Dollar General reviews

The budget for hours are cut to the bone. Store Managers are under paid and forced to work the store by themselves most of the time which causes the stores to be very dirty, external theft to happen and the back rooms were so impacted you couldn't move around in them. Also it was told to me by the Director of Sales that I needed to train my managers that 70% store theft is internal. This statement isn't true because of all the empty packages that are found on a daily basis scattered through out the stores from customers that stole. As DMs were are expected to unload trucks, stock, do planograms, prep for inventory as well as running the district with all the meetings, reports and paperwork...I am unable to delegate much because of the strict labor budget and the work has to get done. I have been burned out since month 6 and am currently looking for another job. I found out that I was the 7th DM in less than 2 years...very sad but I understand why.

The big wigs in Tennessee sent out an email asking all of the employees to post positive responses on Glassdoor and LinkedIn to change the public's perception on working for DG. I saw on LinkedIn where DG is the 4th worst company to work for. I agree with that. Are you kidding me? If you have to make that kind of request then you know your company has issues. I am a DM with absolutely no work life balance. I am expected to work 24-7 if need be to accomplish the impossible. I work for a workaholic who never takes time off and who expects the same for his DMs who he treats as underlings. I am talked to like a first grader on a regular basis. I am also required to demand store manager's to complete the impossible as well. They're expected to perform a workload of tasks, and are given the labor to accomplish about 75%. Corporate sends emails out instructing DMs to cut payroll from stores and SMs are still required to complete the same list of tasks. The training program for SMs is a total joke. And due to a law suit lost, hands are tied very tight on salary. I am a DM and I am expected to improve store conditions, but I am not given the tools for success. And neither are the SMs, who are put in stores with impacted stockrooms, horrible store conditions, and are also expected to work 70-80 hours a week to fix and maintain store standards. I had a car drive through one of my stores and I along with the store staff were expected to clean it up. My RD said we could not afford to lose sales in my district. I've been in retail for 25+ years and DG could not pay me enough to work as a SM. My heart goes out to the store teams. We ask them for the impossible everyday.