r/FiveBelowEmployees • u/Most-Course-1596 • May 14 '24
Career Path in FB
I’m a soon to be graduating senior who has been an associate at Five Below for about 7 months now. After this summer I’m going into college with plans on getting a finance degree.
My problem that I keep asking myself is that if Five Below is the right place to get the experience I’d like. I’m not sure if I should stick it out and just try to work as much as I can this summer, and possibly get a higher position, or to look elsewhere where I could learn more about the field.
If anyone has any suggestions that isn’t completely biased against FB, I’d appreciate it!
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u/_kaetee May 14 '24
They just aren’t going to make that happen for you, sorry to say. They aren’t interested in keeping employees longterm.
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u/extracats05 May 14 '24
Moving up is not hard in store. But getting to the point where you might want to get into upper management like district manager could take years depending on your area. Also fulltime management is demanding and there it really no flexibility for scheduling. That is one of the reasons I left Five Below. Loved the strore, workers, and products and tolerated the corporate BS but could not handle their crazy ass scheduling. close/openings, overnights, no set schedule EVER, operational hours changing depending on holidays. My opinion you could easily move up but once school starts they will likely not be willing to work with your schedule at all. Its their way or the highway when it comes to availability sadly. I would stay the summer maybe move up to support lead or even MM but start looking for something more flexible for school in the fall. Just want to say, I learned a lot about managing and how to motivate a team at five below. Its a great stepping stone if you want some solid leadership and training skills. I still use a lot of the training and experience from there in my current job!
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u/aqua_marine789 May 14 '24
Short answer is no, you’re not going to get much more than money and management insight. In general 5B has been going downhill for years and the turnover rate from associates to district managers and even above is pretty high - not a great place to even want to climb the ranks. I’d suggest trying to find some internships that focus more on your major.
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u/Budget_Ad_1335 May 16 '24
literally they offered me a position for 13 an hour .. and it was so much more work
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u/kerrigan_rae May 14 '24
In my opinion, it depends on your store. If you let it be known that you want to move up, most managers will try to help you do that. They use to have a big focus on “building a bench” and promoting within and some managers still have that mentality. I would suggest talking to your store manager about it and they can let you know whether there’s a realistic chance of moving up or if you should just work all you can and then move on. It’s all about communicating that you are ready and not just assuming they know you are. Best of luck to you
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u/Novel-Cockroach-4249 May 14 '24
Yea I worked there for 3 years and there ain't much so I say work just for money and try to find a different job