Managment is horrendous - Freight Team Associate Five Below Employee Review

2.0
Mar 24, 2025
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Pros

Loved the early morning hours. Most non-managment employees were wonderful to work with. Overall loved the work I was doing.

Cons

Noone ever knows what is actually going on. Communication is basically nonexistent. I often get yelled at by managers for doing what I was told to do by other managers. Almost a year there(longest standing employee including all of managment) and never received a raise. They cut frieght team hours and made us restock while the store was open(which ment i also had to run register) and would get angry when frieght would get behind. My store manager seemed to like to yell at people over nothing for fun.

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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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