Notch in the belt. - Store Manager Dollar General Employee Review

1.0
Dec 30, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Literally nothing. I wish I was embellishing. If you’re lucky your district will be decent individuals who dont gossip about one another 24/7. Its like a totem pole, employees are on the bottom, then you, your DM, the RM, etc, etc. At the top two you have your CEO and then investors. Now imagine the investors are birds and they just constantly crap down the totem pole where it inevitably collects at the bottom.

Cons

Corporate cares nothing about you or your employees. As long as they can push more freight then you’re store can handle and you never close theyre happy. Pay is horrific, hours basically constructed so your salary breaks down to $3 or less than what they say. A salary that breaks down to $21 an hour after 40 hours would be $17.50 when working the required 48 hours. You’re more likely to end up working 50-60 as they dont give you enough weekly hours for employees nor pay their employees enough. You get 20 hours of PTO. Benefits suck.

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Provided with everything you need to succeed

Cons

Fast paced environment, a lot of turn over.

1.0
Jun 23, 2026
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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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