PetSmart Employee Reviews for Assistant Store Leader

"I worked for PetSmart for 8 years. I truly loved what they say were their priorities, the pet and the pet parents. Unfortunately, they do not follow what they say. They claim they care about their associates but it is unfortunately a false statement. I was let go because I had heart issues on and off the last year and a half. I was out on and off during that time and because of it my doctor could not determine a date of return on my last time out. They stated it had to be reasonable and the inability for him to name a return date was unreasonable. I feel they contributed to my health issues at the end because they had a new store manager who needed to be trained (which they do often, I had 7 managers in my 8 years and 5 district managers) and I was not there so they decided to transfer me out after being in the same store. This put a great deal of stress on me and the stress caused some additional heart problems. There is little chance of promotion, favoritism runs wild, never call the CARE hotline which is supposed to be set up for employees to report issues, everybody goes with somebody else in the company even though it is against policy, employees are supposed to be certified for certain jobs, but are given the answers to the tests, this causes policy violations which management turns a blind eye. Do not get a job here, it is a terrible place to work."