Is Five Below a good company to work for?

Five Below has an overall rating of 3.1 out of 5, based on over 2,784 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months. 40% of employees would recommend working at Five Below to a friend and 35% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Five Below have been left by employees working as Shift Leader , Seasonal Sales Associate and Store Associate .

Does Five Below pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Five Below employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Five Below. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Five Below?

40% of Five Below employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Five Below 3.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.9 for culture and values and 2.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Five Below?

Sales Associate (638) , Store Manager (185) , Sales Associate/Cashier (133) , Cashier (125) , Customer Experience Manager (104) , Retail Sales Associate (84) , Assistant Manager (73) , Merchandise Manager (60) , General Manager (54) , Merchandising Manager (54) , Manager (47) , Associate (42) , Support Lead (40) , Seasonal Sales Associate (37) , Store Associate (32)

What are the pros of working at Five Below according to real employee reviews?

"My coworkers were nice and felt like a work family" ((in 111 reviews)); "The people I work with are great and easy to get along." ((in 111 reviews)); "It is flexible hours and fun!" ((in 110 reviews)); "staff was friendly and looked out for each other" ((in 53 reviews)); "Flexible schedule and fairly easy job." ((in 53 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Five Below according to real employee reviews?

"Low pay ($13/hour which got raised to $14/hour once they let me go)" ((in 258 reviews)); "management was poor and on call" ((in 179 reviews)); "The managers talk bad about everyone and just sit on their butts and bark orders and then take credit for the hard work you do!" ((in 113 reviews)); "No training whatsoever" ((in 45 reviews)); "You will have no work life balance" ((in 41 reviews))

What are employees saying about Five Below layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Five Below layoffs and their outlook for job security at Five Below in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Five Below locations?

Philadelphia , Houston , Orlando , New York , Chicago , San Antonio , Austin , Virginia Beach , Pittsburgh , Richmond , Fairfax , Dallas , Columbus , Los Angeles , San Diego , Atlanta , Phila , Memphis , Baltimore , Miami , Boston , Alexandria , Kansas City , Conroe , Las Vegas , Germantown , Wayne , Pedricktown , Huntsville , Brooklyn

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Five Below reviews

3.1

40% would recommend to a friend

(2,694 total reviews)

Winnie Park

51% approve of CEO

35% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.0

Work/Life balance

2.9

Culture & values

2.9

Career opportunities

2.7

Senior management

2.6

Compensation and benefits

Five Below has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,694 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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Reviews by job title

3K reviews

1.0

Feb 20, 2016

Valueless company. Former assistant manager

Assistant manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The discount is pretty good, most customers aren't awful, the CEO is very responsive and actually seems to care how the in store employees are doing.

Cons

The company will work it's management staff 20+ hour days with no help and expect an immaculate store. There is no training and in my experience the employees and managers who yell and cause low morale are those rewarded because everyone is terrified of a disgruntled employee.

5.0

Feb 20, 2016

Good Experience

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You get to see cool products first.

Cons

At times I would be on call and the shift for it would be for only 2 hours. At times a regular shift would be for 3 hours.

2.0

Feb 10, 2016

Sales associate

Part time sales associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It was a great 1st job for a 16 year old.learnd the basics of running a register,customer service. And other things

Cons

MANEGMENT WAS TERRIBLE!!!!!!! The lead manager at the store was terrible. They expect you to come in everytime they call and ask.and talk down to you when you say no.you could work open to close (ushally 9-9) and only get one 30 min in paid break.so rude when asking for days off.(it was my senior year so I needed prom,graduation and other things off..I was told "you don't need to go to that" and "your such an inconvenience) .I was working till 2am durning a school week! It was just terrible.and when they "fired" me they never told me. They just said "oh your not on the schedule for this week" overall I had a terrible experience working there.save yourself the distresss and low pay by just work at a good well known compeny.

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Jobs at Five Below

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