The DM gives you a store, and you're on your own. - Store Manager Dollar General Employee Review

3.0
Dec 18, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Most of the customers are cordial, I really enjoyed the majority of my coworkers, the amount of work the company gives you, is alot, but it can be done IF you have a STRONG asm, and Lsa. If the company would be consistent as a whole and have Driveline come in and do all of the resets it would free up time, for the managers to focus on other things. The bonus program is one of the best I've seen out there, the training in Raleigh is good information. I had one of the worse experiences in the store training, I was being trained by a person that had only been with the company for 3 years and before that never worked in a retail environment. This Person Was One Of THE TRAINING Managers BUT DIDN'T REALLY KNOW ANYTHING, AND Did very dishonest things in the store. And had only been a store manager for 8 months before I was hired.

Cons

You GET overworked, It's Way too difficult To Get Rid Of A Weak Link In Your Store If You Need to, The DM should back you if you say " this person needs to go," there just a waste of payroll I could be using elsewhere.

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Cons

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 - Facilities are outdated, broken, and cannot support the volume.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