Good co-workers, horrible management and treatment of staff. - Sales Assistant Petbarn Employee Review

1.0
6 Apr 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Meeting and helping all types of customers with all types of animals, Co-workers are typically good people who you can enjoy the shift with.

Cons

Horrible Management + Upper management. They all have their own little clique that protect their own whilst their staff are nothing but expendable. Troublesome staff are protected and others tossed aside with a minutes notice. No chance of moving up the ladder, be prepared to be an entry level Sales Assistant for the rest of your life. You're expected to not have any form of life outside of work, so be ready to be called and expected to show up with 2 minutes notice, and ridiculed if you can't come in. If you work a minute after closing time, managers will change your time to say you finished when the store closes and you will not be paid for any time you are working after that point. Many times I was held back and stuck at work, more often than not an extra 30 minutes, sometimes over an hour, and every week they would change my roster to say I finished exactly at closing time. Fair work would have a field day with the shady tactics this business takes part in.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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