Opportunity for advancement but the pay still sucks - Assistant Manager Dollar General Employee Review

4.0
4 Apr 2010
Recommend
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Pros

The company is growing right now and there is opportunity for advancement. I started as a cashier less than one year ago and now i am assistant manager.

Cons

The pay scale needs to be adjusted. The company expects a lot from you for minimum wage and only being allowed 20-25 hours a week for a cashier. That is not enough money to live off of. If you are not a key holder you have to be part time and have open availability. Makes it hard to plan anything when you are working 3 or 4 hours 7 days a week with a constantly changing schedule.

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Cons

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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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