Under appreciated employee. - Store Associate Petco Employee Review

2.0
Jul 11, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

The regular customers are just about the only pros.

Cons

The pay is horrible especially for the amount of money that the store makes The manager treats employees as if they are robots and simply doesn't care about our social lifestyle and she shows that by making some employees work 6-7 days straight but split between 2 weeks just so that it won't seem illegal. You get talked down to by higher up and they act like their s&@t is golden. And the manager does not follow through with promises

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Cons

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Pros

- Wonderful people under the Sr. Director level - Dogs in the office - Brand name carries weight on your resume

Cons

- Sr. Directors and above are largely nepotism hires rather than merit-based promotions - Leadership team is toxic and disrespectful, and that tone trickles down to other senior leaders - Gender favoritism shows up repeatedly, with women being asked to pick up the work of men without additional pay. Or men being promoted over women due to favoritism and not merit. - Nearly every employee I worked with was disengaged and functioning out of fear of layoffs rather than job satisfaction (layoffs happen multiple times a year) - The company's declining position also makes it harder to land your next role, since a recent Petco title now reads as coming from a struggling brand

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