thankfully i joined at a good time to be paid more than this garbage. my states minimum wage is $12/hour. even at that, this is totally unlivable. the incentives for the JrPS is even worse. $25 for 25 baths a week? thanks, but no thanks.

I have been working here for 6 months and had to redo the grooming onboarding training since they sent me back from my apprentice training (got Covid and both flus, I was out for a week)

Anyway here’s the answers to the first quiz that you have to get 100% on because Petco sucks.

A LOD should be notified of which of the following? Select all 3 that apply

-A pets toenail is bleeding

-A pet appears to be ill or injured

-A pet is loose

How far away from the grooming table can you be? An arm’s length

Kennel dryers can be set and left for 15 minutes at a time? False

What are two reasons you would use the restrained position of the groomers helper?

-Constricts the dog’s head movement to prevent them from biting you

-Prevents the dog from dropping their head while doing tasks such as trimming nails of removing mats from the chest

An injury has occurred in the Salon that requires veterinary care, match the action to the person responsible

Salon Partner > Gives Service Authorization Ticket and red folder to Leader to go with pet

LOD #2 > contacts the pet parent

LOD #1 > Drives pet to veterinary hospital

LOD #1 or LOD #2 > Completes Pet Services Incident report within 24 hours

You must team lift a dog over how many pounds? 30

Stop asking us out. If I’m working, leave me alone, unless you need actual relevant assistance. We have creep ban photos from some wild videos that have been captured when only two girls are running the store at night (short staffed.) My store is changing the closing leaders for this reason. And if it’s me, she’s making sure I have a male partner closing with me. I get people love a meet cute scenario, but please respect that we are at work and you are a guest.

I lost my entire set of key holder keys 2-3 months before I quit. I had NO idea what I did with them. I was fully convinced they fell out of my pocket somewhere and I just didn’t notice. I called local businesses to see if they had been turned in, walked the parking lot 20 times, back tracked the store, my car, etc.

I finally gave up and got new keys, since mine had just fully vanished, my manager was not worried about the keys turning up so she didn’t get any locks changed or anything.

I quit in September 2018. In January or February 2021, I was selling my car because the head gasket blew and was cleaning it out before it was getting picked up. I open the glove box and start pulling out the paperwork, lo and behold, My keys are in the back of the glove box. I have no idea why, obviously, I never use my glove box, I have no idea why I would put them in there in the first place.

The keys have now been in my junk drawer for the remaining time, sometimes I wonder if I should give them back, sometimes I daydream about the crazy shit I could do because I have keys to the store lol

But they are totally just going to live in my junk drawer until I get tired of looking at them and throw them away .

Does anyone know if Petco is pricematching items since its cyberweek? I know alot of competitors have items cheaper due to cyber monday/week. I would assume this week we arent pricematching but i didnt see anything about it from corporate.

Okay I’m an employee but I’ve never used Vetco. I have my own vet and I like him do never wanted to change. But I just rescued a very very young puppy that was dumped and he’s very skinny and full of worms. With the hours being cut and everything, I’m pretty broke rn. What deals and discounts can I get as an employee? I have VCP but only for my fish and spiders. Thanks. Picture is puppy for tax. I’ve named him Tucker.

Do partners that are "considered" part time (even though they work full time hours) get maternity leave? Reason I ask is because I'm nearing the end of my pregnancy and I asked and I'm not getting a straight answer. Will I still be able to get my job back after? Because even though I have to have a c section, I'm planning on going back right after I have the baby because I can't afford to not have the pay.

So vital care rewards can't be stacked with any item that's on sale apparently. I believe they've taken away the only reason that I got it in the first place.

For instance, unless your pet goes to the vet multiple times a year you're not going to get any money back on vet visits. If you're a person that shops the sales a lot you can't use your vital care rewards most of the time anyway.

So that means the only time that vital care rewards is worth it is if you have to shop when there's not a sale. Is it really worth getting 20% off of the litter when you can just keep the $30 in your pocket and use that towards buying litter possibly somewhere cheaper than Petco?

The vital Care rewards expire 45 days after their issued. I would prefer to just let them stack so that I can buy something when I need it. I can get a free bag of food or something that way.

You can't even use your vital care rewards coupons in combination with vital care discounts. The website states "This discount cannot be combined with other valid Petco promotions, sales, discounts, or coupons you have earned as a Vital Care member, unless otherwise indicated."

I live in a place that gets a surcharge for shipping. But I already pay for Amazon prime and Walmart Plus. Both of those places sell the exact same items that I'm buying from Petco and I can get them delivered for free. There's no point in me even being a customer with them especially since I recently stopped using their refillable litter. Are there any benefits anymore? I genuinely want to know because I can't find one. I'm literally just paying them an additional $15 a month for no reason.

And their website is the least functioning website I have been on since we got rid of dial up Internet. My cart empties all the time and the website crashes or gives errors. If you put a lot of stuff in the cart you can't do anything without a representative. It takes hours to get everything checked out and Petco has yet to do anything about it. I almost always have to call them to make my purchases.

