Five Below reviews

3.1

40% would recommend to a friend

(2,689 total reviews)
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Winnie Park

51% approve of CEO

35% positive business outlook

Five Below has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,689 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Five Below 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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3K reviews
1.0
Oct 30, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Fun after work activities, Free beer upstairs, a handful of people.

Cons

The failing company is a giant secret, everything is done behind your back, management will protect their names and financials before investing the wrong doings within the company as a whole. Terrible place to work.

4.0
Aug 8, 2024

Previous Store Manager

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-GMC -Only required to close once a week -Fun store Environment

Cons

-Pay for workload, they pay internal store manager promotions less than newly hired store managers. - Expectations on limited payroll. -The normal annoying retail things youve heard about time and time again, with the added bonus of public bathrooms...as traumatizing as you can imagine.

4.0
Jun 27, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The job is not that difficult. Merchandise comes in on pallets and the warehouse knows what each store needs instead of just sending random items. The customers seem to appreciate that the merchandise is affordable and interesting. My co-workers are friendly and have a “we’re all in this together” attitude. Comfortable uniforms. Employee discount is nice to have.

Cons

Corporate expects too many pallets to be finished in a morning with only allowing minimal staff. One pallet per employee would be more appropriate. Breakrooms are a joke. It’s a desk, two folding chairs, the smallest microwave and a mini fridge in a stockroom. Recovering is impossible. Customers TEAR UP the store to the point that after you recover one section you have to start all over because it’s a mess again. So much theft in the stores. Why the company allows self checkout is beyond my understanding. The stores management is much too young. My store manager, support lead and merchandise manager are all under 26 years old. They have no outside experience; they know nothing. So many apps and so many passwords. One app to see schedule, one to see paycheck and complete tasks. Passwords for these apps, another to clock in and another to get a register code. Then to top off the uselessness of the apps you can’t see what hours you have already worked so only way to check your hours is to be at the terminal in the store.

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