Run away as fast as you can - Store Manager Dollar General Employee Review

1.0
Apr 9, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You are able to build good working relationships with your peer store managers

Cons

There is NO work/life balance despite what they say. Remember, most of their recruiters work from home and none have not worked as a store manager. Advancement opportunities are for the select political few. The hour allowance for their stores will require you to be alone in the building from time to time. You will likely always be short hourly associates because of the less than industry average they pay them. Guess who will have to fill in the gap. That’s right, You.

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 - Facilities are outdated, broken, and cannot support the volume.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