Great company, great career opportunities!! - Anonymous employee Dollar General Employee Review

5.0
13 Feb 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Hard work pays off, and is recognized and rewarded! Many "at the top" started in the stores and worked their way up. If you are ambitious and won't take no for an answer, this is the career choice for you. In retail, it's not where you start, it's where you finish. Where will your career take you? At Dollar General you control your career!

Cons

Same issues as other retailers in this economy

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5.0
6 May 2026
Anonymous freelancer
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Pros

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Cons

Management wasn’t good all the time

1.0
23 Jun 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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