management dependent. - Assistant Manager Dollar General Employee Review

2.0
27 Jan 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Positive management leads to great camaraderie and goal achievements. Workload divisions are better now that all product deliveries to the stores are on pallets.

Cons

How your experiences will be is entirely determined by which manager you work with. In this, you should consider that Dollar General management is hired at cut-rate prices, and you'll have cut-rate people. I have overseen roughly 10+ management rotations over 4-5 different stores, and the rate of finding decent management is roughly 20%. The other 80% ended up stealing from the company, abusing workers, leaving management duties to subordinate staff, and playing heavily with favoritism. It was unpleasant to watch. I, fortunately, started out with a manager in that 20% positive category and moved up, not knowing how unique my situation was. After entering management level, I was sent around to help other stores come up to the level of ours.. and this is where the nightmares began. Heavy mismanagement is a growing trend amongst these stores, and the better you become, the more they want to send you to the worse stores to straighten them out, with other, less cooperative management. It is high stress, low pay, and management lacking.. as a final conclusion. I have since moved on to much better compensation.

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5.0
19 July 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great management, busy store, Friendly and encouraging environment

Cons

No full time hours available, Any time off is unpaid.

1.0
14 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

There are no pros for working for this company. The store manager promotes Key holders within 2 wks of being hired. So theres no training and she rehires employee whom she has fired for theft. If your not kin too her in some way, you wont be there long. In the 7 mos ive been there we have around 10 or more employees come and go.

Cons

The pay is low and the hours that schedule you for isnt enough to live on. Thats why there is a revolving door. If your not kin to store manager you get no perks.

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