Really Bad - Anonymous employee Petco Employee Review

1.0
Aug 29, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Unfortunately cannot recommend in any way. Looking for employment elsewhere.

Cons

Ask around...Petco aka Letgo is widely known as a bad place to be. Zero loyalty to workers, rampant sexism, constant churn of people, firing then hiring then firing. Heartless treatment of people - even senior leaders - who get recruited, move their families, and then get fired for no reason other than politics or the company’s bad results. People are so paranoid about losing their jobs that the culture has really gone downhill - lying, disrespect, sabotage of colleagues. I wouldn’t wish this pace on my worst enemy.

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