Okay place for extra cash - Anonymous employee Five Below Employee Review

3.0
May 10, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

My general manager was very fun and laid back, but this did have its drawbacks. It's a pretty easy job, the store is small enough to manage

Cons

The store was always a mess, and often times there would just be one sales associate up front and one manager who stayed in the back behind closed doors. This means that the sales associate would have the whole store to themselves to have to manage the register, assist customers, recover the store, keep an eye out for shoplifters, etc.

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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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