"Fun store... Terrible job" - Assistant Manager Five Below Employee Review

Your District Manager and the Store Manager will determine rather or not the job is tolerable, if you can not get along with both of them this is not the job for you at all. One of the company's core values is to achieve the impossible. And when they say to achieve the impossible it is meant literally because there is no way one could expect anything less given the way the labor model in the stores are set up. This company is the poster child for an organization that believes in a "bad job strategy." The company operates with chaotic operations, and The labor strategy leaves you in a downward spiral. Vicious cycle: Small labor budget >Low quantity and quality of Labor >Poor operational execution> Low Sales. There are only two full-time positions in the store: Store Manager and Assistant Manager and both are pretty much stock boys or girls and cashiers. Turnover is high most part-time cashiers lose their job because they stop calling for On-call Shifts, which has replaced their original hours. Work life is pretty miserable you Usually work with one other person and don't expect to take a lunch or 15-minute break even if you are scheduled 5 hours or more forget what the state law says. The company policy doesn't offer 15-minute breaks. Your work hours are set up most days to force you to work through your lunch. Taking a meal break would require leaving one person to man the building which is against company policy. What you can expect: Low wages Chaotic schedule with minimum hours: Hours as little as 5 hours a week and sometimes if you are a part-time cashier or freight crew no hours in any given week, you may get put On-call: You can expect to wait around all day not knowing rather you have to work until an hour before your shift. No training Poor job design coupled with inefficient operational procedures No meaning No purpose