Petco Reviews

High pressure, say one thing but do another, low level of job security, people in upper management come across as desperate and anxious. Stressful. Lack diversity the higher you go up the chain. Cheap. Expect staff to do store repairs and cleaning that is beyond the normal persons ability level. Raises practically non existent. Say they pay for performance thru their bonus program but if you earn a bonus they raise your metrics so high the next year that earning your bonus becomes impossible. Very much a top down organization. Payroll is an issue. You never have enough hours to do everyhing asked of you. Timing of projects is awful.

OK, so I have only have worked at Petco Corporate for one year. In that year, I have seen a first large round of layoffs across all departments (early 2022), and now (early 2023) a second round of layoffs that went after senior titles, such as VPs and Directors. Some of these senior leaders were walked out of the building, with the fairly important projects they had been leading left hanging. These 2023 layoffs are making folks uneasy - no impression of job stability at Petco Corporate. I am sure Petco had its reasons, not the smallest of them perhaps the upcoming bonus payouts that they now no longer have to make to those who were let go? :) To change the subject, Petco has an UTTERLY uncompetitive 401(k) match - they do not match for the first 6 months at all, and then they match 50% of the first 2.5% or something like that. Paltry, by California standards.