Don't work here for more than 6 months at most if you want to keep your sanity. - Cashier/Stocker Dollar Tree Employee Review

2.0
Apr 9, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

- If you're lucky and get to work with a great team, you'll have a great sense of community, this is the only reason I am still working here-aside from the fact the job market is slim pickings right now - The perfect job for people new to the retail experience and needing something to put on their resume for other higher paying retail jobs - Good """character building""" for yourself!! 🙃

Cons

- Corporate absolutely does not trust you as a person and especially not as an employee. Full stop. You'll unfortunately have to bug your managers for the most minor of things because- for example- things like the Quantity option, Item Void option, and other things are locked on your till. needing manager involvement, which can get quite annoying after a while. - Being verbally harassed or intimidated by customers frequently enough to the point I would now expect said harassment most every shift, causing me to not feel exactly 100% safe when on shift -My overall worldview on American society has definitely been altered negatively - Essentially no benefits aside from some kind subscription to a "stress relief app" - When cashiering, you'll have to multi-task between helping customers and doing freight at the same time, making the shift very stressful. You should have to only be assigned one or the other, with tasks you can do while you stay at the front to help people to fill up empty time - I genuinely believe having this job has cause me to develop a major social anxiety disorder after being here for around 3 years now

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5.0
Jun 12, 2026
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Pros

Good team and energy. Responsible people.

Cons

Low pay compared to others. Few hours.

4.0
Jul 16, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

My coworkers are kind and honest. The work is fun when it can be and some of the customers have a good spirit. When it comes to your break, you can at least afford your snacks/meals cause they're cheap. I find it fun to look into what my customers are buying. Managers are great and modest about their greatness. Would recommend to a friend because there are worser places to work at.

Cons

Some people have been consistently calling out in my area and I am burnt out from people who don't show up when they're scheduled to. If you're a cashier, you only get a ten minute break and it's not enough time for ramen. You'll feel lucky when you get 30 minutes for covering someone else's shift. Corporate is dramatic with some of their rules, like it's considered theft if you don't pay for your food, but you require a manager to be present in order to pay for it, and managers can be busy at times. Some customers can be quite impatient whilst making the line longer with demands, especially if they don't calculate their finances whilst shopping. Some of the technology is old and when it's broken down, I am told that I am not allowed to put "out of order" signs up. Some customers don't understand that they should never pay with a $100 bill early in the morning at any store. If you want to volunteer and do extra work without a payroll, you will be told that you can get written up for it because they have to pay you. The trainings on workday are obvious that they're old by many years and have not been updated to match new policies.

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