Life at DG - Store Manager Dollar General Employee Review

2.0
Oct 14, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great customers, good employees, a paycheck

Cons

Treated like a stocker instead of a manager, not allowed to make merchandising decisions, constant threats to managerial ability (make it look just like the picture). Upper mgmt never has anything nice to say to you regardless of how your customers like your store. All this negativity is coming from above and rolling down.

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Pros

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

Cons

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