Dollar General reviews

2.6

29% would recommend to a friend

(15,890 total reviews)
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Todd Vasos

33% approve of CEO

29% positive business outlook

Dollar General has an employee rating of 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 15,890 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
Mar 21, 2017

Black and Yellow

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Moving in the right direction with growth and great pay

Cons

Lots of levels of technology

5.0
Apr 20, 2016

Great Place to work and grow!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I have worked for Dollar General for over 6 years now and am happy to share I have been promoted twice! If you are looking for a great place to grow your career, to have fun, to work with great people and to serve the community, you've got to join us!

Cons

Retail is retail; Lots of work to do and runs pretty lean.

1.0
Aug 19, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I had a great Regional Manager that I learned from and what I learned from him will help me in my next DM role. The company is over 10K stores and opening many more this year. Opportunities for bonus.

Cons

The budget for hours are cut to the bone. Store Managers are under paid and forced to work the store by themselves most of the time which causes the stores to be very dirty, external theft to happen and the back rooms were so impacted you couldn't move around in them. Also it was told to me by the Director of Sales that I needed to train my managers that 70% store theft is internal. This statement isn't true because of all the empty packages that are found on a daily basis scattered through out the stores from customers that stole. As DMs were are expected to unload trucks, stock, do planograms, prep for inventory as well as running the district with all the meetings, reports and paperwork...I am unable to delegate much because of the strict labor budget and the work has to get done. I have been burned out since month 6 and am currently looking for another job. I found out that I was the 7th DM in less than 2 years...very sad but I understand why.

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