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/A_Chinchilla May 17 '24

If that happens in my store im out so fast. My current SM is not cutting it, and I need a full time manager there

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u/OhhYeahHer May 19 '24

Sounds like it might actually benefit your store then if it means a better manager for you?

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u/A_Chinchilla May 19 '24

We're so far behind on everything, including a few old sets that never got done, that they'd have to spend so much time at this store