Laid back company, low salaries - Anonymous employee Petco Employee Review

2.0
Jan 6, 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-Stable company with the reputation of being recession resistant -Laid back work environment -Genuine animal lover employees -Many approachable execs

Cons

-Extremely low salaries. Many employees at corporate level from store level who lack college education or recent college grads. This presumably lowers the salary bar. The result is high turnover of employees with credentials leaving the lower-qualified and less-motivated employees as long-term employees in the building. -Building is gross. Lower building has inadequate parking. Those with allergies to pet dander need not apply. Often marks on wall from pets. Few bathrooms for the number of employees.

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