Dollar General reviews

2.6

29% would recommend to a friend

(15,924 total reviews)
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Todd Vasos

31% approve of CEO

28% positive business outlook

Dollar General has an employee rating of 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 15,924 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
1.0
Sep 14, 2012
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

Growing company, easy to run a store

Cons

Employee turnover, to many tasks to complete within required timeframe, not enough labor hours=employee turnover, Store Manager getting burned out, and poor employee morale. When you have shrink problems, their answer to everything is "your employees are stealing" yet there is no proof to back that theory. receiving procedures of truck deliveries need to change. There is no possible way to tell if you are getting shorted merchandise when deliveries come in under current recieving procedures. Company expects Store Manager to work 6 days per week, they say it is 5 and a half, If I am driving to the store 6 days a week, I am working 6 days a week, not 5.5. They like to sugarcoat everything to make it sound different and better that what it actually is.

3.0
Apr 26, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Weekly Paychecks - Great people at store level - Company is growing, which means growth opportunities - Implementing new technology and process to help out store managers - Company is working on either remodeling or relocating all stores - Company has a new push to promote from within

Cons

- Managers only get one day off, they word play it by saying it's a five and a half day work week, so basically it's a six day work week, one day off. - Pay is not bad considering other small box retailers pay less then Dollar General Does, but could be better for a company that profits billions each year. - Major loss prevention issues company wide - Stores run on a skeleton crew, very minimum coverage allowed most days - Extremely high turn-over rate, rather it's a sales associate or a store manager - Medical/Dental insurance is not the best, but at least they do offer something - Workload at times is more then payroll allows for, meaning managers can work upwards of 70 hours per week just to get tasks completed on time. - Company is always changing process or procedures. At times it can be extremely difficult to keep up with what's current. - Company is coming out with a computer program that determines store managers pay, this takes it out of the hands of the district or regional manager, and puts it in the hands of people the candidate or current store manager will never meet and leaving it up to a computer system to determine salary. - No pay increase when you go from a Store Manager to a Store Training Manager

1.0
Mar 10, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits...medical insurance and 401K

Cons

As a manager, your life becomes Dollar General and after you give them your heart, soul and family life, they decide you are too old and defame you so they can fire you and put someone one third your age and no experience to replace you. Run don't walk away from a job opportunity with Dollar General.

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