No room for advancement and not enough pay for position - General Manager Five Below Employee Review

2.0
Jul 7, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Schedule is nice for family and it is a fun enviorment. Some really cool products that are as easily as good as higher end products

Cons

Pay stinks for management No advancement everyone one in district manager position brought from outside Higher ups think they are better then you Can never get ahold of anyone in corporate The payroll dept is a joke They just send you whatever they do not care what you have in your back room they just expect you to sell it Christmas is a joke. They expect the world but give you no supporting help. There is no communication in the conan they send or do something without any communication to the leaders of store

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Cons

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Pros

-20% discount -med, dental, vision benefits -20-ish minimum hours per week -genuinely can be a fun store to work in when run well

Cons

-store managers have little to no oversight and cross professional boundaries often - hr is ineffective, document everything yourself, report to the EEOC -growth opportunities in the store are very limited and they will lowball you no matter what you do or sacrifice -crazy turnover because the expectations are unrealistic store managers lie about pay budget to everyone -more likely to hire teens and students because they are easier to take advantage of for little pay, only needs adult for when teens and students cannot work (night shifts, school days) - nearby stores, especially if in a strip mall or shopping center, like tj maxx have higher base pay, better benefits, better security, and more hour availability

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