Horrible company to work for!! - Store Manager Dollar General Employee Review

1.0
Dec 31, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

friendly atmosphere with associates and customers

Cons

no work/life balance, managers expected to work ungodly hours, manager pay is NOT competitive, manager is held accountable for all shrink, including District Manager mistakes, distribution center mistakes, and trucking/shipment mistakes. Company hires outside company for promotion before promoting from within. All upper management plays favorites and does not listen to store level managers or associates. Company does not have the interests of their associates at heart. They treat all store level associates, including manager like thieves. There is never enough payroll to get work done. High turnover rate, poor pay, stores always understaffed.

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Pros

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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 - Facilities are outdated, broken, and cannot support the volume.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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