5.11 reviews

3.3

49% would recommend to a friend

(255 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 255 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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255 reviews
5.0
Jan 11, 2026

Great Company

Recommend
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Pros

Honestly this company has been great to work for. I had a very understanding manager at the store level and our dm is pretty cool.

Cons

my store has pretty low coverage so it’s hard to go on vacation

3.0
Dec 4, 2025

Middle of the road

Recommend
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Pros

Very simple job to do, usually a small team, great employee discount, relaxed dress code, and okay benefits.

Cons

Corporate is miserable to work with they do not care about anything other than numbers and looks. You could be have 10 amazing months out of 12 and they will scold and belittle your whole store for the two months you didn’t meet goal even if you meet the yearly goal. Store managers get bonuses if the employees do well but the other employees don’t get bonuses for doing well. Corporate constantly changes sales last minute and then get upset when stores don’t send confirmation photos. There is a big lack of trust and transparency between stores and district management. Not a good place to make a career out of unless you are okay with mediocre pay, neglectful management, and out of the blue hour cuts. Also the updated return policy absolutely destroys your numbers and corporate doesn’t take that into consideration when evaluating store’s performance.

1.0
Nov 16, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits and work life balance as well as pay

Cons

They dont properly train their employees then proceed to make you look like the bad person because you were half trained and expect you to still know everything

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