Don't Let the "Best Place to Work" Award Fool You! - Senior Level Management Dollar General Employee Review

1.0
14 June 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Good environment depending on your department and manager. Some managers are good there, others are not. Lot's of activities to help break the work day monotony.

Cons

The company values mean nothing depending on your department. There is lots of company politics, lying, cheating and playing games with the livelihood of the employees. They are also very reluctant to promote minorities into upper levels of management. While they attempt to promote inclusion, the true culture is no inclusive at all.

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5.0
17 Sept 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Good job for someone starting to get a job

Cons

Terrible oppurtunities for anyone actually trying to move forward. Boss literally had a stroke from this job and then was forgotten about.

1.0
23 June 2026
Recommend
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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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