Does Five Below pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Five Below employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Five Below. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Five Below?

41% of Five Below employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Five Below 2.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.9 for culture and values and 2.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Five Below?

Sales Associate (637) , Store Manager (183) , Sales Associate/Cashier (132) , Cashier (124) , Customer Experience Manager (103) , Retail Sales Associate (84) , Assistant Manager (73) , Merchandise Manager (60) , General Manager (54) , Merchandising Manager (54) , Manager (47) , Associate (42) , Support Lead (40) , Seasonal Sales Associate (37) , Store Associate (32)

What are the pros of working at Five Below according to real employee reviews?

"The people I work with are great and easy to get along." ((in 111 reviews)); "My coworkers were nice and felt like a work family" ((in 108 reviews)); "Flexible schedule and fairly easy job." ((in 64 reviews)); "The benefits are good." ((in 51 reviews)); "Relaxed and fun work environment." ((in 48 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Five Below according to real employee reviews?

"Low pay ($13/hour which got raised to $14/hour once they let me go)" ((in 256 reviews)); "Bad management is bad" ((in 186 reviews)); "The managers talk bad about everyone and just sit on their butts and bark orders and then take credit for the hard work you do!" ((in 112 reviews)); "Long hours but rewarding." ((in 107 reviews)); "Unfortunately no work life balance" ((in 41 reviews))

What are employees saying about Five Below redundancies in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Five Below redundancy and their outlook for job security at Five Below in 2026.

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3.1

41% would recommend to a friend

(2,684 total reviews)

Winnie Park

54% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.7

Diversity and inclusion

2.9

Culture and values

2.9

Work/Life balance

2.9

Career opportunities

2.7

Senior management

2.7

Compensation and benefits

Five Below has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,684 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 and wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

3K reviews

1.0

2 Jul 2026

Easy work, but poor management and low pay

Holiday sales associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Generally easy work that isnt soul crushing.

Cons

My managers never knew who I was, when I asked for last schedule I was told I wouldnt be working anymore than when I dodnt show up the next day (whoch part of the next schedule) I was told I was on the schedule and asked why I didnt show up. The pay wasnt great at 8.50/hr. And I never had to but other friends said time off was impossible to be approved for.

4.0

1 Jul 2026

Positive team culture overshadowed by environmental concerns

Business intelligence analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Good team dynamic, fun culture

Cons

The stuff we sold just ends up in landfills

1.0

29 Jun 2026

Understaffed, Overworked and Undercompensated

Part time shift lead/ sales associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

The location was understaffed with no cameras which was a con but a pro in certain ways. You were given the ability to easily discount items to prevent customer friction as a sales associate. The one retail job where I was rarely ever roped into doing freight. I never worked at the new location with the cameras, and self check out. From what I see it it's even a bigger pain in the butt. So a pro is that it being an older store meant that I was on register a lot of the time.

Cons

The manager turnover rate was terrible. Just when you got used to doing things a certain way there would be a new store manager. I worked there from 2018-2023 and there were five store managers. Also like nearly all other jobs they don't reward hard work. I went above and beyond going so far as to even duties that shift leaders/other types of managers should've been doing and despite applying for being part time sales lead many times I didn't get it until my last year of employment with them. A racoon once got stuck in the backroom and corporate refused to send someone to take care of it. Thankfully local animal control captured it without asking for payment the next day.

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