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 (1619) , Assistant Manager (1150) , Cashier (743) , Sales Associate/Cashier (723) , Lead Sales Associate (510) , Key Holder (464) , Lead Sales Associate/Key Holder (386) , 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 613 reviews)); "Great coworkers and the hours used to not be a problem until we were told to cut back." ((in 436 reviews)); "And has good benefits" ((in 375 reviews)); "Great employees and i love the atmosphere and all of my customers that i come into contact with every day" ((in 183 reviews)); "Flexible Schedule and an okay pay check" ((in 164 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 1570 reviews)); "Poor management( was ridiculed for not collecting enough donations and was done so in front of others)" ((in 745 reviews)); "Managers have to work over 60 hours a week just to stay afloat because of budgets" ((in 624 reviews)); "The hours are long and sometimes you don’t always have the same amount of days off" ((in 552 reviews)); "Oh and if you have kids you cant be a parent anymore because there is no work life balance." ((in 448 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

(15,911 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 15,911 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

5.0

Jul 9, 2017

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Cashier

Recommend

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Pros

A good job to get me on my feet.

Cons

No cons it a good job

3.0

Jun 14, 2017

Third Key-high level Responsibility for pay rate.

Third key holder

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Insurance was decent and even available for part-time employees. Nice to work in your own community servicing your friends and neighbors. That's about it

Cons

Payroll budgets not realistic for achieving necessary work load employees expected to do a lot of manually hard work in inappropriately regulated Corp controlled climate temperatures. Security measures are not good either

5.0

Jun 6, 2017

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Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

I like the dollar store and the staff there is very kind and nice , the store was very clean and the manager,s there are very nice and kind . It,s a very nice place to shop and they always have what you need .

Cons

Everything was clean and the staff was very nice and it,s a wonderful store to shop at .

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