Manager - Anonymous employee Five Below Employee Review

1.0
Apr 20, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great concept and target customer. Stores Wow the customer and product selection amazes. Aggressive store growth opportunity offers growth for store teams.

Cons

New executive team rolled out new company values....unfortunately they don't represent them, live them or hold others accountable to them. Environment can often be abusive, demeaning, and you are either "in" or "out" based on who likes you today not your performance.

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Pros

-20% discount -med, dental, vision benefits -20-ish minimum hours per week -genuinely can be a fun store to work in when run well

Cons

-store managers have little to no oversight and cross professional boundaries often - hr is ineffective, document everything yourself, report to the EEOC -growth opportunities in the store are very limited and they will lowball you no matter what you do or sacrifice -crazy turnover because the expectations are unrealistic store managers lie about pay budget to everyone -more likely to hire teens and students because they are easier to take advantage of for little pay, only needs adult for when teens and students cannot work (night shifts, school days) - nearby stores, especially if in a strip mall or shopping center, like tj maxx have higher base pay, better benefits, better security, and more hour availability

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