Five Below reviews

3.1

41% would recommend to a friend

(2,688 total reviews)
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Winnie Park

54% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

Five Below has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,688 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
Jun 13, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

20% discount. Most co-workers were easy going and fun to be around. First look at all of the cool new products. Fairly easy to move up if you're 18+. Relaxed dress code.

Cons

I really loved this job when I first started working there, and after I was promoted I started seeing how horrible it really was. Management sits in the back office and talks bad about the employees, most of the time I was on the floor the managers would sit in the back and gossip instead of helping on the floor. Turnover rate was HORRIBLE, no one wanted to work there because no one was trained well enough or paid enough. You start out minimum wage and if you're lucky, you MAY get a 2-3% raise after a year. If you're promoted, you'll get .10¢-.50¢ raise depending on the position. On call shifts are required and they're not good about working around school/other jobs. I was often given an on-call shift outside of my availability and when I got a second job I was scheduled outside of my availability. Very short shifts, often only 3-4 hours. You only get a 30 minute unpaid lunch if you work more than 5 hours (and often you wouldn't get one at all). If you work 8+ hours, you don't get an extra or longer break. Overall a VERY immature work environment. I felt like I was attending high school all over again. The pay isn't worth the hard work you do (especially if you're a stock associate).

2.0
Jun 13, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The company is great to work with. Management took the time to fully train you so that you were ready to work without them in the store.

Cons

Some of their employment choices were questionable. I know one key holder that was hired had a criminal history that made some employees hesitant to work with her. Upper management also switched quite often in the short period of time that i was working at this location.

4.0
Jun 3, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It's a good company to work for, they are good to their employees. Good training and development for the staff.

Cons

A lot of physical labor, not enough payroll hours to allocated to the store so management does all of the work without help.

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