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      Petco reviews

      3.0

      35% would recommend to a friend

      (6,870 total reviews)
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      Joel D. Anderson

      31% approve of CEO

      26% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.5

      Diversity & inclusion

      2.9

      Compensation and benefits

      2.8

      Culture & values

      2.8

      Career opportunities

      2.7

      Work/Life balance

      2.4

      Senior management

      Petco has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 6,870 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Petco employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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      7K reviews
      3.0
      Apr 19, 2010

      Decent job for terrible pay.

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Steady paycheck if you are a full time employee. A "non-professional" or "laid back" working environment. Awesome co-workers. If you are stressed there are birds, ferrets, or customer pets to play with.

      Cons

      Overall incompetence of management and employees. No hours given for basic store operations. Ridiculously disproportionate expectations on the job and no time to fulfill them. Decent animal care but with such little time allotted none of the animals are socialized. Our animal vendor is terrible too...I see more deceased and ill animals on a daily basis than I would care to admit. Did I mention not enough hours to run the store? Also, a terribly inaccurate inventory system. Very low pay for the expected job duties.

      3.0
      Mar 27, 2010

      Not enough Time or Staff

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Good Benefits, fair pay and decent on the job training.

      Cons

      There are not enough hours provided to get the job done at the expected level. This causes frustration and burnout. Most of the upper management worked at a time when there were more people per shift running the store. With animals to take care of, customers to wait on and stock to work it is surprising that a Petco store has less employees per shift then the local gas station. The focus is in the wrong places. Constant pressure to maintain a daily high score on surveys that do not truly reflect how the store is doing because any store that has less then the highest ranking is no good.

      1.0
      Mar 20, 2010

      Store manager offers you a job at a certain salary and then once you accept the job offer the salary changes.

      Assistant store manager
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Working with the public and meeting their pets is awesome. Not being micro managed and able to use your creativity when merchandising is a plus. On the other hand, benefits are good.

      Cons

      Manager bait and switched , with salary,when I accepted the job. No job training whats so ever. Animal care at this particular store is horrible. management is floor coverage. Company has standards but noone follows them. district manager knows of issues but fails to do anything. Lack of accountability on all areas of management.

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