Dollar General reviews

2.6

29% would recommend to a friend

(15,935 total reviews)
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Todd Vasos

30% approve of CEO

27% positive business outlook

Dollar General has an employee rating of 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 15,935 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
4.0
Apr 6, 2016

DG Lifestyle

Recommend
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Pros

Very reasonable company with team oriented goals. DG is upbeat and enthusiastic in the ever changing economy and work environment. All levels of management are supportive of open communication and the work/life balance.

Cons

Store manager should be cautious of burn out. Without proper staffing, managers look at very long hours and seemingly endless physical labor.

1.0
Feb 29, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Probably a good position for an internal Manager being promoted, who doesn't know better. If you are a seasoned DM, this is not the company for you. DG's DM's are nothing more than glorified Store Managers. You spend 70-80 hours a week micromanaging, running Shrink numbers and conducting Internal Audits on Store Managers who are not equipped nor trained to run stores. Yes, those are the Pros! Seeing the other reviews- Corporate has the budget to have HR writing reviews. Tsk Tsk.. Put that money and effort in the stores where it belongs!

Cons

It never ends! There is zero work-life balance. The culture across the board is all store employees are Thiefs and incompetent. For the most part, they are not the caliber of SM's any other company would hire. If they can "throw" freight, are willing to work 65+ hrs a week- they're HIRED! No professional Manager would run one of these stores. The expectation level of Corporate is unreasonable. You cannot hire effectively, have no time to train a SM, much less ASM's- which equates to a revolving door and double digit shrink.

5.0
Feb 18, 2016

key holder

Recommend
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Pros

I love working for dollar general . I never had any problem there out of the employee and customer.

Cons

the only thing I have to say is that the worker does get paid enough for all the hard work

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