the worst place i have ever worked my entire life - Dg Employee Dollar General Employee Review

1.0
7 Mar 2011
Recommend
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Pros

getting paid weekly, that is the only pro period.

Cons

they expect one person to do the work of 4 people, they are constantly changing item locations, getting us agrivated as well as the customers, they are starting the matrix schedule which will leave one employee in the store by themselves for 5-6 hrs at a time, leaving the door open for massive shoplifting, and probably robbery once the community finds out the dg worker is alone (which whoever thought of that idea is a complete idiot.) they never say thank you, or send a card for holidays at least to let us know we are appreciated in some small way, it is probably the same idiot that came up with the basket size theory, forcing people to buy items they do not need nor want, the dm's tell you to do one thing , then a day later the rm tells you to do it a different way, you are constantly being threatened by the dm or rm over keeping up with paperwork that they NEVER look at, then after a few years it is destroyed. this company stresses their employees out so bad , it should be against the law, the lower tier employees are worked like dogs, the managers are so stressed out by the dm over nonsense.

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Cons

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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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