Awful - Sales Associate/Cashier Five Below Employee Review

1.0
29 Jan 2016
Recommend
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Pros

20% discount, tshirt uniform, in my opinion the music is decent, job involves every part of retail, combining cashier skills, customer service, cleaning, and organizing the back store room.

Cons

discount is useless as prices are already low. store will often be one sales associate and one key holder to run the entire store. long list of tasks are given on most shifts and expected to be done at an exceptional level while still watching registers. key holders have a tendency to drop all work on sales associate and literally nap in the back office. low pay, always minimum wage, nothing more. no communication between management and sales associates. management will "clean the house" where they fire at least half of their sales associates and replace them. Has happened a few times in my time with 5B, I have yet to be fired, i have been there for 10 months

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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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