Five Below reviews

3.1

41% would recommend to a friend

(2,684 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 2,684 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
Oct 3, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

- Inexpensive products Each item is under $5, good assortment of products Great place to bring your kids to get them excited - Most of the employees are willing to give you their employee discount ID if management is not around - Long store hours - Your uniform consists of t-shirt and jeans

Cons

- Training is almost non-existent. Upon hiring, you are put on a register with a 10 minute crash course on how to use the system. After that you're on your own - Discouragement, put downs, and demeaning behavior when you make a mistake - Employees will openly disrespect customers they don't like. These same employees are the ones that completely disregard the 5-Below employee code of conduct (wearing facial piercings, pocketing loose items, using profane language in the presence of customers, etc) - Management consists of a manager, assistant manager, and a few 'key holders'. The management will generally hang out in back while they stick the new associate up front by themselves - No career advancements. You'll be lucky to get 10 hours a week.

4.0
Sep 9, 2012

Great 1st job!

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great products, mostly good team, good discount. If you work hard, you could get awesome hours i have literally had 50 hours a week, even though im part time.

Cons

Those who are promoted either suck up to the manager or get it because they capture the most emails. Not based on skills at all. There are people who have been at my store from 2-5 years and have not been promoted.

1.0
Jul 19, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Relaxed dress code ,20%discount ,close to 40 hrs

Cons

Horrible training ,early morning shipments 5 am ,confusing computer training ,stock and merchandising every day.negative feedback .

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