I am looking specifically for voices that are involved in these practices and communities.

I wore head coverings on and off growing up for both spiritual and sensory reasons. I want to clarify that I am not of a belief that is commonly associated with veiling/covering (ie Catholic, Muslim), but some those along my belief system will wear coverings. Though I do have ethnic ties to cultures that wear traditional veils, I am not involved in them and am, what I call, a "person of pale". I always try to remain respectful of other belief systems and cultures.

I had shaved most of my head last year because after already having a mass removed in 2018, they thought I may have a cancerous growth (monitoring) and now my hair is slowly growing back.

But lately I've been called to start veiling/wearing coverings again, I would be easing myself back into the process. (Though now that I'm older, I would be looking to wear more traditional veils/coverings).

I know they can not discriminate based on religion/spiritual beliefs. Do they require you to have a submitted exemption? What has your experience been like veiling/wrapping/wearing coverings?

there hasn’t been a post regarding it recently does anybody know when applications start/end? and who can i get references from?

Has this been implemented at any stores or has anyone know of someone getting a write up for not getting VCP’s. I feel like this a fear tactic in order to get us to push the membership more. Is this part of the contract that we sign when getting hired on and I just clearly didn’t read. We do fine in sales over all but no one wants VCP anymore.

If you'd like a good dose of it, become a Petco Aquatics Specialist! Feel every day as if nothing you do will ever be good enough! It's wonderful!

Edit: I should say that my managers, even my district manager are pretty cool. I'm lucky to work with a really relaxed crew. It's just that the inline tanks are almost 30 years old, scratched to shit, and it's a rear guard action trying to scrub algae and the constant ichplosions are ridiculous.

We've had alot of clients get mad that we've turned them away when they show up 20 to 30 mins before their appointment. It's very emotionally taxing

Also, yes I'm aware there's not a policy for people being late but I have new groomers where this is their first holiday season and are not as speedy as the rest of us and want it to be something we adapt this holiday season. Especially if we are needing to input vaccinations

10 mins late plus 10 mins of check-in/updating vaccination info? Is 20 mins where the dog could have already been on the drying table already you know?

Letting y'all fuck with me when it comes to this vital care. I pay the damn subscription, but y'all decided to no longer stack the 10% off $50 pick up discount with the cat food and litter discount that I PAY FOR and that's FINE. But if that's the case let me choose to use the discount I PAY TO HAVE vs the shitty 10% you make IMPOSSIBLE TO REMOVE FROM THE CART. I have used this company for my animals exclusively for the last ten years and each year that goes by I fucking hate you more and more.

/Endrant

So I told some of the co-workers that I am in good standing with that I am leaving to join a doggy daycare.

They told me about how eager some of the people who I also have a good standing with wanting to get the hell out of here like I do.

They asked me if I could put in a good word for them at the doggie daycare so that they might be considered for the position.

I was wondering if that's something I should actually do? Because usually when I leave a job I do not expect to see my previous co-workers ever again in my lifetime nor do I come back to that specific store that I worked at even as a customer.

I had an interview at my local Petco exactly 2 weeks ago from today. The manager was very nice, nice kept store. We sit and talked about my previous experiences and the manager said that she is looking for a few part time people especially for the aquatic section, which I have experience and told her that I'm interested, and other areas. She said she will have a few interview coming up, and she would call me in a few week. I think I should give it one more week and made a follow up call, but kinda reluctance. My first actual job btw, and desperately need to make money.

I am the OLM and today I went into the office stickers I needed. When I came in the office there was all the animals we received for replenishment (ferrets, mice, Guinea pigs,and hamsters). They were all still in their boxes from being received. Which I thought was very strange. I knew the CAL wasn’t going to be to work much later in the day and the assistant manager was also at work. I had asked them why they were in the office and he said it wasn’t his job to set up the animals and they were put in the office for the CAL to put out. This means the animals are going to sit there for a few hours befor the CAL would be in.

It had been several months of this same type of behavior. From not just the ASM but other employees. They feel that a lot of tasks are not in there job description and refuse to do it. There has been a few time where we get crickets replenishment and if he opens they are still in boxes by the time I get there at 4pm. Or the just leave them there until the next day and they all die. I’ve came in after he has closed and my BOPIS is in red from the night before. It is him and 3 other employees who only do thing with each other until the store manager comes in . If the boss is not in then they really don’t do anything which is super annoying!

