If you are a manager, PetSmart owns your life. - Anonymous employee PetSmart Employee Review

3.0
Feb 5, 2011
Anonymous employee
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Pros

People are very nice, mostly competent. Standards are high. Industry leader. Stores are very well maintained, what needs fixing is fixed quickly. Stores are clean and well organized. Stock is high, Fortune 500.

Cons

Management is expected to give their lives to the store. Shifts are minimum 10 hours, very often longer. Micromanagement is very high. Promotions and prime positions can be based on favoritism. High tolerance for employees who may not be the best fit for the job. Often feel very unappreciated.

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Cons

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Pros

If you have experience they can pay very well considering the size of the company. Depending on which store you are in, they can be pretty good at fostering a good environment and culture.

Cons

Company is primarily focused on sales and not customer experience. So expect a lot of metrics and hounding customers. Company is trying to be technologically forward but continues to neglect to invest in the technology. So there’s updates every week crashes every week with no communication around it.

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