I would be so much farther with any other company!!! - Anonymous employee Five Below Employee Review

1.0
Feb 23, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Seasonal hours, employee discount, flexible with scheduling, nice selection of products for me to familiarize myself and customers in.

Cons

No room for growth, not enough hours in payroll to get done projects from reflexis yet maintain high csat standards and email captures, key holders get paid dirt yet they are held to the same management standards and responsibilities, you can't have a career or real future with the company unless you're higher up, our warehouse ships out freight in extreme excess of what we need namely around inventory time so that they have less to count, I am always over 50% in email captures yet it's only the company that benefits from it. I receive no reward or extra hours for my emails, so I feel like the company is not rewarding hard working employees like they should.

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Pros

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Cons

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