Good job, but... - Part Time Key Holder Dollar General Employee Review

3.0
Sep 25, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good (and friendly) coworkers, opportunities to be promoted, opportunities for good hours each week, understanding in times of loss (family), etc.

Cons

Couldn't keep employees, only had a handful that stayed "long term" in my two years there. We went through 3 managers, two temporary managers, some key holders and assistant managers, etc (in my (over) two years there). Overworked, at times. It was hard to keep an eye on the people while running the registers during a "rush", and we, like other stores, had theft to worry about. I wanted more stocking experience, and was promised it, but never given it. I was mainly a cashier, and with little time to practice improving my stocking. Became a key holder and it was chaos, at times. And a whole list of other things...think I worked a double shift, open-to-close, and then had to return at opening the next morning. Plus me helping and closing at other stores, after becoming a key holder.

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Cons

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1.0
Jul 9, 2026
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Pros

There will always be Dollar General stores

Cons

- Leadership is unclear, unfocused, unwilling to provide information, or support. It is all about their ego, being "right", and the good ole boys club. - Leadership is very performative and do not actually care for their employees wellbeing. They are looking for robots without lives. - Feedback is considered wrong and if you do not 100% agree with everything they say, you will be treated as though you committed a crime. They are interested in yes men only and will find a way to push employees out regardless of the validity. - Work life balance does not exist and org policies only apply to those that they like. They've chased all of their top talent away with terrible changes and framed it as a perk we asked for. - Every conversation, speech, memo, and email is fake and performative. They do not live what they say. - They copy every other retailer, are stuck in the past, and DEI was quietly eliminated to avoid the backlash like Target. - Facilities are outdated, broken, and cannot support the volume. If you like disgusting shared spaces, fake perks, and talentless leaders, this place is for you.

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