The representatives have been so helpful even when the website was doing the same thing to them. I truly appreciate the representatives but as far as everything else, throw the whole store away. 😫

Been staring at this ad for the last hour. Almost positive its AI. Find it hilarious the dude is spraying his mouth.

Three PetSmarts are now unionized. Their demands (I have all documents I can post/DM if you’d like) span from $17/hr minimum wage, $30/hr minimum for CEL/MIL/ASL, better habitat standards, respecting positions, job security, overnight and weekend differentials, and much much much more. What demands would you have in place to unionize your store? Also familiarize yourself with your rights to unionize! We demand a better working environment!

Has anyone else’s stores switch to the early 2000’s style zoom intercom where you have to type a bunch of numbers?

We have lost productivity across the board when you add it together, and no one told us how to answer phones so idk how long people gotta wait now for us to answer.

I feel like some old guy heard the word “zoom” and thought “modern young people” but didn’t look into how old fashioned it is.

Can I still go Tomorrow ( Dec 1st) to get the Black Friday sale?

I have noticed that in my area it’s super easy to sell ball python’s but nearly impossible to get someone interested in king snakes. I just want these little guys out to have a good life out of petco. I can always wait and do the length of stay but I would rather sell them quickly. Eager to see if anyone has a good strategy on how to sell them quickly.

I’ve had an idea for a podcast. I want to reveal the dark underbelly of all these corporations by getting actual employees to spill the beans. Blackout interviews, or script interviews only. But I want to put together like a bunch of just horror stories of different places. The question is….who would be willing to do an interview like that? Anyone here? Hypothetically?

Raise your hand if you worked six days this week without getting overtime 🙋🏻‍♀️😑

As the title says, that's the issue atm. Currently closing, and my LoD knows I have an abscess tooth, since half my face is swollen to heck and back. I already informed her, and she informed the GM I might call out tomorrow, and Monday when I can try to get into the dentist asap to get the tooth removed.

How much trouble will I be in? I already know to use my PTO those days, but should I need a doctor's note as well?

I have 2 coworkers that only work 1 to 2 days maybe 3 max and when they do work they either complain or get complaints from customers. One of them had sunday to friday off and was supposed to work today but called out then has tomorrow off. They are a waste of hours that can be going to people that need them.

Anyone else tired of how extreme / excessive this has gotten? Or is that only SoCal?

if I get ignored on radio any more today. Like, what a great "team". Yesterday was bad too.

Is there a way to see on dayforce/workday what days i’ve called in?

There is a tab in workday that let's you choose resign. Is that going to send emails to the correct management letting them know im done?

This has been an ongoing issue. The Managers force us to go on the sales floor to pull bopus, face, work registers, clean animals, do load even if we are busy. Since it's the holidays and we've been busier we haven't been able to go out there. Yesterday I came in to this posted on the salon. They said that we should complete the task, if not we have to write down a reason why we couldn't do it. They said it's to hold us "accountable". Is this normal?

How does taking a sick day work? It’s different at every place I’ve ever been to and I know some places have a thing where you need to inform them 8 hours before your shift. Or do you need to have somebody willing to cover for you? I’m literally a shell of a person dying in bed right now and cannot find it in me to go to work for 6+ hours. And the people pleaser part of me feels like if I call in that I’ll be totally shunned and get hated on by people lol. I have a really good standing with everyone I work with and haven’t had a single issue at all and am really nervous because I know how shifty people can be in retail work places

So Im trying to use my pto, about 10 hours left. I’ve quit and have my last couple days of work. Tried to use the pto for this pay period and gm denied it. So it’s use it or lose it but we will block you from using it? How is that okay.

my anniversary is coming up and I have extra pto that won’t roll over but I can’t use it atm because blackout. if I submit it for like next month will it still work or does the pto day actually have to come to pass before my anniversary date?

I apologize since this may seem more ranty, but I’m relatively new as a OLAC, in the time since being hired we’ve lost 6 employees and our only new hire since then has jumped ship day 3, we’re down to 5 people for the entire store dept. down to 3 managers and 2 employees. Week 1 I’m called mid shift to be let known I’m getting overtime and need to stay 2 hours late, and now I have “working lunches” almost regularly with how shorthanded we are (not sure how legal that is, less than half my shifts have had a real break), I’ve barely learned my position with 0 training days coming up, I’m doing the bare minimum to keep the animals healthy and it seems there’s no end in sight. I genuinely can’t tell if this is just my store or if this issue spans company wide, doesn’t help my GM REFUSES to work weekend, which is a first in the many companies I’ve worked for, he called out Black Friday weekend in its entirety leaving me on 10 hour, 0 break days during the busiest time of year.

I’m getting out of here asap, sadly I need the money so I have to bear w it till another job arises, I’m just hoping I’m not alone in this hellhole situation I’ve dug myself into, never had a job with so many horrible situations presented in such a short time.

Going back to “working lunches” can they really make me not clock out and take the meal penalty without me really agreeing to do so? This all genuinely seems like it should be breaking some labor laws and I’m unsure if there’s action I can take in my situation (CA Resident btw)