Come with experience for excellent pay - Store Manager Five Below Employee Review

4.0
13 May 2019
Recommend
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Pros

It is fun and not highly stressful. Few employees at each location make it pretty closeknit. Very easy to learn many different procedures when it comes to various retail tasks. Management is required to work only 2 evening shifts per week.

Cons

Company is disorganized in many aspects. Their shipping department needs the most work. They could stand to have better lines of communication in the forms of phone lines instead of just email. The pay is not spectacular and I'm assuming depending on your District Manager, you could possibly get shortchanged if you're an entry level manager. Keeping company employees part time makes it harder to keep people and results in lots of managers being overworked. Most of the time, managers work more than 2 evenings per week. Having only one full weekend off per week really takes a toll on your family/personal life. Benefits are really not great at all. An HSA or FSA would help with the high deductible plans for those who don't use medical benefits often.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
16 Jun 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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