Ok first job, if you are a good worker you will end up doing the majority of the work - Anonymous employee Petco Employee Review

3.0
Aug 8, 2012
Anonymous employee
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Pros

I had a few pretty decent store managers. Training was good, I learned quite a bit. If you like animals you do get to spend time caring for them and such.

Cons

I frequently had to do much more than my fair share of the work because many of the other employees were lazy, inept, or both.

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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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