Five Below reviews

3.1

40% would recommend to a friend

(2,692 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 2,692 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
3.0
Feb 2, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Fun work environment, mostly great coworkers, pay was decent. I know it may sound crazy, but working on black friday is fun as long as you have good management.

Cons

The company expects way too much out of too little staff. There are a lot of things to be done, but they do not allow for enough hours.

2.0
Jan 27, 2015

Could've been better

Recommend
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Pros

Cool coworkers, nice customers. I don't really have too much else to say. If you have OCD this job is good because you have to do a lot of organizing.

Cons

Mandatory on-call shifts, barely any hours, had to clean entire store alone on multiple occasions, terribly boring, was robbed once, and no room for advancement in the company

2.0
Jan 20, 2015

Never Again

Recommend
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Pros

First to see new merchandise, store discount on already cheap stuff. Good music plays in the store while you work.

Cons

Low pay. Mandatory on call shifts without compensation, ridiculous demands such as being on register for hours with no one to cover bathroom breaks, not allowed to drink water during shift but they make you loudly greet all customers walking in the door so you have a sore throat by the end of your shift. Ridiculous expectations like putting out 100 pieces of stock on already bursting full shelves. Pressure to collect email addresses from every customer that effects your hours and how management treats you. No break room. Management ignores your requested schedule (for school, vacation, etc) and makes you cover the shift. Managers tend to be really immature and play favorites so you have to kiss butt (get them lunch on your own time, listen to their problems) so you can get good shifts and be treated well. I've had a couple retail and a fast food job and this was the worst and most unprofessional group.

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