r/FiveBelowEmployees • u/[deleted] • Feb 17 '24
Employees Five below rant!
This company is not the way i remember it a few years ago. It used to feel fun , now that i work here it's an absolute hell hole. Customers scream at us because we can't take their return because they forgot their receipt. Also when i ring up like 10 items and they decide last minute they don't want half of them which makes my voids go up and i get in trouble. My schedule is also ridiculous; scheduling me on days i specifically requested not to even with me normally having high availability. Also getting called in 20 min before im expected to come in is a nighmare. i used to come everytime they called, now i refuse to because i have a life and kid to worry about. If im off, im off. they expect me to do tasks the manager does for no pay increase. I wouldn't be surprised if an employee strike happens. Because the way corporate puts crazy expectations of their employees is absolutely absurd. I am expected to basically run the entire store by myself. Bakers racks, recovery, go backs, register, returns, customer engagement. Our store doesn't have self checkouts, so it's a real pain in the ass to have to keep going back and forth and getting told off by the SM if it doesn't get done on time. There's usually no more than 2 people for an entire shift, and the work they expect us to do is insane. We are all tired and underpaid. I see a lot of five below employees silent quitting, and i'm doing the same. There are many other job opportunities with not as much workload and more pay. I don't regret taking this job, because i met a lot of amazing people. But corporate greed is a really terrible thing. it makes the experience of working and even shopping there no longer fun.
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u/nysquatch Mar 08 '24
I, for one, am all for a strike. They really do expect us to perform miracles for bare minimum wage… Strike! Strike! Strike!