Dollar General, it's a job. - Anonymous employee Dollar General Employee Review

2.0
23 Mar 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

In this economy, Dollar General is doing very well and is growing. They are opening new stores and creating new jobs.

Cons

The company is extremely cheap. The leadership likes to say they are cost effective, not cheap. But they cut costs so much quality suffers. It is a work-a-holic culture. They work the employees into the ground and don't pay them very well. They are making so much profit but they keep cutting anywhere they can any many places they shouldn't. The leadership increased the amount the employees have to pay for benefits and patted themselves on the back for it so now KKR can make even more profits.

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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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