Advancement is possible...at a price - Market Store Co-Manager Dollar General Employee Review

3.0
Oct 28, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

401k matching at 5% on day one is excellent. Pay is decent (for some management)

Cons

Corporate refuses to give enough payroll hours at the store level so management is often responsible for running the register, stocking, counting money, etc. I'm not afraid of hard work, but much is expected of low-level, underpaid employees, making turnover high. There tended to be arbitrary directives from corporate that were not based in reality at the store level. Upper management was more concerned with bonuses (and, in turn, cutting payroll hours and salaries to achieve those bonuses) than they were with the welfare of employees and the satisfaction of the customer.

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5.0
Mar 27, 2026
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Pros

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 - Facilities are outdated, broken, and cannot support the volume.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