I have to keep telling them to help with truck which is a team effort and most of them have being at the company for waaaay longer then me so they know exactly what they are doing . I’ve talked to my boss previously about this problem but nothing seems to be changing .

The animals should not be treated in that way and left in the office . I really hate how this clique mentality has messed the environment of my store .

Well guys I’ve been with the company for 2 years and I put in my 2 weeks notice. My last day is the 15th 🥳 I’m so excited.

Anyone got a guess how a glo danio got in my bag of sunset platys?

And who i should call about it?

I'm looking for the job descriptions for both i was a OLM and stepped down to Solution specialist so I can update my resume amd get a second job

I've been sick for a week, I'm supposed to be working Saturday. I was planning on letting my GM that I was done that day. But I don't think I'll be able to shake the sick by then. On top of that the schedule is still strictly paper so idk where to start.

Has anyone had trouble with Petco paying commissions? Back in July we had an untrained cashier cost the grooming salon close to $2,000 because they weren’t charging properly. Groomers work on commissions so I made managers aware so they could fix the problem before payroll but because they were scared to get in trouble they pushed off fixing the issue. I made an HR case because cashiers kept mischarging well into October. HR basically told me they’d look into the issue but I ended up putting my 2 weeks because managers were bullying, keeping salon open past 80 degrees, and obviously I wasn’t paid my due commission. HR never responded back but instead closed my case upon submission of my 2 weeks notice. I guess what I’m trying to get at is if anyone has had this issue before? Would this be wage theft?

TLDR: For a company where "animals always come first" employees are at the complete bottom of the priority list.

I (F/22) have been employed with Petco since early July. I was hired as a bather in the grooming salon, just finished my training in the grooming academy to be a full on stylist. My GSL at my store retired from training, so I was sent to a location across the metroplex from me for the 6 week long academy. As the new location added 50+ miles to my round trip, I filed for mileage reimbursement. I was to receive $226.15 per week for the 6 weeks I would be making this drive, which is what I was spending on gas and tolls to get across town.

I began training 9/30. I filed my reimbursement at the end of each week, and it needs to be approved my store manager, district leader, and I guess some other 3rd person. Fast forward to the first paycheck I received during my training, no reimbursement money. After looking to see the status of my reimbursement, it showed everything was still pending. When I went in see who the approval was assigned to, I learned the manager at my home store whose name was on my approval form had just flat out quit. Nobody told me, and it took me not receiving my money, about $550 at this point, to find out. Following this, I had to delete and resubmit my requests so that somebody actually employed at Petco could see it and approve it. Through the next 2 weeks, it took constant calls to various levels of management to get somebody to finally approve it (I might add, when my store manager finally approved it, she did so whilst on the phone with me, and from sitting down at her computer to submitting approval took about 45 seconds). Fast forwarding once more to the following paycheck, I'm still missing money. Now $1000+.

I had about $800 from my paycheck to somehow pay my $1500 rent and cover all my bills for the next two weeks. My parents graciously offered to spot me for my rent and offer a short term payment plan for me to repay them. If not for that, my apartment complex would have started the eviction process on the 4th. Rent covered, now I have to worry about my phone, electric, internet, and somehow putting gas in my car and affording tolls to continue to commute to Petco.

Calling the number on their website for partner resources led me to an automated system and the HR department was only open M-F 10-2:30 in my time zone, and during my training I work 8-4 M-F. Extremely hard to contact as it is, I was told once I finally got ahold of someone that I had to reach out to an email as the payroll department I called doesn't handle reimbursement.

One long winded email later explaining my situation, I was met with copy pasted garbage regarding the timestamps of my submissions and their approval, and was told I would receive funds on the 11/15 paycheck. I replied once more explaining today is 11/7 and I am -$33 in the bank, and that it is in no way my fault that management for my store is lazy, doesn't inform off site partners of resignation, and has no sense of urgency for their employees money or general wellbeing. HR was not understanding at all, and essentially told me it is my duty per Petco policy to keep track of any managerial changes and to update the payroll team if anything should change, and that the reimbursement process is automated and cannot be manually issued to me out of pay cycle.

