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2.0
3 Nov 2008
Recommend
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Pros

The job can be fun if you enjoy animals and a fast paced enviornment. You received paid training to learn about animal caretaking, animal products, and customer care.

Cons

Not enough employees/ high enough payroll to get everything done. Employees are often scrambling to complete tasks by there deadline. Often only 2 or 3 people will run the entire store, creating a stressful enviornment. Special services such as grooming and dog training are pushed to the back burner, so people hired to perform dog training or another service spendthe majority of their time on other projects. Scheduling was done at the last minute and shifts were often back to back i.e. close --open next morning.

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5.0
2 June 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good environment, good management and able to learn and improve

Cons

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2.0
2 July 2026
Recommend
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Pros

friendly store managers usually good discounts nostalgic

Cons

Forced to stay short staffed. Couldn't take proper breaks most days as a closing lead unless it was during the first few hours of shift. At the time the regional manager seemed more worried about the aesthetics of the back animal rooms floor that only employees saw when we had ac issues, issues getting access to an exotic vet, and only had enough hours to have two employees working at a time most shift on most days. I only had a couple interactions but that was one of them. Could not call off sick without leaving the store scrambling to find someone to stay open. Also sold improper habitats.

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