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      PetSmart

      Engaged Employer

      PetSmart reviews

      3.1

      37% would recommend to a friend

      (10,812 total reviews)
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      Ken Hicks

      23% approve of CEO

      29% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.6

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.0

      Culture & values

      2.9

      Compensation and benefits

      2.8

      Work/Life balance

      2.8

      Career opportunities

      2.6

      Senior management

      PetSmart has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 10,812 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The PetSmart employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.4 stars).

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      11K reviews
      2.0
      Jan 27, 2012

      It was an eye opening and disappointing experience

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      PetSmart associates are some of the nicest people I've ever worked with. The store I worked for was in a really great neighborhood so our customers were extremely nice as well. The job in general, was enjoyable and something I was happy to go to in the morning.

      Cons

      Serious animal issues were frequently glossed over or ignored completely, especially in the Hotel and Grooming. Upper management is very young and they cover each other when something goes wrong rather than do the right thing and district management is clueless to what really goes on with upper management. Quality, new employees bail out pretty quickly because of a serious clique mentality with the management and the associates that have been there longer.

      4.0
      Jan 25, 2012

      I learned a lot about managing people versus just the operations of a building while here.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Solid place to work. Compensated well but very policy driven. If you love pets this can be a fun place to work.

      Cons

      Hourly staff allowed to make numerous mistakes, while managers are almost never given a second chance or benefit of the doubt. I myself had to terminate many managers for small infractions. You need to be prepared to deal with the ugly side of pet business, such as injured pets, pet death, etc.

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