Amazing company, culture and people. - Anonymous employee PetSmart Employee Review

5.0
Mar 7, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

As a 15 year associate, I can confirm that PetSmart does a fantastic job at growing and developing their people! Love the company, our values, and our culture. JK (CEO) has done a fantastic job at providing clear direction and guidance to the company and I am proud to work for PetSmart!

Cons

Honestly, having a tough time coming up with one. Great company discounts, great salary, great people to work with.

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PetSmart Response
6y
Thank you for your review and for 15 years at PetSmart! I'm thrilled you've found life at PetSmart to be fulfilling and fun! Thank you for all you each day for your fellow associates, pets and pet parents.

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The company pushes for more and more from the bottom level employees without better pay. I worked there before the restructuring and; not much can make me cry, but working here sure did, even back then. I can’t imagine how anxiety inducing it must be to work there now. Animal welfare is a complete non-concern. The only thing that’s pushed is sell, sell, sell. It’s borderline dystopian. Bad management seems to be a common issue, not only from my experience, but many others’ as well. I worked until I was an exhausted sweaty mess to make sure everything in pet care or, when I groomed, the salon, was cleaned to perfection as expected of me (and I reiterate: “me,” because these standards were not expected of my co-workers, just me) and overall felt very unseen. The only times I did feel “seen,” was when mistakes were made. Work was treated like boot camp. A co-worker that was subtley targeting/bullying me, and even started rumors accusing me of racist remarks(!!!), was promoted and anything I reported was downplayed because they were friends with the assistant manager. Working here was an overall traumatizing experience.

Cons

Employees are expected to be work-robots

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PetSmart Response
4w
We’re disappointed to hear that your experience didn’t reflect what we aim to create for our associates, and we appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback. We invite you to contact the CareSmart line at 1-800-738-4693 so we can learn more and see how we can support you. Thank you.
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