Assistant Manager - Assistant Manager Five Below Employee Review

4.0
11 Aug 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Cool store and neat product for a good price. Good pay.

Cons

Company supplies no payroll whatsoever to accomplish the projects they expect completed. On an average night you have ONE cashier with about 30 customers in the store with a never ending line that requires you to be on register as well while at the same time half of the customers in the store are trashing the store and the other half need assistance but can't get any because you are usually trapped on register the entire night. (Then they demand that every customer gives you a '10' on the store survey.) Then at closing you usually have to stay later than scheduled to clean up the store because there was no one on the sales floor recovering. Granted, I'm sure every store is different, and low volume stores may not have this issue, but when mid to high volume stores only have ONE associate scheduled on weeknights which is the same as low volume stores, it is a disconnect and the higher volume stores are screwed. Turnover rate is through the roof. Most sales associates only last a month once they see how unrealistically busy the store is with no help (payroll).

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Cons

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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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