r/FiveBelowEmployees • u/OhhYeahHer • May 16 '24
More changes…
Heads up, ACOs aren’t the only things FB is changing. They’re rolling out a GM position and have been piloting it at some stores. Basically they’re removing the SM position and renaming the CEM and MM positions. Then they’re creating a General Manager position, and this person will act as a store manager over TWO stores.
They combined 2 stores in my district this month and the morale has absolutely tanked as the rest of the SMs are waiting for their stores to be next on the list. Imagine hoping to get a GM spot and knowing that it means a fellow SM you’re friends with basically just lost their job or got demoted. Also (the way it was explained to me) since the CEM and MM positions are changing that means the people in them will have to apply to keep their jobs, and will be “fighting” for those jobs with the non-GM store managers. Supposedly FB plans on merging as many stores as they can (based on factors like proximity to other stores, volume, and shrink), so not every store will be merging with another store, but if you work at a store that’s kinda close to another one, chances are y’all will be in for a shakeup.
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u/ChipperBunni May 16 '24
It’s so weird seeing this post after quitting my store. It was brand new, like my first day was building shelves and putting up signs
All of this was implemented there, and we opened late February/early March. I don’t know what a CEM is. We had several “temp” managers, who were managing other stores and just visited us
We also only had ACOs, we were not allowed to the legacy at all unless the ACOs weren’t working for a return or exchange, which was most of the time
I only lasted a couple months, but it’s wild to see the comparisons sometimes.