My experiences with Rural King are among the most miserable times of my life. - Assistant Store Manager Rural King Employee Review

2.0
Apr 9, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

- A broad variety of requirements from day to day - Animals in the spring and summer - Pet-friendly stores - Associate discount is pretty nice - Easy to pick up experience with a wide berth of products in a relatively short time

Cons

- Brutal and unforgiving corporate management personalities; i.e. former Wal-Mart leadership - Extremely high stress and pressure imposed upon store management, salaried and hourly alike - Almost non-existent official training. When training is delivered, it is only mildly useful - Low pay, low bonuses - Long, highly physical work hours. It is normal for salaried management to work 60+ hours in a week with no reward or basic acknowledgement for extra contributions to store operations

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
May 8, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Not much, culture of this company is amongst the worst.

Cons

55 hr weeks at a minimum. Pto sucks and healthcare does as well very expensive. All the benefits are bad and 16 hr days are common. Culture is awful and hourlies are treated like crap. Your entire performance is based off customer surveys and credit cards

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