Expect miracles and give no tools - Training Store Manager Five Below Employee Review

3.0
Jan 18, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Job security. As long as you do basics they won’t fire ya.

Cons

They expect the trainers to make perfect employees after 5 days. Payroll is ridiculously low. Large products and grand opening recoveries. Very corrupt internally and favor based. They move numbers around in a very unethical way. Basically if the shareholders knew half the stuff that went on they would clamor for audits. Suck up to your regionals or you will go nowhere.

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Cons

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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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