i was happy to show up for work - Assistant Store Manager Dollar General Employee Review

2.0
Jun 29, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

i saw a lot of former classmates, from high school and college. i like the manditory on-line training sessions, i did not get a chance to complete some of the manager test. although, i think that every staff member, should know what the manager knows.

Cons

promotions are given to who the upper-level people like. the work was hard and end-of-day routine was fast pace also. what i mean thet 100 per cent recovery was expected to be done every evening. However, a person cannot stay past a certain hour to do a good job. recovery is an area where it is he said she said. if the morning person is in a good mood then the recovery is good, if the person is ina bad mood then no matter what has been done recovery is bad. recovery is a area, that they can legally fire-you if they don't like you anyway. they promoted a person to manager that is not qualified. gossip says that they have their former employees followed

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Jul 9, 2026
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Pros

There will always be Dollar General stores

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 - Facilities are outdated, broken, and cannot support the volume.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