Does Dollar General pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Dollar General employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Dollar General. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Dollar General?

29% of Dollar General employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Dollar General 2.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.4 for culture and values and 2.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Dollar General?

Store Manager (2039) , Sales Associate (1620) , Assistant Manager (1149) , Cashier (743) , Sales Associate/Cashier (723) , Lead Sales Associate (510) , Key Holder (464) , Lead Sales Associate/Key Holder (388) , Assistant Store Manager (380) , District Manager (330) , Manager (324) , ASM- Assistant Store Manager (226) , Retail Sales Associate (168) , Retail Store Manager (168) , Cashier/Sales Associate (164)

What are the pros of working at Dollar General according to real employee reviews?

"The people I work with are great and we have some really great customers as well." ((in 612 reviews)); "Great coworkers and the hours used to not be a problem until we were told to cut back." ((in 434 reviews)); "And has good benefits" ((in 363 reviews)); "Great employees and i love the atmosphere and all of my customers that i come into contact with every day" ((in 181 reviews)); "Flexible work hours and scheduling." ((in 162 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Dollar General according to real employee reviews?

"A lot of work for low pay and SOME people were really hard to work with." ((in 1563 reviews)); "Poor management( was ridiculed for not collecting enough donations and was done so in front of others)" ((in 750 reviews)); "Managers have to work over 60 hours a week just to stay afloat because of budgets" ((in 623 reviews)); "The hours are long and sometimes you don’t always have the same amount of days off" ((in 558 reviews)); "Oh and if you have kids you cant be a parent anymore because there is no work life balance." ((in 444 reviews))

What are employees saying about Dollar General layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Dollar General layoffs and their outlook for job security at Dollar General in 2026.

Dollar General reviews

2.6

29% would recommend to a friend

(15,915 total reviews)

Todd Vasos

31% approve of CEO

28% positive business outlook

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Dollar General has an employee rating of 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 15,915 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).

Reviews by job title

16K reviews

1.0

Mar 28, 2010

Forget your personal life

Store manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

They pay you every week

Cons

Expect to work 65 to 70 hours per week and that means physical labor on your feet stocking, cleaning, running a register cleaning toilets, sweeping , and mopping the floor cleaning the parking lot taking out trash etc. Oh and by the way you will need to manage every aspect of store ops as well. No thanks will be given, you will never get done with the tasks. You will never catch up. Your pay will average less than 8.00 per hour.

1.0

Mar 27, 2010

senior Level Management get a clue

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great customers, getting to know your community.Having some great employees.

Cons

Workload is completely unrealistic.Managers are required to work 48 hours a week, it is impossible to get the required tasks done. Most managers work on average of 60 hours a week.Hourly employees are paid horribly which results in large turn over.

2.0

Mar 22, 2010

Company trying to reach the BIG BOX STATE with the use of people and no respect.

Assistant manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice people that work within.

Cons

not enough payroll hours, long hours for managers, big heads come in all the time with changes after they already required change yesterday, no time to catch up on freight, no time to get the store to its cleanliness that the regionals would like for it to be, no respect from upper management outside of the store.

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Forget your personal life

senior Level Management get a clue

Company trying to reach the BIG BOX STATE with the use of people and no respect.

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