Stressful, hard work but the company is great to their employees - Store Manager Dollar General Employee Review

5.0
1 Aug 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Family comes first, no matter the situation. From Division leadership all the way down the abundance of teamwork and ability to make relationships outside your own store is amazing.

Cons

Hourly employees struggle to pay their bills due to lack of payroll. From a management perspective, there is easily twice the amount of work that needs to be done on a daily basis than our payroll budget allows for.

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6 May 2026
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Pros

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Cons

Management wasn’t good all the time

1.0
23 Jun 2026
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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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