Good Job but poor management. - Associate Petco Employee Review

4.0
Nov 13, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Very friendly place, everyone is very nice, I get to work with and help the animals to the best of my abilities. Always learning new things about the animals. Flexible hours.

Cons

Most of my hours I spend doing pointless things, such as changing a planogram. That takes alot of time and I have no where to put old stock, so it ends up just sitting in the back. (what was wrong with the old planogram?) When the truck comes in we end up with alot of stock we didnt need. What we do need takes weeks, even months to come in. GM says she has no control over what is shipped and cannot send anything back. Management gives me almost no direction. Limited number of workers so small things like mopping the floors and cleaning the bathrooms never get done because they are to busy moving stock around.

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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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