5.11 reviews

3.3

49% would recommend to a friend

(256 total reviews)
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Troy Brown

39% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

5.11 has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 256 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The 5.11 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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256 reviews
4.0
Aug 7, 2014

Nice company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good people and nice atmosphere

Cons

Working weekends and on holidays

2.0
Aug 4, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

High quality products. Great marketing. Good merchandising support. Innovative products and not afraid to try new products in new categories. Very popular in the law enforcement and public safety space.

Cons

role of sales is highly underrated and undervalued. Comp plan changed often and it never got better. Bonuses were earned and not paid.

4.0
Jan 22, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Some of the most loyal, most fanatical customers for any company I have ever seen. It truly feels great to serve customers who are in Police, Fire, Rescue and the military.

Cons

Goal of 20% growth is a stretch on limited resources. Departments are asked to do more each year with the same head count. That is very stressful.

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