Horrible Company - General Manager Five Below Employee Review

1.0
May 28, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

20% Employee discount was the only positive, and even that isn’t that great when everything is $5 or less.

Cons

District Managers wall all over you, if you have a salaried General Manager position you are expected to work well over your 45 hour work week to get things done as they don’t give you nearly enough hours to do everything the assign to you. The company’s moto is, Let Go and Have Fun! There is NOTHING fun about working at this company no matter how hard they try and make you feel that way. Micromanaging 100% happens here, you are expected to recover and completely purge a World, as they call the different departments, with only two people working at all times. They want pictures showing the progress, a picture of the back room before you put stuff out, a picture after it’s put out, a picture of the section you worked on, a picture of the zone sheet that you have to sign off on, a picture of the scanner showing the adjustments you completed in that area as well as a picture of the paper you print and fill out of the adjustments you have done.

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Pros

Great people, staff, and people to work with

Cons

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3.0
Jun 16, 2026
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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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