Tons of advancement opportunity - Store Manager Dollar General Employee Review

4.0
Jul 16, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

If you are looking for a career in retail with a lot of opportunity for advancement, this is it. There are many tools you are given to succeed, as long as you follow them. Human Resources and upper management are strong and consistent.

Cons

Middle and lower management can have very unrealistic expectations. There are many people in middle management who do not do their job effectively, and take it out on their team or store managers. Training is not comprehensive, so many managers do things "their own way" which causes a lot of confusion, dissension and an inconsistency between stores and districts.

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Cons

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 - Facilities are outdated, broken, and cannot support the volume.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