Extremely disilussioned!! - Store Manager Dollar General Employee Review

1.0
29 Jan 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Friendy customers, great employees, at least at my store.

Cons

This is a company with the motto of "serving others". They only serve themselves and their shareholders. Loyalty to their employees is sorely lacking. But they expect unconditional loyalty to them. I understand that a company has to have rules an regulations to follow, however they need to put a little more faith and trust in us. Now let's talk about the payroll hours they give you and expect everything to get done. Next to impossible. Hours alone in the mornings because you don't have enough payroll to have someonelse there with you. So not only is that unsafe, you can't get anythingelse done, unless it's right at the front of the store, cause you can't leave the front of the store unattended. I don't care, low volume- high volume, the general tasks in the store are the same for all and a store with 116 hours is supposed to look just as good as a store with 200 hours. Unless you have a team ( like I did) that gives a darn if things get done, they won't get done. Expectations alot of the time are just unrealistic. Again, I seemed to pull off the impossible all the time because I ran a store in a way that appreciated its employees and we were an awesome team. Too bad corporate doesn't take any of that in to account when you actually act human and make a mistake. A month ago I was proud to work for this company. Now I am glad that I don't. It opened my eyes to how little they value the efforts of their employees. You have to be superhuman to survive this company because corporate has no tolerance for those of us who are human and make a mistake, even just 1. All I can say is...Watch your back.

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5.0
25 Jan 2025
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Pros

I work with a great group of people. Always something to keep busy so the days fly by. Great community

Cons

They always have to many employees hired so not enough hrs to give to the employees already there 🙄

1.0
2 Jul 2026
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Pros

The job itself is easy. The cash register, stocking (especially the totes and dry truck) and cleaning are so simple however there are certain things that make it difficult, although the work itself is not (under the right circumstances.)

Cons

They never have enough people on shift so it’s always difficult to get things done. It seems like all the managers I know from the store I worked at and the surrounding ones are all so deep into drama it made me wonder if I was back in high school. Dry truck always seems to bring far too much and the stores are so little that overstock is a huge issue here. The reason I ultimately left was due to severe mistreatment and some safety concerns I had regarding some past experiences. I am very glad I left and I would not ever go back.

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