Lack of strong leadership across the board. - Corporate Office Employee Petco Employee Review

1.0
Jun 3, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

You can bring your pets to work.

Cons

Disorganized. No process rigor operationally anywhere for a company of this size. Senior leaders do not care to understand the details of what their under resourced teams need to perform adequately. Budgets are non-existent. Teams are set up for failure. Leadership is poor.

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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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