The land of opportunity... and death - Bather PetSmart Employee Review

4.0
5 May 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You can become anything at Petsmart. My friend started off as a janitor, became bather, groomer, operations manager and is on track for store manager working with Petsmart for four years. I was made from a part-time bather to a full-time groomer within 6 months of my hire date. It's super hard to get fired from here too. I make my own paycheck during the holidays and throughout the summer.

Cons

Whole messes of problems here. Corporate manages hours, not allowing enough people to work every day. This creates very stressful situations, one person can call in and screw up the schedule for a week. Turnover is pretty high because of people quitting. Even if you perform your job well, there is no guarantee of achieving a full-time status if the corporate approved number of positions are filled. This problem is compounded because 'approved' schedules are put up almost three weeks in advance. The management is often overstressed because they are behind in work so often.

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

15% off whole store 50% proprietary brands Petting animals Friendly customers Almost never declines requested days off

Cons

Must have min one weekend day available No room for growth very hard to become full time Must make requests a month in advance even thought the schedule come out Thurs/fri for the following week, shifts can be unpredictable Coworkers with seniority have “better” shifts Scrubbing tanks may have you armpit deep They say everyone is equal and gets paid the same but not everyone put in the same effort, ex: some people don’t do pet care at all or never close or never work truck days

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