Have had much better jobs and greater respect for my efforts. - Store Manager Dollar General Employee Review

1.0
11 Jul 2011
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Pros

Not many to mention. I was lucky enough to have a full staff with the ability to perform all assigned duties but with limited budget hours.

Cons

BEWARE! You are hired in as a manager but the corporate management and regional management manages the store from outside of the assigned store, you are virtually another associate that is micro-managed. You do something good and never get recognition for it and you are hammered with what is not right. Constant pressure of managers forces you to put in very long hours. 2 weeks training, they pay for overnight stay the rest is out of pocket expense until those expenses are reinbursed. 6 weeks later you find out they misplaced or lost your expense report and require you to fill out another and obtain new meal receipts for the expense report. I resigned after 2 months with Dollar General. I understand they have a very high turn-over with management positions because of all the cons and very few pros.

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5.0
6 May 2026
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Pros

Great place to work at

Cons

Management wasn’t good all the time

1.0
2 Jul 2026
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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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