Growing too quickly to care about employees - Anonymous employee Five Below Employee Review

3.0
Apr 15, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The best thing about working at Five Below is the team you get to work with, at least in my experience. They're there for you through the highs and lows. Also, fun happy hours, even virtually, and lots of free stuff.

Cons

Executive Leadership is all about how much money is made and how quickly we can scale. Because of this, employees are often an after thought. There are very few development opportunities. Employees are extremely overworked and extremely underpaid.

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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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