Not Great - Grooming Assistant Petco Employee Review

2.0
Jun 24, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

You get to deal with animals all day and interact with people and their pets. The management is respectful to the employees.

Cons

No promotion opportunities, you are basically stuck where they hire you. No wage increases for for Groomers, you stay at minimum wage even after like two years. Petco is just cheap and won't give any employees a raise, it all goes to corporate where they don't even do that much, just say if we need to pick it up or not.

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Cons

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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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