Five Below reviews

3.1

41% would recommend to a friend

(2,685 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 2,685 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
3.0
Nov 9, 2014

great seasonal job

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

discount, being around toys. the atmosphere was fun

Cons

management was poor and on call hours were terrible. basically you had to call a certain day and see if you needed to work that day or not

3.0
Nov 3, 2014

sales associate

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

friendly coworkers and fun environment

Cons

decrease in hours when sales down

1.0
Oct 26, 2014

Rolling non-stop downhill and gaining speed.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Discount of 20% on all items. Doesn't seem like much but it's better than some places. Cool things to purchase. Casual uniform (t-shirt and jeans) Fairly relaxed interactions between associates and managers. Time-Off: Fairly supportive about other jobs or functions and within reasoned followed all requested time off.

Cons

Scheduling: Supposedly the schedule is supposed to come out every Monday but usually Wednesday or even Friday is when we got our schedules. Changed without warning, and sometimes it was never communicated that it had changed until you missed a shift or were late. Pay: For what employees have to deal with they get back squat. Heard of one employee having to clean up an accident in the bathroom for more than 2 hours when there wasn't an adequate amount of sanitation supplies. Overworked/Little Hours: It's one of the other. If one of the Big Heads was coming expected to work our tails off and then go back to no hours. Customers: 50/50. half were inconsiderate pains that treated you as if you were lower than a speck of worm poo. Disorganized: There was way too much stuff that seemed disorganized. Rules not followed by most management, yet if you followed your example you got in trouble. Upper Management: District manager was two faced and a liar with lots of things. Changed rules and what he wanted and then played off as if he never said anything and chewed out everyone else. Not owning up to mistakes. Training: LMFAO! As if this existed!! Freight Manager/Assistant: P.I.T.A. Didn't feel like he had to adhere to the store rules and was a bossy know it all. Treated everyone as if they just started and he had been working for the company for years. Freight: Heard there was no freight differential even though apparently there was supposed to be. (Freight working overnight was paid 7.25. Associates during day were paid 7.25) False Promises: No room for advancement unless you're a manager pet.

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