Cashier, Sales Associate guy. Bottom of the totem pole. - Sales Associate/Cashier Five Below Employee Review

3.0
7 Jan 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Laid back environment. This was a perfect job for those in high school or if you were working summers while home from college or something. Just your standard retail experience. Don't hesitate to work here. Expect 12-20 hours a week at $7.50 an hour. Just a good place for some extra cash. It was even fun at times. Good management structure, and encouraged employees to promote a fun atmosphere. You're selling cheap junk, might as well have a good time with it.

Cons

It has been a while, so the company may have addressed this since. They didn't empower their lower employees enough. For instance, there is a code required to remove an item from a customer's ticket after you have already scanned it. Usually because the price was wrong or the customer changes their mind. Lowly sales associates are not given this code though, so you had to ring the manager to the front and wait for them to remove the item, all while you squirm in front of your impatient customer. Sometimes it would take several minutes for the manager to arrive.

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Cons

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3.0
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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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