Five Below reviews

3.1

41% would recommend to a friend

(2,685 total reviews)
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54% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

Five Below has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,685 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Five Below employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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3K reviews
1.0
Jan 26, 2025

burnout culture

Recommend
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Pros

Good stepping stone job. You will gain experience.

Cons

Extreme burnout culture. Little to no advancement. The company hires external people rather than advance from within. I needed more employees and I got 3 more bosses. Management is an inverted pyramid. Bullying occurs regularly.

5.0
Jan 21, 2025

Great

Recommend
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Pros

Great team to work with.

Cons

Often difficult to deal with vendors with communication.

1.0
Jan 18, 2025

Only temp employees need apply

Recommend
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Pros

Fast paced, little drama. The job makes perfect sense. They have a very strict point system for tardiness and absences. This is both a pro and a con

Cons

Physically demanding, minimal pay, employees are not retained. The "fun loving family" enviornment is a facade. You are nobody here and never will be anybody here unless you fraternize or nepohire. We joke and call it five below 40 hours as you will rarely get a full week's pay, but they will surely speed up the parcel conveyors to get a full weeks of parcels palletized. "It's nothing personal, it's just numbers" echoes through the daily meetings, devalueing and dehumanizing as they plaster the false smile. These people will use you and burn you out. I fully expect retaliation for these truths

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