Dollar General reviews

2.6

29% would recommend to a friend

(15,938 total reviews)
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Todd Vasos

30% approve of CEO

27% positive business outlook

Dollar General has an employee rating of 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 15,938 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Dollar General employee rating is 24% below average for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.4 stars).

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16K reviews
2.0
Jul 21, 2011
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Pros

Weekly paychecks, lots of time off (unless you're a store manager). Learn multi-tasking to a totally new level! Build strong muscles hauling merchandise around the store by yourself!

Cons

Stores are undermanned to save money on salaries, leading to long lines and overworked employees, so they can pay for the 800 new stores annually. Our store pulls out almost a million and a half dollars in sales annually, up 10% from last year and they give us 10% less money for saleries then we got last year! Our store gets the company delivery truck and 48 hours later they want everything out on the shevles. Unfortunately, for the employees, 24 hours after the truck arrives the regional manager is calling store managers, to cut already sheduled employee work hours, so you got a cashier and manager alone trying to put out 15-20 rolltainers and run the store and service customers and update the sales dispays with this months planograms. Lately they said we have a freeze on buying store cleaning/support supplies. Toilet paper in the bathrooms? I dont think so! Our store manager shows up 45 minutes late for store sales meetings and 2-3 hours after they are scheduled to work without any explanation. Company policy wants you to count in a register and change drawer, fill out a five charts, put out 10 racks of merchandise out in front of the store, do a safety walk through and check cooler tempuratures in the 15 minutes prior to opening the store by yourself, that they want you on the clock. Inprocess multiple vendor deliveries, finish opening the store and service customers by yourself, read, reply and react to company email. Make sure the store stays clean without cleaning supplies, great for the bottom line! Sucks to be a manager here if you got to bring cleaning supplies and toilet paper from home tho....

1.0
Jul 11, 2011
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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.

3.0
Jul 10, 2011
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Pros

Dollar General is a great company with a bright future ahead. They provide excellent customer service, management training programs, and outstanding company benefits. It was truly a privilege to work for such a great company.

Cons

Difficult to move up into higher management positions. If your looking to stay with the company for 10+ years then your chances might increase.

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