Dollar General Reviews

2.6

29% would recommend to a friend

(15,912 total reviews)
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Todd Vasos

31% approve of CEO

28% positive business outlook

Dollar General has an employee rating of 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 15,912 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Dollar General employee rating is 26% below average for employers within the Retail and wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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16K reviews
2.0
4 Jul 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- The people I work with are amazing (not every DG is like that... in fact, few are.) - We are proud of our DG and we all work hard as a team to make sure our customers are happy and smiling. - I take pride in my customer service skills. I have people drive past 2-3 DGs just to come to mine, because they know my team and I will take care of them. - We have developed great relationships with the customers. I have even made some great friends. - You are never bored. There is always something to do. - The 401k has a decent match rate.

Cons

- There are not enough hours to get done with what DG Cooperate requires. - We work fast and hard, and we still cannot get done what they require - we just aren't allowed enough people and hours. - We all have great work ethic. We work very hard. We still cannot get it all done. We ask for more hours. We are usually denied. - Pay isn't good. It just isn't. - They say people are their priority, but they work their employees to the bone, and don't let them have help. - My boss probably evens out to making like $2/hour. Shes salary. She cares about her store. DG abuses the salary. What they ask her to do, she cannot physically get done, even if she divided herself into 3 people. I'd NEVER accept salary at DG. Never. - It is not a lazy problem or a scheduling problem. None of us are lazy. We are very hard workers. We push truck fast, keep customers happy. We were voted best store West of the Mississippi (we're in Oklahoma). We tell cooperate the negatives and what needs to change. They don't care and nothing ever changes.

3.0
2 Jul 2026

Typical customer service job

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Getting a paycheck on time

Cons

Managment quality varies between stores

1.0
2 Jul 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The job itself is easy. The cash register, stocking (especially the totes and dry truck) and cleaning are so simple however there are certain things that make it difficult, although the work itself is not (under the right circumstances.)

Cons

They never have enough people on shift so it’s always difficult to get things done. It seems like all the managers I know from the store I worked at and the surrounding ones are all so deep into drama it made me wonder if I was back in high school. Dry truck always seems to bring far too much and the stores are so little that overstock is a huge issue here. The reason I ultimately left was due to severe mistreatment and some safety concerns I had regarding some past experiences. I am very glad I left and I would not ever go back.

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