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      5.11

      Engaged Employer

      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

      Ratings by demographic groups

      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
      1.0
      Nov 30, 2017

      Poor Management

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Company perks as far as free lunches, workouts, health fairs, etc. HR really tries to keep morale up by offering tons of activities for employees to interact. Great brand and tons of potential.

      Cons

      Management is poorly trained, the sky is falling mentality, and terrible at communication. No clear direction and the people under the umbrella are miserable dealing with their bosses because of how poorly they interact.

      5.0
      Oct 25, 2017

      Accounting Departement

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The finance/accounting department is a great team. Quirky bunch to say the least, but solid leadership and everyones in good spirits all the time. And obviously as an accountant that's who you spend 95% of the time with. But there are good opportunities to work cross functional with other departments and the whole company is definitely connected. The gym/kitchen are awesome, and really build a sense of community for the company as a whole. You can tell people who don't necessarily work together are still friends just from mingling and stuff in the office, its nice to see. Leadership of the other departments are all friendly, and the CEO is a baller. Monthly town hall meetings and other guest speaker events are a nice touch too. Overall company culture is great here and the open floor plan in the Dev Center is definitely part of the reason why

      Cons

      For the accounting department specifically - Just moved to another office across the parking lot, which doesn't have the same feel as the main office. More of a corporate office feel and although the stand up desks are a nice touch, it still feels pretty congested in there. I know that the plan is to move to another large office for everyone eventually, but for now thats kinda a bummer. And for the company as a whole, it seems like there might be some sort of disconnect between departments (just analyzing from a financial side), and maybe some departments feel like others are stepping on their toes. As the retail business is growing, its guaranteed to take away from the other areas of the biz so thats something that needs to be figured out -- but aside from this stuff there aren't many cons.

      1.0
      Sep 12, 2017

      Upper management = Grown up Frat boys

      Management
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Big discount though mark-up is huge so it's less impressive. Plenty of payroll with no concern how it is used.

      Cons

      Upper management has no clue what retail is or what they want to be in it. Won't give a military or LE discount because "that's our core customer and they are going to buy it no matter the price". Quote from multiple upper management employees. No plan-o-grams, limited direction, focus on numbers on a weekly basis since there's no trend to compare too. Retail division is 100% focused on opening stores without being able to actually run them.

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