overworked/underpaid - Store Manager Dollar General Employee Review

1.0
Oct 9, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Flexibility in scheduling and working with most of the nice customer is only positive thing i can say, Great customers who shop there.

Cons

long hours, insuffient pay, terrible feedback from district supervisor. I started in July '08 as a store manager with no DG experience. By the time I was sent to formal training in mid september, I saw my district manager twice for a total of 90 minutes. I put in 50 and 55 hours weeks with no compensation. If and hourly employee worked that many hours, with their overtime, they would make more money than i did. Most mornings there is just one employee for 4-6 hours alone. Can't tell you how many times I nearly had bathroom accidents because you just can't get away from the register. I have never worked for a company who is more concerned for how a store looks for an executive coming for a visit than how it looks for the customer. Overall, terrible place to work.

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Pros

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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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