Central Garden & Pet Reviews

Pros

Family oriented and promote a balnance between work and personal life
Promote you to volunteer in your community
Respectful of emploees
good benefits
Isurance pricing firly low compared to what others pay

Cons

Male dominated society
Not much respect for women in management positions although they have begun to try and promote women recently

Pros

Prior focus on all customers and local branch needs not just the holy trinity / 3 top national accounts

Cons

Over weight on the investment Central brands to the detriment of the distribution vendor partner products that are proven winners.
Spending millions on propective aquisitions but nothing to show for it, dump the flat tires in this department and pull the trigger on something, anything. Its not rocket science.

Advice to Senior Management

After the guru's grand plan fails, get back to serving the customer needs which built the company to this size in the first place.Not what overpriced CGP brands you want them to need. The elimination of distribution will leave CGP with branded only products that are not of quality, over priced and can be replaced by competitive products.

Pros

short work weeks when off season

Cons

unorganized
in season is a mess and long

Advice to Senior Management

better communication down to TM

Pros

Decent pay, flexible scheduling, not much else

Cons

Little to no communication from management. Very rude and disrespectful. Only worried about "their" sales bonus.

Advice to Senior Management

Overhaul District and Territory Managers training and leadership development

Pros

Central Garden and Pet is a great company to work for. The management is there for you, and if you work hard and prove yourself, there is plenty of room for advancement. Plus its fun. Merchandiser against your competition can almost be like a sport.

Cons

It is definitely hard work. They check up on your stores when you least expect it to make sure you are doing a good job. So you have to keep up with all the tedious details all the time.

Advice to Senior Management

If any employee in the field thinks that something could be done better or changed and you chose not to do it, please communicate why. In addition, the corporate walks are a waste of time. That is what the DMs and TMs are for.

Pros

The close proximity to my home

Cons

How the business has changed

Advice to Senior Management

Spend time on thinking of ways to help small/medium retailers so they can compete with the big boxes