Dollar General reviews

2.6

29% would recommend to a friend

(15,911 total reviews)
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Todd Vasos

31% approve of CEO

28% positive business outlook

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).

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1.0
Jan 29, 2012
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Pros

Friendy customers, great employees, at least at my store.

Cons

This is a company with the motto of "serving others". They only serve themselves and their shareholders. Loyalty to their employees is sorely lacking. But they expect unconditional loyalty to them. I understand that a company has to have rules an regulations to follow, however they need to put a little more faith and trust in us. Now let's talk about the payroll hours they give you and expect everything to get done. Next to impossible. Hours alone in the mornings because you don't have enough payroll to have someonelse there with you. So not only is that unsafe, you can't get anythingelse done, unless it's right at the front of the store, cause you can't leave the front of the store unattended. I don't care, low volume- high volume, the general tasks in the store are the same for all and a store with 116 hours is supposed to look just as good as a store with 200 hours. Unless you have a team ( like I did) that gives a darn if things get done, they won't get done. Expectations alot of the time are just unrealistic. Again, I seemed to pull off the impossible all the time because I ran a store in a way that appreciated its employees and we were an awesome team. Too bad corporate doesn't take any of that in to account when you actually act human and make a mistake. A month ago I was proud to work for this company. Now I am glad that I don't. It opened my eyes to how little they value the efforts of their employees. You have to be superhuman to survive this company because corporate has no tolerance for those of us who are human and make a mistake, even just 1. All I can say is...Watch your back.

5.0
Jan 27, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

The sense of community, opportunity for advancement, respectable work place, cleanliness, great coworkers, willingness to work with you, its great

Cons

the occasional rude customer that comes in, sometimes company policy gets in the way of getting what needs to be done done

4.0
Jan 27, 2012

Demanding but Fair

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Dollar General is a very structured company for which to work. Pretty much everything they expect is spelled out in laymans terms and is very black and white with no gray areas.

Cons

They are pretty demanding in their schedules and the lack of payroll that you are presented with at the store level. They will ask that you cut hours from your schedule if another store or district blows their budget so that the company itself can make its budget. This places a heavy burden on the management because we are left with all the tasks to complete.

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