Pros
The customers that truly care about their pets made it tolerable. The knowledge gained about pet nutrition changed my thinking and was very beneficial. Benefits were fair to good compared to other corporate retailers. Pay WOULD be decent...but in order to truly do a great job, you'd have to LIVE in the store, driving your average hourly wage WAY down. Not worth it.
Cons
One word: PAYROLL. 270 hours to run a store that has live animals? Honestly, if this were done correctly (and they indeed put animals first), you could spend an easy 160 hours a week for just saltwater and freshwater fish ALONE. Nevermind that you're expected to stop everything for anywhere from 1 to 5 hours every day for "showtime" and just wait on customers. (no extra payroll was given for this) Without going on and on, unless you have no family or life outside your job and you're completely okay with the amount of sickness and death that just "comes with the job" (again, almost all payroll related)- then do NOT work for this company.