Be aware of what you are walking into. - Assistant Store Manager Dollar General Employee Review

2.0
Jul 23, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They are finally bringing up salaries from minimum wage, and some managers will work with your schedules. If you enjoy being busy, this is the place.

Cons

Full time is supposed to be 32 hours or more a week. Usually got around 30 instead. They have reduced the total weekly store hours so much that there is sometimes only 3 people total per day, 1 in the morning and 2 to close. This also means you are over tasked, given more to do in less time that the company guidelines call for. Trying to get the tasks done when you are the only one in the store is very hard, you may have assignments that take you to the back of the store, at the same time your the cashier. The stores are too big for 1 person to monitor safely. The company will not spend money on the physical stores at all unless they have been sited. They are dirty because no time is allotted for cleaning. The company only sends people to clean the floors once a year, so the older stores with tile look horrible.

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Pros

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Cons

Work/Life Balance Can be Stressful

1.0
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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 - Facilities are outdated, broken, and cannot support the volume.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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