took advantage of their employees. It became very clear very quickly where the priorities were. Somehow a BOOM in business but we have no hours? I'm sorry but I don't believe it. I've been reading these responses about "trying their best to navigate COVID" but it's all bull. Your employees are exhausted, miserable and having breakdowns constantly. No requiring of masks, not enough staff, no incentive to keep working there. You paid insurance for a couple months? Wow, cool. Sucks for the part timers who don't get insurance. I have watched so many employees who once loved their job be completely broken down. There's no morale, no way to boost it, because this company has made it abundantly clear that they don't care about their employees. It's sad. You guys really have no clue what we're going through here, and you don't care. You keep saying you do, but your actions say otherwise.
