Would Never Reccomend - Sales Associate Dollar General Employee Review

2.0
Sep 1, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They are so desperate that I got hired less than a week after submitting my application and had my first shift not even a few days later. IF the self-checkout is fully operational (i.e. the machine can take card and cash) then its one less thing to worry about.

Cons

The pay is abysmal (at my location you get paid $10.50 /hr as a sales associate, which isn't great, but other locations have it WAY worse.) You will be with 1 other person (provided you're a sales associate) aka the keyholder. If you are a keyholder you will be alone if nobody can come in and help, and the hours are insane. I've not even worked for 3 months yet and I've seen 4 people get hired and quit. Our current staff is at ~5 workers including the Store Manager. You WILL get burnt out, especially if you're working 30-40 hours a week like I was. I've seen about half of my coworkers cry because of stress. When Fresh Truck gets here, it's like hell hath been unleashed onto our store for 3 hours as we try to man the front and get the perishables in. The machines like to go offline quite often and will need to be reset at LEAST 1x a week.

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While your perspective is unfortunate, we appreciate your feedback and will be sure to share this review with our internal team to improve our team roles in the future. Thank you!

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5.0
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Cons

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1.0
Jul 2, 2026
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Pros

The job itself is easy. The cash register, stocking (especially the totes and dry truck) and cleaning are so simple however there are certain things that make it difficult, although the work itself is not (under the right circumstances.)

Cons

They never have enough people on shift so it’s always difficult to get things done. It seems like all the managers I know from the store I worked at and the surrounding ones are all so deep into drama it made me wonder if I was back in high school. Dry truck always seems to bring far too much and the stores are so little that overstock is a huge issue here. The reason I ultimately left was due to severe mistreatment and some safety concerns I had regarding some past experiences. I am very glad I left and I would not ever go back.

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