OK place to work, but limited advancement opportunities - Manager Dollar General Employee Review

3.0
11 Sept 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Great people, very good benefits, allows time off when needed, competitive pay, regular company events, nice offices, business casual dress code, growing company which has managed well during tough economic times.

Cons

advancement potential limited, outdated systems, poor communication from management, no job training-mostly because managers are too busy, lack of respect from senior management to associates in some cases.The company values are posted everywhere and get a lot of lip service but are not regularly adhered to by management. Many people overwhelmed and stressed by their heavy workload. Most senior level executives are micro managers.

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5.0
17 Sept 2025
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Pros

Good job for someone starting to get a job

Cons

Terrible oppurtunities for anyone actually trying to move forward. Boss literally had a stroke from this job and then was forgotten about.

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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