got sm experience - Store Manager Dollar General Employee Review

1.0
Nov 25, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

supportive district with 18 stores, 10 of which were all in the next town over and were almost always able to find shift coverage from another store for call ins or emergencies. DM with company for like 23 years or so and so she knows the job and has high expectatons of her SMs .

Cons

Sm overworked. At my lowest (the last month) I work between 55 and 60 hours a week. At my height I worked 107 hours in one week. Dm can be seen as blunt, cold, and to the point with the way she words her comments but her intention is to follow policy and make sure insturctions/expectations are direct and clear.

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Cons

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1.0
Jul 9, 2026
Recommend
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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 - Facilities are outdated, broken, and cannot support the volume.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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