Petco doesn't care about you, they care how much money you bring in for them. I don't know why I was so naive to believe an animal oriented business would be just as passionate about the humans behind it.

Just writing this to inform anyone who is training off site, or just generally awaits reimbursement from Petco, that in order to receive it in a timely manner you have to be up managements ass to ensure you're paid back. Or else you'll end up like me, missing over a thousand dollars, negative in my bank account and grasping for straws until next paycheck.

No one at my store knows what these are called. I am new OLm and we don't have enough to ever do ad set. What are they called to order?

Hi all, I have higher levels of education and a dog training certification from a private school. I am THINKING about going to Petco to work for a while to get myself centered on training. I do have experience but it was NOT a positive one :) What is it really like working there? Not emotional thoughts but fact on things. I heard there is a non-compete, is this just so you don't take customers from them? What if I have my own business and have found people through that not through Petco? I need work and conducting my own classes right now is not really an option for me until I can put some money aside and either rent a space for classes or build something on my property. I fully understand that corporate bs gets in the way at times.... the store I am looking at is the only one for a pretty decent distance and has not had a trainer for a while so they are getting a bit desperate :) I guess I am wondering the reality of it all, how does it ACTUALLY work? Do I make schedules? Do I need to be in store crazy hours selling to everyone who walks in the door? It is a busy store and from what one of the managers has told me is they have a bunch of people wanting classes, so that's good. What does a work day actually look like?

I am so over this bro theyre in every DC box and i feel like i cant turn any corners without expecting one of them on the other side😭 This fool made me shout out when i found him in aquatics.

would anyone know how to go on maternity leave? i’ve heard the best way to go about is to start on disability and to be more specific i live in ny

I applied to petco October 1st and i had an in person interview on the 23rd. The interview seemed to go well, it was short but she asked me straightforward questions like when would i be available and i told her i have open availability and am able to start whenever. She showed me the schedule and how the stocking works and walked me around the store, told me how the first few days would look like, and asking if there are any animals i don’t feel comfortable caring for etc so i felt pretty confident about the interview. Tomorrow will be 3 weeks and i still haven’t heard anything back and my application still says considering, idk how to follow up because i don’t have an email address to contact. It’s really stressing me out because i have been unemployed for 6 months and this is the only place that reached out for an interview. Can someone tell me if this is a normal wait for Petco?or if i should be looking else where.

Wehave WAY too much clearance and most of it is not priced low enough to move. Plus now we have all this Halloween that didn't sell, most of it costumes. And we have 8 boxes of toys from the dog toy reset that are going on clearance starting Tuesday. 8 boxes! We have all our flex spots full of clearance, we have 2 dump bins of clearance, and a 4 tier dump bin full of it. Where are we supposed to put 8 more boxes of toys?????

So my new gm doesn't like when the managers call out sick. He still wants us to come in sick. So okay, we come in sick and hack all over everyone, that's cool.

Hello guys I was made OLM and it’s my 4th month with Petco and our load is never getting done within the first night I have 3 other partners and we usually get a total of 21 -24 pallets and have to follow the white board time frames any tips ? Does anyone have same issue and does everyone use the times for load written on the board as well example 150 mins for DC pallet etc.

Had to soak it in cleaner because of how caked on the dead crickets were 😫

Do all instacart shoppers immediately go up to an employee and make them find everything for them and at what point is it ethical to demand part of their tip?

What fixture am I supposed to use for this? None of the ones I have match the picture?

so basically my manager has stopped putting me on the schedule for several weeks and kept telling me it was because there are no hours so I have been working at other stores when I can instead, turns out that isn’t the case at all and they just didn’t want me working there so they were trying to push me out. not gonna work. So I was all set to get ready to transfer to the store that actually wants and likes me so I had to reach my manager about approving the transfer on the workplace app because he blocked my number after telling me he wasn’t putting me on the schedule and dodging my “am I fired” question because he tried to say I had like 15 call outs which is not true I called out only twice from that store because I was homeless and desperately trying to get to work every single day in a car that actively tried to kill me whenever I drove it until it finally pooped out on me the night before I was set to work. I only called out twice in the months I worked there and they were valid reasons. he’s saying he can’t transfer me because I had been written up for attendance but im only just now finding this out, I never saw the write up and was never told about it before. what is my way out of this?