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
5.0
Jun 15, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

I've worked at a LOT of different places, but Five Below is definitely the best retail job out there and a perfect place for people to get into the field. Annual pay-raises based on abilities and experience, easy! (minimum wage is not THAT bad to start; earn your way up!) Flexible scheduling if you take the time to ask for it off, piece of cake! 20% discount on EVERYTHING! Growth in company available if you work hard and show interest. My managers are fun to work with and actually talk to and listen to employees. The company policies are changing and getting better by the moment. The power people take the time to actually visit the stores and get to know the employees. (( Also, as of January, 2014, all employees are able to handle returns and can easily do what things for the customer; no one should use the excuse saying they don't have any responsibilities in this store. ))

Cons

Training is very quick, but it isn't much to learn. There are no health benefits for part-time employees. Low sales for the store means low hours for the store. Difficult to stop thieves when there are not enough hours to put enough employees in the store to see it happen.

1.0
May 31, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

great store to work in. most of the employees that worked for me did their job and were happy about it. its a very inviting place to shop

Cons

very poor compensation for the amount of work that is required by management (myself). HR does not handle employee issues well at all. things get brushed under the rug and nothing comes of a complaint. no one is held accountable. the worst part is that when someone like myself works his butt off, doing 90 hours weeks from time to time and being a go-to guy for out district manager in the busiest district in the country (long island) i get no praise or promotion. they promote the wrong people and it has proven time and time again to lead to failure. they wind up getting fired and the good ones like myself who tried to hold out just quit.

4.0
May 28, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Five Below is an awesome place to work for depending on the people you get to work with. I have been blessed to work with a great team . We have fun and get to share great ideals on how we can better the store and overall just be able to create a great work environment.

Cons

The challenges working at Five below is that you have to manage your time wisely and your discount is not that much off the products. Plus you get paid $7.40 an hour, which I feel you should get paid more due to the work you do at five below.

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