Quote Originally Posted by Rollis View Post
About 10 years ago I worked in a medium sized local pet store. I was a kennel cleaner, so I cleaned the dog poo, fed them, changed cat litter boxes, and maintained the small mammals. I didn't do any sales at all, I was basically an animal maintenance man. The reptile department was right next to the area I worked in, and all the reptile guys quickly became friends of mine because I would always help them with reptile cleaning, questions, etc.

After about 4 months of working there, they had an opening in the reptile department. The reptile manager decided he absolutely wanted me to work there (for good reason), and went directly to the owner to talk to him. He came back 10 minutes later and told me that the owner outright refused to allow me to switch, saying "I don't care how much he knows or how good he is. It's easier to hire someone to sell reptiles than it is to clean dog crap". At the end of my shift that day, I told him he could hire someone to do both, and never went back.

I've applied to various chain pet stores over the years, and had a few interviews where the manager interviewing me outright said they were extremely impressed by my knowledge on things. Yet, they've also refused to hire me.

It makes me wonder what it is that pet store owners/managers want in an employee.
you got that right you would think they would hire you beacause you know what you're doing but refuce to hire you. seems like they dont care about the animals they sell and its all about moving their merchandise.

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Quote Originally Posted by Royal Chick View Post
Hey! I just recently got hired at a retail store and my job is to take care of the reptiles and other small animals. The one I work at takes really good care of their animals and they said if I see any problems to collect the animal and take it to the back to take care of it and let them know. These people really care about the animals they are selling because it's their reputation and it's an animal not a product, and this is a RETAIL store. So not everyone is like that. Not defending those people that are doing things wrong, just saying don't generalize ALL pet stores because some are trying and really doing a good job.
this store was smaller than petco/petsmart. but the employee's at the petco/petsmart near me suck at what they do. some employee's are scared to handle the snakes.