Dollar General reviews

2.6

29% would recommend to a friend

(15,916 total reviews)
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Todd Vasos

31% approve of CEO

28% positive business outlook

Dollar General has an employee rating of 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 15,916 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Dollar General employee rating is 26% below average for employers within the Einzel- & Großhandel industry (3.5 stars).

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16K reviews
3.0
Aug 18, 2018

Currently a manager at Dollar General.

Recommend
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Pros

Flexibility, hard workers get noticed and are often appreciated. Great place for being new to retail business. Experience cultivating and taking constructive direction to become more proficient is the key to excell.

Cons

Not enough budget hours to complete tasks needed to be done, shrink management is difficult if you can only afford two people and both are stuck on registers, there needs to be a floor rover especially when its high traffic times, more people need to be scheduled during truck days to complete with in the 3 day time frame, budget goes based on sales and not productivity needs, this needs working on, the pay is understandable for someone starting out in retail, but when youve had management and store management experience for 10+ years and you startat 8.75 it really speak down to a person and doesnt encourage them to bring that experience with them to better the stores and company as a whole. This isn't complaining this is sharing what is stated in store by staff members and why morale is down and a high turnover rate occurs. Give associates reasons to look forward to working for DG, excellent performance and hard working associates and managers should be rewarded for being the face of the company and directly interactive with DG's customers.

1.0
Apr 7, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits and stock program. People in stores work very hard with little appreciation and when they get a corporate visit are always nervous many times because they care so much.

Cons

Micro management and lack of people centric atmosphere Richmond VA locations are out of control and the DM turn over directly correlates but no one will acknowledge the real issue. The leaders.

3.0
Oct 25, 2017

Current store manager

Recommend
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Pros

The pay & benefits aren't bad for retail, staff becomes like family when/if you find the "right" people...hard workers who dont stand around doing nothing. Great customers that become regulars & you look forward to them coming in. They can turn a bad day into a good one quickly!

Cons

Too much to do & not enough time in a day! Extremely heavy workload even for the best staff. No work/life balance for SM's. You WILL be in your store 60-80 hrs/wk. You WILL work regular hrs on all holidays, the only day we close is Christmas.

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