Why so many positive reviews? - Manager Dollar General Employee Review

1.0
11 Sept 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Plenty of time to keep close to your family because you don't get hours.

Cons

No overtime, bad management, no culture and values, bad work/life balance, if your lucky enough to get enough hours, you get too many. If your hours are cut short, you're still required to get the same amount of work complete. Where would retail employees learn about compensation? Can't take advantage of benefits if you aren't paid well enough to afford co-pays so nobody even bothers. I've never learned about any opportunities and wouldn't know where to look for advancement.

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5.0
12 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Reasonable Pay Safe Clean Great opportunities

Cons

Work/Life Balance Can be Stressful

1.0
2 Jul 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The job itself is easy. The cash register, stocking (especially the totes and dry truck) and cleaning are so simple however there are certain things that make it difficult, although the work itself is not (under the right circumstances.)

Cons

They never have enough people on shift so it’s always difficult to get things done. It seems like all the managers I know from the store I worked at and the surrounding ones are all so deep into drama it made me wonder if I was back in high school. Dry truck always seems to bring far too much and the stores are so little that overstock is a huge issue here. The reason I ultimately left was due to severe mistreatment and some safety concerns I had regarding some past experiences. I am very glad I left and I would not ever go back.

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