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
3.0
May 5, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Thankful to have a Job.Get paid weekly. Can get insurance if you can afford to pay for it.

Cons

Too many hours for the pay. No time for family. Company expects much more than they are willing to give.No perks for Managers that other employees get other than quartly bonus if you meet their almost impossible expectations. Required to work 48 hrs and almost every weekend and have to close at least 2 nights a week.

1.0
May 2, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Work mostly in a controlled temperture enviroment, Peolple you work with are down to earth, Merchandise is cheap eniugh to buy

Cons

NO respect from district manager up. Do not care about store needs. Only a few stores are run correctly due to not enough labor hours

3.0
Apr 16, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Quick advancment, Benefits package, steady work, and leadership training

Cons

Managers are required to work over 50 hours a week 6 days a week (most of the time 60 to 70) no over time, holiday pay or sick days given. If your sick they don't care. Get to work! Not enough labor hours to complete task and keep up model store standards or in most cases get to model store standards. Managers spend more time working the store than they do managing the store, leading a team or customer service. Managers get leadership training but have no time to practice it or no team to apply it to. Time lines on pogs and seasonal sets, astablished by corp. level people, are unrealistic, unattainable and in some cases ridiculous. Corp. office does not take into consideration each individual stores current situations and circumstances when assigning deadlines on task. District Managers have to many stores in their district to be able to give quality leadership which means they are just as over worked as the store managers. Let me stress the most important thing here again "NOT ENOUGH LABOR HOURS FOR STORES TO RUN EFFECIENTLY"

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