Unprofessional - Anonymous employee Dollar Tree Employee Review

1.0
May 11, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

They can usually work well with your schedule if your working part time. Easy to learn job tasks.

Cons

Constant shortage of employees to finish daily tasks. Employees often receive more tasks during their shift then can be completed (especially part time employees and cashiers). Employees working freight are asked to do the tedious task of cutting UPC labels off of every box they stock to validate their case counts for the day. Minimum case counts are required. If you fail to meet the required number (which is very high considering the minimum wage) you get written up. If you have to rearrange sections of the store, condense multiple shelves of products or do other tasks that management has asked you to do during your shift, they usually won't take that into consideration when you show your UPC label count at the end of your shift. Far too much effort expected from each employee for the pay rate. Unprofessional management. Most managers and assistant managers are very young and inexperienced.

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