They don’t practice what they preach. - Anonymous employee Five Below Employee Review

1.0
20 Feb 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

At this point there isn’t many. I guess maybe the discount and seeing the children’s faces light up with excitement.

Cons

This company has your face buried in so much “paperwork” and “pictures” it’s ludicrous. The upper management has zero idea what they are doing to the staff at the store levels. They cut payroll to near nothing and add 10 times more stuff to your plate. The task are endless and I don’t believe any department talks to one another. They need to step back and refocus on the people they have now because they are slowly losing everyone. You can never get anyone in Payroll, HR or their “IT” department, Allocations and transportation is a joke and the visual department needs a complete overhaul. Unless you want to have zero home life find a job else where.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
16 June 2026
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Pros

-20% discount -med, dental, vision benefits -20-ish minimum hours per week -genuinely can be a fun store to work in when run well

Cons

-store managers have little to no oversight and cross professional boundaries often - hr is ineffective, document everything yourself, report to the EEOC -growth opportunities in the store are very limited and they will lowball you no matter what you do or sacrifice -crazy turnover because the expectations are unrealistic store managers lie about pay budget to everyone -more likely to hire teens and students because they are easier to take advantage of for little pay, only needs adult for when teens and students cannot work (night shifts, school days) - nearby stores, especially if in a strip mall or shopping center, like tj maxx have higher base pay, better benefits, better security, and more hour availability

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