Only if you have to pay bills - Store Manager Dollar General Employee Review

2.0
Oct 6, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

You only see your DM once or twice a month. Can be a good work environment if you have a good team. Although you are micro-managed, you work on your own

Cons

Pay sucks. Way underpaid. All in all, your assistant make more per hour than you do. oo many hours needed to get to near model store. Being a Model Store is almost unattainable unless you work seven days a week. To much work and too little payroll to accomplish objectives. YOU ARE A THIEF. Or at least that's what your made to feel.

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Pros

Reasonable Pay Safe Clean Great opportunities

Cons

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1.0
Jul 2, 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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