Tons of advancement opportunity - Store Manager Dollar General Employee Review

4.0
Jul 16, 2016
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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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Pros

You have an opportunity to create good good relationships with your customers.

Cons

There is no work life balance. If you’re a store manager you’re expected to be there 24/7 if necessary. You’re also salary, so you’re paid for a flat 40 hours but required to schedule yourself for a minimum of 48 hours. No holiday pay, no overtime. You have access to two types of bonuses but they’re IF you qualify for them. You get little to no support from upper management and constantly told you’re not doing enough. They don’t care if you’re having staffing issues and still expect you to get the truck completely worked in 2 days and the store to be 100% recovered daily, even if you’re alone. Then they’ll either look for ways to write you up to terminate you or push you until you quit.

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