Petcetra Bankrupt!!

Ephraim · #1 03-21-2009, 03:20 AM

i havent worked for them but i have some friends and co workers work for them in management. Slave drivers, definately not an exageration that you are expected to work 12-16 hr days on a 8 hr salary. Petcetra management is the worst job in retail, period.

Diana · #2 03-21-2009, 05:31 AM

yay! PetCemetary is gone!

sunce_22 · #3 03-21-2009, 05:48 AM

You got that right Diana!

Zylumn · #4 03-21-2009, 07:10 AM

Just think of all the marine life we could take off the endangered species list if a few more mega stores would drop salt water livestock.

Raf · #5 03-21-2009, 08:17 AM

Thank god that hell hole of a store is going under, there will be a fishy party in the ocean tonight!

randallino · #6 03-21-2009, 08:54 AM

I was so happy when they stopped caring saltwater fish.
Good Bye!

Zoaelite · #7 03-21-2009, 04:09 PM

Coming from a past Petcetera employee, this is not a surprise. The head office of the company is about as us less as the lint in my pocket and any profits they make are swindled away by the constant turn over of managers trying to stay alive on the $24,000 Salary (for 60-90 Hours a week). Good to see them declare bankruptcy, no longer will Petcetera provide dismal service/ animal husbandry to the masses of Canada. Rest in peace Dan Urbani

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Levi

BTW. I worked there for a year and a half and I saw over 24 managers and around 15 staff members come and leave, most of the time I was in the store by myself and the amount of work load put onto the employee's was STUPID. At the age of 16 I did payroll, staff scheduling, inventory, stock, store cleaning, doggy daycare, REP scheduling, care for all small/ large animals, birds, fish walls and the CHS Dogs/Cats, Cash, Cash checkout/ bank deposit/ change, pricing and garbage (plus ever other responsibility you could think of) and I was paid a massive $10.00 an hour!!!

KingTitan · #8 03-21-2009, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by randallino

I was so happy when they stopped caring saltwater fish.
Good Bye!

I agree with you I live in Calgary and i used to work at the old big als and i used to visit the Pet Cetera's around town to see stock and prices, but before i worked there i used to buy from them. this company treated the saltwater stock like GARBAGE, they never knew anything about the species, fish prices were 3-5 times more for a fish then our store, they tried to make it up by giving you a free fish. Fish survival rate was ~25%, tanks were very unclean and a lot of fish always looked diseased. They had a 14 day saltwater fish guarantee but it was pointless the cycle was never ending (buy fish, die, return and get new ones, die, return to get new ones) and on top of that you were also introducing the diseases and parasites from their fish/systems.

Pet Cetera is not going to be missed by me, only upside was that i got to take my dog in and sometimes the pricing was good enough to buy a couple things.

Purple · #9 03-21-2009, 06:34 PM

So I went to Petcetera today for the big sales. Didn't find them, all they had was 15% off the whole store. BUMMER!