Five Below reviews

3.1

40% would recommend to a friend

(2,691 total reviews)
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51% approve of CEO

35% positive business outlook

Five Below has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,691 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
2.0
Jul 22, 2022

If you have any other options, don't go with Five Below

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Pros

Easy Job. Some Decent Coworkers.

Cons

Store manager had no idea what she was doing. Would schedule herself only a few times a month and still not show up to any of those shifts. Good luck if you ever needed her for something. I finally quit because I was here for months- and still hadnt gotten an employee ID that allowed me to clock in, preform the functions of my job, and get my discount. And they still hadnt paid me! They did not give me a single one of my paychecks until I quit. Even, then they only gave me my first one. Shift leaders don't do their jobs- spend the entirety of their shifts vaping in the break room while Sales Associates were left to train themselves and run the store alone. I've never worked for a more dysfunctional company. Walking OSHA violation and begging to be contacted by the CDLE.

2.0
Jul 20, 2022

Indecisive

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Pros

Great Personal and Vacation Time

Cons

Open door policy is a joke when opened up and got bullied for it. Also got passed up for a position when nobody ever got to know me to see if I was even a good fit. Extremely overwhelmed with everything and not even allowed to bring on more people. It’s an ok place but the beliefs and Five Below way isn’t reflected through the higher ups AT ALL!

3.0
May 15, 2022

Okay, but...

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Pros

Fun products, attracts young (and young at heart talent), lots of freedom to do sets with what you have on hand, always busy, and growing rapidly. There is something new on every truck, so that's fun. Our district manager is awesome. Since the company is focused on teens, our uniforms are laid back (jeans, Five Below tee) and it's pretty much however you want to express yourself. Tattooed arms? Fine (as long as not obscene). Distressed jeans? Fine (as long as you're not exposing yourself). Pink hair? Fine. Nose or lip piercing? Don't think anyone will care.

Cons

Not enough payroll to fully staff store, a lot of sets where we don't have payroll to do, so you have to just figure it out, have to take daily pictures of departments for anyone in the company to see and pick apart, very rapid expansion, not enough pay for job, not enough communication between corporate and the stores.

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