Bad treatment of employees and management - Anonymous employee Petco Employee Review

2.0
Aug 9, 2008
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Interaction with animals and people, both customers and employees. Learning about animal care. Daily interaction with animals customers bring in.

Cons

Poor treatment of employees and management. No communication about expectations. Poor employee moral overall. Hiring of some employees who know nothing about animals. Customers who treat their animals poorly and inability to act on this. Customers who bring in injured animals and refuse to take them to the vet.

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- 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 - Sexism 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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