Have had much better jobs and greater respect for my efforts. - Store Manager Dollar General Employee Review

1.0
11 Jul 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Not many to mention. I was lucky enough to have a full staff with the ability to perform all assigned duties but with limited budget hours.

Cons

BEWARE! You are hired in as a manager but the corporate management and regional management manages the store from outside of the assigned store, you are virtually another associate that is micro-managed. You do something good and never get recognition for it and you are hammered with what is not right. Constant pressure of managers forces you to put in very long hours. 2 weeks training, they pay for overnight stay the rest is out of pocket expense until those expenses are reinbursed. 6 weeks later you find out they misplaced or lost your expense report and require you to fill out another and obtain new meal receipts for the expense report. I resigned after 2 months with Dollar General. I understand they have a very high turn-over with management positions because of all the cons and very few pros.

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Pros

Reasonable Pay Safe Clean Great opportunities

Cons

Work/Life Balance Can be Stressful

1.0
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Pros

You have an opportunity to create good good relationships with your customers.

Cons

There is no work life balance. If you’re a store manager you’re expected to be there 24/7 if necessary. You’re also salary, so you’re paid for a flat 40 hours but required to schedule yourself for a minimum of 48 hours. No holiday pay, no overtime. You have access to two types of bonuses but they’re IF you qualify for them. You get little to no support from upper management and constantly told you’re not doing enough. They don’t care if you’re having staffing issues and still expect you to get the truck completely worked in 2 days and the store to be 100% recovered daily, even if you’re alone. Then they’ll either look for ways to write you up to terminate you or push you until you quit.

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