For animal lovers, it is a great place to work! - Department Supervisor PetSmart Employee Review

4.0
17 Jul 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Working at Petsmart allows you to interact with many different animals, ususally dogs, but sometimes there are cats, monkeys, birds, even a pot-bellied pig once came to visit! As an employee, your main goal is to help the customer make decisions that will best work in their circumstances, so you ask a lot of questions in order to do the job.

Cons

Policies seem to change frequently. When I left, the payroll hours were being cut, which meant that only one person was in each department for a while. Typically, this leads to corners being cut and jobs not being performed because there isn't time to do it properly. Store management seemed inflexible when I gave them advance notice that my son's daycare would be closed on certain days. I was told to find "other arrangements" because those days couldn't be my scheduled days off. On the other hand, people that were out constantly with no excuse and no call in were left employed.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
14 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
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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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