Company Review - Salon Manager PetSmart Employee Review

3.0
Dec 12, 2023
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Pros

Good benefits and salon workers are usually compensated fairly well especially in California

Cons

The staff can make or break this job, if they are petty you can lose a whole days worth of work. Management isnt very helpful and tries to sweep safety concerns under the rug from time to time

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5.0
Feb 15, 2026
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Pros

The pay was decent and you got tips occasionally the discounts were awesome especially if you own a dog. Training was thorough.

Cons

There was a bunch of high school drama amongst adults

1.0
Jun 2, 2026
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Pros

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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