Horriable Hours, Don't expect to have a personal life. - Store Manager Dollar General Employee Review

1.0
Sep 15, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

you get 401k from day one, after that not much.

Cons

they expect you to work 65-70 hrs a week, usually with one day off if that ever happens. most of the time you work 7 days a week, you have no time for family time. the payroll budget is so tight that you the manager are having to do all of the work just to stay a float. They offer no prais of doing a good job or have any way of showing thier employees that they care... There is no communication at all between upper management and the store management.

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Cons

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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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